"Hi, I'm Roger." Roger shakes Ava's hand. "This place is beautiful, I've never been to this side of the city before." Ava laughs at how awkward Roger is, he is at a loss for words. " This place can be a bit much for some people, only the richest of the rich live in this area, which makes it ideal for us to gather here, it's not open to the public." 'Do you own this house?" Ava laughs out loud again "No way, I own a small salon in Camps bay, I just come here to be myself and relax, The owner is around here he is a minotaur, the minotaurs are the richest people in the world because they are basically immortal. "Lester told me." Roger points at Lester "Hi Lester, long time no see." "Hi Ava, you are looking beautiful this evening, how are things going with you?" "Everything's good, I have no complaints." "Glad to hear Ava, I'm just going to say hi to a few friends, Roger here can keep you company."
"So Roger, you're a werewolf, highborn I assume." "Why would you assume highborn?" "in my experience, lowborn view their situation as a curse and don't like to be among us, they want to be as human as possible for as long a possible." "Well I am highborn but I don't think this situation is as much of a gift for me, and you? let me guess, you're a minotaur." Ava laughs once again and Roger notices how beautiful her smile is. " No, I don't actually transform, I'm already in my "creature" form." Ava turns around and on her back, there are two delicate partially transparent white wings running down her back, they are a beautiful sight and seem to sparkle under the soft lighting of the room. "Wow, are you a fairy?" "We are called Fae (fay) and no, I don't have magical powers or a magic wand but I can fly."
Roger stares at Ava, he is caught up in her beauty "Can we take a walk somewhere, I have so many questions." "Ok, we can walk around the property." Roger and Jessica leave the bar and walk outside into the garden area of the property, the moon is high up in the sky, and the sound of the ocean can be heard in the distance. Roger looks at her wings and asks " So how do you keep those hidden during the day?" "They do shrink a bit and then I just don't were clothing that exposes my back and I've been working for generations." "When did you become aware of other beings like werewolves and minotaurs?" "I live in a community of Fae, so we were taught about the "real world" at a very young age and to keep our true selves secret to humans so have your thoughts about the world as a whole changed?" "Yes, my world view was very narrow, and I am a werewolf but I thought that was it, and none of the other werewolves I met never knew or just didn't tell me that there is a whole world out there. Why do you think we are not revealing ourselves to the humans?" "There is a story in my community that the Fae did reveal themselves to the world thousands of years ago, but they were enslaved and killed nearly to extinction, so they went into hiding never revealing themselves to the world again. The Fae are the only of the beings that actually have organized communities, I don't know about the others, if they all came together and maybe revealed themselves like that it would be different, Minotaurs have no interest in revealing themselves, they control almost all the money on the planet and I'm sure they worry about losing that advantage." "I really need to thank Lester, this was exactly what I needed after the last few months that I had, I'm glad I met you, Ava." Ava smiles at Roger "I'm glad I met you too Roger." They continue on their walk "Do you think I can see you again anytime soon." Ava smiles at Roger again "Sure, you can visit my salon and I can take care of that bush of hair for you, no charge." Roger laughs out loud.
A large Minotaur walks over to them, it's Lester "Roger you're ready to go?" Roger looks over at Ava "So I'll pop by your salon this week." "it's a date." Roger walks off with Lester and keeps looking back at Ava as she smiles and waves at him. "Let's get you a mark, then you can enter here on your own." The drive back is quiet as Roger is lost in thought, thinking about what he has just discovered about the world he lives in. Lester breaks the silence "So this girl that you were seeing, you think there is still a chance for the two of you?" "No, she made it clear she doesn't want to see me anymore." "But you still love her?" "I do, I love her more than anything." "I see Ava took a liking to you, you should give her a chance, she is a good person and the two of you are from the same world." "I think I should, I need to forget about Jessica."
Ava is in her salon, she is busy washing someone's hair. The salon is quite busy and she is rushing to get done with the person she is busy with. Roger walks in, Ava's face lights up and she has a broad smile on her face. " Hi, is it a good time to come for my haircut?" "Hi, I will be with you in a second." Ava finishes up with her customer and walks over to Roger, they both are nervous and there is an awkward silence for a minute. "Hi." "Hi." Ava gestures to Roger to have a seat on a nearby chair, she puts a cloth over him and combs out his. She then starts to cut his hair, using a comb and scissors. "So how do want it?" "I don't know, what do you think." "I think I'll just give it a trim and beaten it up." Ava runs her hand through Roger's hair." She continues to cut his hair, when she is done she removes the cloth from him and puts a small mirror behind him in order for him to see the back of his back. "So what do you think?" "Wow thanks, it looks great! so what time does the salon close?" "Did you forget, I own the salon I can close whenever I want, but I can let the ladies finish up and close. "Ladies, you can just finish up the appointments of the day and close up." Ava grabs a jacket and they leave. "So Ava, where do you want to go?" "I don't know, you decide." "There is a great ice cream place nearby." "Ice cream?" Ava starts laughing "Are you five years old?" "You said I could choose, and I choose Ice cream." OK, but then I want real food afterward."
