Caine sniffed again. He could smell garbage in the back alley, the pizza place two blocks over and the scents of people who had passed by here hours before but all scent seem to circumvent this building. Tilting his head he stepped out into the street. Through the pads of his feet he could feel the low thrum of music. This had to be the place. Only a large group of vampryes could cause such a flux in scents.
Looking both ways he raced across the street and into the alley.
Caine stilled when he heard the crunching of gravel behind him. Turning around he sighed when he saw a man holding out a stack of clothing.
“I think just about everyone’s seen my cock,” Caine grumbled as he reached for the clothes.
“And what a fine cock it is. My name is Xavier Labrousse. I run The Monastery. I was told to expect you.”
“Victoria was so sure that I would come huh?” Caine stomped into the boots and was surprised at how well everything fit.
“No, it wasn’t her. However, she has been checking the time since the sun went down. I have a feeling that she was looking for you. My ex-wife-”
“Hold it. You were married to her? You vamps get divorces?”
“This is the new age Duncaine. The age of Hollywood marriages. I, however, was married to Victoria for well over five hundred years.”
Reaching out Caine patted him consolingly on the shoulder. “Poor bastard.”
“Indeed.” There was laughter mingled in with the faint French accent.
Caine grunted when he yanked on the door. It didn’t budge. “What in the hell?”
“Allow me.” With a seemingly effortless motion Xavier opened the door. “It’s enforced for vampyres. I’m sure if you spend a lot of time and energy on it you can open the door but-”
“By that time you guys would already be gnawing on my neck.”
“You watch too many horror movies. We don’t gnaw.”
“Of course not.”
The music came to a halt when he entered the room then started up again with a rendition of ‘Of Wolf and Man’ by Metallica. Caine couldn’t help but laugh.
“It’s still early otherwise the floor would be filled with the young ones dancing and indulging in the blood lust.”
“The blood lust?”
“Yes, they feed off each other and from the humans that fancy themselves pseudo-vampyres.”
“I thought you vamps didn’t drink blood anymore.”
“The young ones sometimes can not control their urges which is the reason behind The Monastery. Here, they can come and control the blood lust. It’s much like an addict learning how to wean themselves off their drug of choice.”
“Sooo…it’s like a methadone clinic?”
Xavier laughed. “I hadn’t thought of it in those terms. You really cut everything down to the basics don’t you?”
“It is what is is and it ain’t what it ain’t. I don’t have time for bullshit.”
“No, no I don’t suppose you do. Good evening Nikita.”
Caine turned to watch an attractive woman walk, no fucking glide across the room. A small smile curved her full lips and her eyes seem to look deep-
“What the fuck? Stop with the allure shit or I’m out of here,” Caine snapped in annoyance.
With a startled expression she stopped about a foot away from him. “My apologies Mr. Lancaster. Here, in our home, we drop our guard. My intention was not to seduce you.”
Ulrich looked away from the small gathering on the dance floor and grabbed hold of his jealousy. She was not his. Why would she pick him when Nikita could have any man she choose? His hands flew across the keyboard as he closed his eyes and tried to drown out their conversation by becoming one with the music. But that part, that part that was always aware of Nikita, could hear skin brush against skin as they shook hands, the cadence of her voice as she spoke softly to him, the whisper of her clothes as she turned and lead him away.
“Not mine,” he whispered. “Never mine.”
Caine had taken note of the non-descriptive door the moment he had walked into the club so it didn’t surprise him when Nikita lead him in that direction. He noticed the slight nod she gave the bartender and heard the soft snick as the lock released.
“This where you have your super secret squirrel meetings?” he asked as they stepped into the elevator.
“The top floor is for our inner circle, yes. Sometimes we spend time downstairs, Ulrich, the man at the keyboard, spends more time here than most but since we do not drink blood to be down here, during such times, would only cause confusion.”
“How’s that?”
“To be down on the main floor is an invitation to be bitten.” She took a shuddering breath and Caine watched as her throat convulsed. He took a quick step backward.
Shaking her head she cleared her throat. “And that would be a disaster.”
The doors were closing when a booted foot caused them to spring back open.
“There’s room for one more yeah?”
Ulrich. Although he was smiling and had a pleasant look on his face Caine took notice of his eyes. There was no humor in his eyes. Caine had felt eyes on him as he walked back to the door with Nikita. Now he knew who they belonged to.
There was a hiss from the other side of the elevator. “Ulrich, take the other car!”
“We’re going up right?”
“Sure.” Testing Caine started to shift closer to Nikita but suddenly found Ulrich already occupying that space. Rubbing at his mouth to hid his grin he stabbed the up button. Out the corner of his eye he saw Ulrich place a hand on the small of her back as the elevator jerked. She delivered a quick jab to his side which he ignored. Something about them was oddly familiar.
