hostage | SIREN'S PULL

[INCOMING PHONE CALL.......]

[Picking up the phone reluctantly.]

Jesse, I really can't talk right now.

Okay. Quick question?: Is he gonna kill me? 'cause that's something I really can't deal with right now.

I don't....know?

[She knows Jesse didn't mean kill in a literal sense....but she does, unfortunately.]

I haven't talked to him yet. I can't see what he'll do. I can't see what I'll do. It's too uncertain.

[No, he actually meant literally. He's aware he has that effect on husbands.]

Wait - talk? Why talk? There doesn't have to be, like, any talking. 'cause I'm good, you know. It was fun, and now you got him, and that is so cool, yo. I'm happy for you guys.

[...He doesn't sound happy. He sounds like he's expecting a violent death at the hands of a reasonably pissed off vampire husband.]

I can't keep it from him. He's my mate.

<Small[Yay for creepy vampire terminology.]

Uh, no, you totally can. Look, there's no good reason to tell him, right? 'cause all it'll do is make him feel like shit, and then he'll be all upset with you, and he'll rip my throat out, and that's no good for anybody.

Right?

No.

[She snaps, completely out of nowhere.]

I don't...you don't understand. He's my mate. He's my other half and my reason for living and I just can't-

[She has to stop herself in her rambling to take a deep breath and calm down. She'd be close to tears, if she even had the ability.]

I love him Jesse. I love him more than my own life and I can't hurt him by keeping it a secret.

How the hell's it hurting him if he doesn't even know about it? He's gonna be fine!

I'm sorry. I know you don't understand, but it's something that I need to do.

[It's difficult enough describing having a mate to another vampire, she can't expect for a human to understand at all.]

You're my friend and I love you. Nothing bad will happen, I promise.

Wha...

[And just like that, all of his fighting spirit completely deflates.]

....are you okay?

[HE'S SO NOT OKAY, ALICE.]

Just... What're you gonna tell him?

I'm...

[Well...that's the part she's been avoiding thinking about.]

I'm going to tell him I slept with you, I initiated it, and that you're my friend but there's nothing between us at all.

Okay.

[Yeah, he's pretty much dead meat.]

But, um... How come you didn't tell me?

I'd worn my ring in front of you before. I just...assumed you knew.

[She looks down at the ring in question, twisting it nervously around her rock-hard finger.]

I'm sorry Jesse. I'm so so sorry.

[A ring just means "everybody fuck off until I tell you to get in my bed", but he knows Alice wasn't playing him on purpose, so he drops it. In fact, he's done talking altogether. He just cradles his head and lets out a long sigh.]

Oh god.

[She groans, on the verge of not-tears again.]

I've just gone and fucked everything up, haven't I?

[The word feels foreign in her mouth, and a little wrong, but how else can she describe this situation? She made a shitty choice and hurt two good men in the process.]

No...

[Well, yes, but -]

No, I'll be okay. I mean, like, assuming he understands and doesn't kill me. But I get it, anyway.

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