Reuniting Tornedalians

Angel and Alexander nodded just as the back door opened and Cangel got up and ran to the door, almost jumping onto Eric. "Eric, you're home!" She shouted happily, before she looked behind him. "Where's Christian? I have a surprise for him."

"He'll be here soon, we stopped off for a bite to eat on the way back." Eric told them as he met Elijah at the door and the pair shook hands and hugged in greeting.

Marie smiled and opened her arms. "Really you all get hugs from him before I do?" She teased.

Eric smiled. "Oh come here mum." He told her pulling her in for a hug.

Angel ran to the door excitedly looking for her brother and she beamed as she saw a familiar figure coming up the garden path. "Christian!"

Marie laughed smiling warmly as she hugged him. "How was it? Everything alright?"

Laura was laughing watching them all, a hand resting on Alexander's shoulder.

Michelle could hear the voices and laughter but she remained upstairs waiting.

"It was great, tell you what that lords son is a lucky bastard." Eric told her. "His bride was gorgeous as a human and even more as gorgeous as a vampire."

"Okay let's not talk anymore about it before you start salivating." Christian told him with a laugh as he hugged his sister.

Alexander smiled at his mum. "Mum, when will Angel and I get to join the clan?"

"Never if your uncle and I have anything to say about it." Caleb told him.

Marie laughed shaking her head. "We need to find you a nice girl Erik..." she teased.

"You don't need to be in the clan Alexander."

There was a very quiet sound of Michelle jumping off the bed and padding down the stairs stopping at the bottom in her fox form.

Everyone looked up at hearing the sound of Michelle and Alexander was the first to speak.

"What was that?" He asked, his eyes trained on the ceiling.

"Probably nothing." Christian told him as he put Angel down. "Eric and I are going to get changed, we'll be back in a few minutes." With that he and Eric literally disappeared upstairs.

Michelle just stood there her eyes trained on Christian the entire time. Turning around she quietly walked back upstairs to follow him just waiting to be noticed.

Because of how fast Christian could move, he simply didn't see her and he was in his room, looking for something to wear. However, eventhough Christian didn't see her, Eric did and he picked her up by the scruff of her neck, dropping her in his room. "You took your time." He told her, making sure the door was locked so that she couldn't escape just yet. "You have some explaining to do."

She twisted and made a low growling sound at the way he handled her. "It doesn't concern you." she snapped staring at him. "I need to talk to Christian."

"It does fucking concern me." He told her, a more angrier side of Eric coming out this time. "You broke his fucking heart, like every other girl, leaving me to pick up the pieces, I want to know why you're here so that I can make sure whether my brother is about to have his heart broken or not because there isn't much left."

"I want him to know why I'm here first!" She snapped. She moved to the door to unlock it and tugged it open.

"If you fucking hurt him again, then part animal or not, I will find you and I will kill you." He promised her.

"Then do it! Go ahead and kill me, see where that gets you!"

"My brother will be free from you." He reminded her, before he changed and headed downstairs.

She glared at him and turned on her heel bolting down the stairs and towards the front door even as she shifted into a fox her emotions running on high.

He found Marie and Elijah. "What the fuc was doing here?" He demanded.

Elijah looked at him. "She was here to tell Christian her choice."

She ran into Angel instead since the door was locked her eyes shifting around as if pleading with her to help.

"Exactly what he said. She came back which means something whatever she has to say is up to Christian if he wants to hear it."

Angel looked at her and she picked her up carefully and sat on the stairs with her. "What's the matter?"
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"And if she wants to do it again?" He asked. "Yesterday was the first time he's left his room properly and enjoyed himself."

"We know Erik but this is something the two of them need to deal with. They need to take and decide what's best for them both."

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She was shaking and whimpered sadly curling up on her lap as if she was trying to show that she knew how bad she messed up. All she really wanted was Christian but now she was frightened to see him.

"I don't trust her."
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"It's just Eric." She assured her.

"That's you. It's whether or not he trusts her now."

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She shuddered the fur under her eyes wet with tears.

"Come on, you need to talk to him." She told her.
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"I hope he doesn't."

"Erik stop. Do you know why she even left?"

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She nodded but she made no move to change back.

"Because she was scared."
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"You need to change back, you know he can't understand fox."