The minute the door opened she sprung out and started in on him. Caine watched as Ulrich shifted the cigarette in his mouth, crossed his arms and planted his feet as he stared down at her with a smirk on his lips. Why did that look so familiar, Caine thought with a frown before shaking his head. When he caught a flash of fang he took a slow step back. He wasn’t getting involved in that.
“A wise move Caine. Leave those two to their bickering. It’s a dance that they’ve been doing for decades. Come, we have much to discuss.”
Frowning, Caine followed the soft, mournful sounds of a violin.
“This isn’t the right club is it?” Alana asked in a whisper.
Nolan rubbed at the back of his neck. “No.”
“And that growling sound coming from behind us? That’s not the taxi engine huh?”
“‘Fraid not.”
“How did this happen? Dear God-”
“Yeah…you got something you want me to tell the big guy upstairs? Cause if they don’t kill me Caine sure as fuck will.”
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“I think just about everyone’s seen my cock.”
“And what a fine cock it is.”
*snicker*
Oh man, Ulrich and Nikita are so much like Caine and Alana… crazy. Sheer crazy. Hmm… can’t wait to see this discussion. And what is going on with Alana and Nolan? It’s the rival pack, isn’t it? Or worse, Ethan *shudders*
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:44 PM
LOL!! Man, I was just thinking that just about everyone has seen his goods! Not that he’s ashamed or anything! LOL!!
I KNOW!! I was writing them and suddenly I was like: “D’oh!” Discussion should be fun times! I’ve already taken the pics for it so it just has to be written! *rubs hands together*
Yeah…not fun times for those two…AT ALL!!
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haahha yeah i agree with Van, that comment was GOLDEN! And poor jealous little vampy Ulrich, he makes me happy.
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:46 PM
LOL Azzy! I had to toss that in there! I mean Caine is ALWAYS walking around naked flashing his johnson!
He makes me happy too! I just want to mush his face! I can’t wait to get him in Nolan together. At least I HOPE to get him and Nolan together!
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“Stoney Mcstoner” “secret squirrel meetings” *snickers*
Oh man, where did Alana and Nolan end up?
The vamp(y)res are very still and formal compared to the Lycan.
Ack! You can delete the first one, Phoenix- I didn’t think it posted.
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Oh man! I deleted the wrong one! *sigh* But I read it. Everything should be center aligned. What browser are you using? It looks fine in both Firefox and IE. And I do so love this layout!
LOL!!! I make up stuff like that all the time when I talk. ‘Latey McLate’ for someone who’s always late. ‘Douchey, McDouche’ for someone being a douchebag! I have fun with that!
Somewhere they SHOULD NOT be! Which makes one wonder why are they there?
Yeah, yeah they are. I wanted to show that. Aaand I have to get to your story! So behind! Gah!
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Penelope Reply:
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I was using Safari (and after a check, it still seems to be askew in Safari) but I’m in Firefox now. I wouldn’t worry about it too much though- If no one has mentioned it by now then you probably don’t have too many readers who use Safari as their default browser. I’ll just have to remember to use Firefox in order to optimize my viewing experience.
Where did they tell their cab driver that they wanted to go? Was there a miscommunication? OR did the driver recognize them and dump them somewhere shady?
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Huh! I’m gonna have to check out this safari! I heard/read someone else talking about it! Why? Because I’m a geek!
This layout probably wasn’t optimized for safari! Bugger! 
They told the cabbie they wanted to go The Monastery…and I’ll take the second statement for two hundred dollars!!
Not the next prompt but the one after will delve into it. I really have to learn to use headers like you do with times and stuff! Because in my head all this happens around the same time(for the most part).
Off to catch up on DBL!! YAY!
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Penelope Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Ooo, we’re going to get a timeline? I always just figured that this story happened over the span of a few weeks.
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Yeah, I think so because I’m going to start splitting some characters up and hopping back and forth!
A couple of months…like seriously two! Caine and Alana got to know each other when Caine was pretending to be a ‘dog’ for a couple of weeks!
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Oh that cannot be good for Alana and Stoney McStoner…I loved that scene with Julius! He is so adorable it makes me want sim puppies!
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 PM
LOL!! Oh god! That nickname is SO going to follow Nolan around! And it doesn’t even faze him!
I was trying to pose the pup and he just kept moving so I went with it! Gotta love Sim animals!
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Good to see you back! I like how you picked ‘Simple’ prompt for this one. As if anything involving Alana and Caine has ever been- LOL! Caine gave them both the simplest of instructions – now what could possibly go wrong with Nolan McStoney the helm and Alana following? I just hope they took the time to find a simple solution to keep the puppy safe! This was great! And with all the trouble the lot was to you (not simple at all I presume) -it was really worth it! The tension is building like a mother!
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Thanks Kayvon!
It’s good to be back! I missed it! Haha! I had to smile when I picked it myself ’cause yeah…nothing’s EVER been simple with those two. Poor Nolan! Trying to prove himself! *shakes head* It just blew up in his face.
