Cordelia dropped her eyes to the glowing screen of her phone as she began sending a flurry of texts in response to those she'd received. It was odd to feel eager to see Spike again when their last encounter involved her being bitten based on some vision ¡®Born Again¡¯ boy claimed to have had which was all part of an elaborate plot against Angel. Surprise, surprise. Boy, she really hated lawyers.
She lifted her eyes from the screen as she looked to Sam, who was just then staring out the window when he spoke. ¡°You should talk to her. You both deserve that much after how things ended between you.¡± It was difficult to say whether he even wanted to have a conversation with his formerly dead¡ex girlfriend which she understood could get complicated.
She noted with a faint smile that the blonde made a point of not touching the subject at hand as past flings and relationships were discussed. But there were a few glances cast towards both door and window, no doubt the woman being a hunter was feeling a need to test whether Jessica was human.
While content for the time being with being the casual observer she'd been drawn back into the conversation as it shifted to that of things being ¡®sensed¡¯ which was unusual. One eyebrow rose in interest as she looked between them waiting for one or the other to elaborate on the subject.
Vampires. Demons. Angels. Unsettling visions of a headless horseman. It had all the makings of a welcome package, if they were in Sunnydale with one exception there¡¯d been nothing of the angelic variety back home. Also, this was much, MUCH creepier.
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Jo somewhat abruptly abandoned her current train of thought when the topic of conversation shifted to a name she recalled hearing from another source¡.one who had helped to knock some sense to Sam in those first months after his brother's death. ¡°Wait, isn't that Ruby¡¡± Quickly stopping to correct herself. ¡°Jenica¡¯s brother?¡±
Why call her that now? The former demon had buried ¡®Ruby¡¯ when someone brought her back to life, thinking it best to leave that in the past and she couldn't say she blamed her with the enemies she'd made helping Sam. She quickly cast those thoughts aside in favor of focusing on her current train of thought.?
¡°If we¡¯re talking about Vlad III also known as ¡®Vlad the Impaler¡¯ then that's gotta be her brother and it stands to reason she'd be able to convince him to fight on our side. Wouldn't she? I mean, family was important to the guy, wasn't it?¡± She thought she was right about that bit about her brother as she recalled bits of what Jenica told them about her life before hell.
Turning to Castiel, she added, ¡°She called us for help with something so she's already here in town.¡± Naturally all of this was said without realizing the woman she spoke of was outside in the parking lot at that precise moment.
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