{"id":14527,"date":"2014-02-14T02:16:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T02:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/14\/slumps-over-the-bar-at-carpe-noctem-turning-a\/"},"modified":"2014-02-14T02:16:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T02:16:07","slug":"slumps-over-the-bar-at-carpe-noctem-turning-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/14\/slumps-over-the-bar-at-carpe-noctem-turning-a\/","title":{"rendered":"*slumps over the bar at Carpe Noctem, turning a half-empty glass*"},"content":{"rendered":"

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Vex stepped out of the back room and spotted Summer slouched over the bar. \u201c\u2018Ello love,\u201d he greeted as he made his way over to stand on the other side of the bar, a glass of jack and coke in his hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Despite her ever-common response, Vex didn\u2019t believe her; it was the same kind of excuse he would have used. \u00a0A coil of anger twisted in his body as he got a better look at the bruising on Summer\u2019s face. \u201cIt makes a difference because if I knew who it was I could bloody kill \u2018em,\u201d he snapped, eyes flashing with black lightning. \u201cSomebody \u2018urt you\u2026\u201d he said quietly, angrily, almost impossible to hear over the music, a frown on his face.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Yes, they did,” she said wearily. “Please don\u2019t. I didn\u2019t \u2014 ” She sighed again, and lifted the glass back to her face. “It\u2019s bad enough this happened, without you \u2014 ” Summer cut herself off again. She\u2019d only come to Carpe Noctem because she didn\u2019t expect to see Vex there, and she knew they wouldn\u2019t hunt her in there.<\/p>\n

Having Vex chew her out, even before he knew what her stupidity had gotten her into, was not part of the plan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Seeing just how upset she was managed to cool the Dark Fae\u2019s temper, though not entirely. He let out a heavy sigh and stepped closer to put a hand back on her shoulder, leaning down once again so that he could use a softer tone and still have her hear him. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Precious. I just want to keep you safe..\u201d he sighed again, brown eyes softening a bit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She tensed a little at the touch of his hand. “I can protect myself!” Despite the evidence manifest on her face — and the bits he hadn’t seen yet, under her clothes. “Look, Vex, I — ” She cut off again, blowing out a sigh. “I’m being blackmailed, okay,” she mumbled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

theyrecompletelymesmerized: iamthefirechild: theyrecompletelymesmerized: theyrecompletelymesmerized: Vex stepped out of the back room and spotted Summer slouched over the bar. \u201c\u2018Ello love,\u201d he greeted as he made his way over to stand on the other side of the bar, a glass of jack and coke in his hand.\u00a0 Despite her ever-common response, Vex didn\u2019t believe her; it … Continue reading *slumps over the bar at Carpe Noctem, turning a half-empty glass*<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,953,954],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14527"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}