Ava and Roger go for Ice-cream and take a walk on the beach nearby. "So Roger what do you do for a living?" "Well I was in the marketing business, but I took a year-long break to find myself." "And have you?" "Have I what?" "found yourself." "I don't know yet, I'm still looking. I thought I did a few months ago but that turned out to be wrong, what about you? " "Me? I'm the youngest of four kids, I have two brothers and a sister and I love doing hair, I have a really traditional mother and if I tell her about you, she will summon you to the house." "Oh really, I look forward to meeting her." They both have a laugh about it. After their walk on the beach, they make their way to a seafood restaurant and have a meal. The two have a real good time together, Roger cannot get enough of Ava's infectious smile.
Roger and Ava leave the restaurant and make their way to the parking area, Roger opens the door for Ava on the passenger side, Ava gets close to him as he reaches for the door, Roger can't help himself and he goes In for a kiss. Roger and Ava share an intimate kiss, Ava smiles once again at Roger and gets in into the car. Roger gets into the driver's side and drives her home. Roger pulls up to a block of flats, is this the fae community?" "Yes the community owns the building, so there are only Fae living there, I was born in this block of flats and I'm not sure if I want to leave, Its the safest place for us." " So are you going to Bantry bay anytime soon?" "We can go together if you want?" "Yes, I'd like."
Roger is driving home and he is excited about the future again. He thinks to himself "Wow I'm so happy, I thought that I was never going to be happy again, but Ava has changed that, I see a future with her, and like Lester said we come from the same world." As Roger drives he suddenly hears a loud thud as something lands on the roof of his car, making a large dent. The distraction forces his car off the road at a high speed, just as his car is about to smash into a tree, he transforms into a werewolf and gets thrown through the windshield. Roger gets up from off the ground and is immediately attacked by a werewolf. The werewolf bites into Roger's shoulder and lifts him from the ground, tossing him against the tree. The attacking werewolf stands over Roger, he is larger than Roger with thick black fur. The werewolf Howls loudly up at the moon and picks roger again by the scruff of the neck. Roger swipes with his claws at the large werewolf and eventually is able to scratch the eye of the large monster. Roger retreats into the nearby forest, the werewolf follows. Roger transforms into his human form and hides behind a tree, he is out of breath and his heart is beating frantically. The werewolf also transforms back into his human form, it's Damon one of the highborn of Aidens pack. "Aiden thought it was time for more of a challenge, you were getting a bit cocky working your way through the lowborn wolves, well the party is over, I've been waiting to hand your head over to Aiden on a platter!" Roger thinks to himself. " I can run, but he will keep coming for me on the orders of Aiden, I need to attack and fight as hard as I can." Roger takes a deep breath and transforms back into his werewolf form and rushes at Damon.
Roger swipes with all his strength at Damon and uses his quicker movement to his advantage as the large form of Damon slows him down. Roger swipes his claws ripping pieces of flesh out of Damon's body, Damon swipes back at Roger, Roger moves to dodge the swipes and jumps onto Damon's shoulder and digs his teeth into his shoulder. He rips pieces of flesh out of Damon's shoulder, Damon reaches over his shoulder and grabs Roger by the head, and tosses him to the ground. Roger falls with a loud thud onto the forest floor, before Roger can move Damon stomps onto his chest and blood comes gushing out of Roger's mouth. Roger roars loudly in pain, Damon lifts his leg to stomp on Roger once again but Roger rolls out of the way. Roger grabs a nearby log and smashes it over Damon's head sending stumbling, he only takes two steps back and steadies himself. Roger movies in for another strike but Damon catches the log and rips it from Roger's claws, Damon takes the log and splits it in two tossing the two broken pieces aside. Damon swipes Roger, creating large deep gashes over his chest, Rogers drops down onto his knees in pain as Damon stands over him preparing for his final swipes, as Damon swipes at Roger, Roger rolls out of the way and grabs the two broken sticks. Roger jumps onto Damon's back starts stabbing Damon with the pointed part of the snapped logs.
Roger continually stabs Damon's back, Damon starts to fall onto his knees Roger keeps stabbing. Roger gets off Damons back and walks around to face the front, he grabs one log and drives the stick into Damon's throat, he gives one more push and the stick penetrates through Damon's throat and exits the back of his throat. Damon falls over onto his stomach and Roger transforms back into his human form. Roger is exhausted and sits down next to the dead body. Roger is covered in blood and he is breathing heavily. Roger talks to himself " I can't do this anymore this has to stop, If Aiden can speak to me then I must be able to contact him. Roger shouts out loud "Aiden!" Roger hears a voice inside his head, "You know you don't have to verbally shout out loud when we psychically connect." "Aiden, I am tired of this sick game you are playing, you made me kill young men who were trying to impress you or were doing it out of fear!" "Roger my brother, those we lowborn, why do you care? They were created to die, redshirts. but well done you took out one of my highborn." "Aiden, you are dead to me, and I'm going to find you and I am going to kill you!" "Roger my brother you are close to the boss level, I think you have maybe one or two highborn to go then you will meet your creator!"
Roger screams out loud in anger and takes werewolf form, he climbs up one of the trees and howls at the moon. he jumps from tree to tree and making his way back to his apartment. Roger climbs into the window of his apartment, he is still in his werewolf form. The apartment is still dark, he takes his human form and switches on the lights. Roger looks into the mirror and notices that he is still covered in blood "I need a shower." Roger walks into the bathroom and switches on the shower. Roger is still really worked up about the fight he just had and his adrenaline is pumping. "I can't sleep I need to speak to someone, he takes out his phone and makes a phone call. "Hey Lester, you want to meet for a drink, I just need to talk to someone."