Julius is safe and sound in the apartment. I think!
Giiirrrlll…it was a lot I built!! LOL! So it was a bad piece of CC! And every time it crashed I would say: “That’s it! I’m done!” only to go back to rebuilding an hour or so later! *rolls eyes!
Isn’t it though?
And I like how you noticed all the contradictions within the prompt!
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Aw, this was great. I really enjoyed this one, Phoenix! The beginning was cute with wittle puppy! And I’m glad to see Alana and Cane being more and more comfortable with each other. Nice butt shot of Cane, btw!
Also, I can’t help but feel a little worried for Alana and Nolan. Hope they don’t get in too much trouble!
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 2:12 AM
Yeah…good things aren’t going to come of that…or at least I don’t think so!
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Every time I start thinking Nolan is a bit more with it than I thought he was, he goes back to getting himself (and Alana) in a bit of a quandary. I don’t think they are safe to be left alone together any more.
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 3:04 PM
The thing about Nolan is that he wants so badly to get out of his brother’s shadow…and he feels guilty about that. Poor kid! And no, if they get out of this with limbs intact I don’t think Caine will be leaving Alana with Nolan again.
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What hit me the hardest, and with the most clarity, was Caine’s reaction to the ‘glide’ (did I get that right?) in the club. His anger. Fuck the allure, stop it now. The strange formal atmosphere, decadence, almost prissy in its camoflauge (sp?), set up against his raw energy. And, I’m going to say it, an animal sense of honor. This is what I do and I don’t do that and don’t mess with me.
Ulrich and Nikita – should I feel sorry for him? I do but I’m not sure I should.
I love the whole first sequence – puppies get to me!
Beautiful, evocative writing! This is one of the strangest and most fabulous pieces you have done!
And yeah…gorgeous, gorgeous GORGEOUS shots!
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Thanks Beth. Yeah, that’s pretty much it in a nutshell. He knows if he gets sucked underneath of an allure he’ll have a heck of a time getting back out…and she’s not who he wants anyways so it makes it that much easier. I can just imagine them trying to give him meds when he was in the asylum. Fun times I’m sure!
I feel sorry for the both of them. Their story will sort of interweave with this one and things will be revealed about their past.
PUPPIES!!!!
Oh wow!! *blushes* Thanks! I had a time of it actually since I wanted to get each character just right.
LOL! Thanks! I really didn’t do anything to the shots. I just uploaded them onto the server instead of photobucket and had some resizing issues.
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Oh!!!
I hope Alana and Nolan are fine…. something tells me they are in some kind of trouble!!!!
I can’t wait to see what happens next… I’m off to read next chapter!!!
Gorgeous pics as usual!!!
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 5th, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Yep! Trouble of the deadly kind.
Thanks Sandy! I’m just glad to be visiting my Lycans again! I missed them!!
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Any sentance that ends with “What can go wrong?” always means something AWESOMELY BAD will happen
yay.
You have a fine cock, Caine. Be proud.
A methadone clinic for vampires. That sounds like it’d be an awesome sitcom.
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PhoenixFG Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 5:13 AM
LOL!! I know right!? But I had to toss it in there!
I think he was probably a little shocked. No one usually says crap like that to him!
It would be like House. But without the doctors, and the hospital but plenty of blood and craziness! Good times!
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Ooooohh! Cliffhanger! I’d like to think that Alana and Nolan will be all right but something tells me otherwise!
The amount of humor you put into a semi-serious story is just incredible, I mean, this is no joke but I can’t help but laugh! All your characters are so enjoyable, you just never know what the heck they are gonna say next.
Fabulous update, on to read more!
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PhoenixFG Reply:
December 10th, 2009 at 6:20 AM
LOL! Yeah, something!
And you know me and the cliffhangers!
Thanks Emily! I just go with the flow of the characters. Sometimes they surprise me!
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OMG, that last part with Alana and Nolan is the best. OMG. These two are like those youthful detective novels with the kids always getting into trouble. xD I can’t wait to see how they work their way out of it…
“Oh man princess. It turns me on when you get so prim and proper. You have no freakin’ idea.” LOL! Caine, really, that’s NOT the way to win her heart. Sheesh! But so funny.
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PhoenixFG Reply:
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:32 AM
Haha! I know! Jeez man! Stay he says! And what do they do? Go!! *shakes head* Gotta love them though!
Caine just pops off with whatever is in his head. He has no filter! NONE!
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O.M.G. So Alana and that insanely adorable Nolan are totally going to get chomped down on. Horrible idea. Horrrrrrrible. But that Ulrich guy seems like he’s a pain in the ass.
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PhoenixFG Reply:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:32 AM
Insanely adorable Nolan? Ahahaha!!! Oh god! He’d have such a fit if he heard that! But…I agree!
You don’t like Ulrich? Oh man he’s awesome! More involving him will come!
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