Fractured Reality

Apologies

Chapter 10

Alucard had not planned to go back to where Sypha and Trevor were waiting. He was already having a hard enough time controlling a wave of conflicting emotions. Some of which were urging him to go back down the stairs and make sure that frustrating woman understood just how incredibly, well, frustrating she was. For more than one reason.

However, they both met him on the stairs. They stared at him for several seconds before Trevor used one hand to motion up and down. "Uh, why are you all wet?"

Alucard's jaw clenched, and his eyes flashed, but he didn't answer. In the end, he didn't need to. It was only a few seconds after Trevor's question that Eva came running up the stairs. Her hair was still down, and she had only donned her pants and shirt. It was clear to see that she was livid as she looked at Adrian. "If you ever think about doing something like that again, I swear to god it will be more than a bucket I throw at you!"

There was absolute silence after her outburst for several seconds. Alucard refused to look at her, or either of the others for that matter. Trevor was the first to break it. He looked back and forth between the two, taking in Eva's state of dress before his eyes widened and he looked at Alucard. "Wait! Did you catch her with her clothes off?"

Both Eva and Alucard glared at him. He just grinned at their looks. "You did! You sly dog. So tell me, how-"

Eva took a threatening step toward him and nearly growled out her next words. "Finish that question, and I swear I will cut your nuts off."

Trevor looked truly frightened for a split second. It very nearly sounded like she meant it. Before he could say anything, a frowning Sypha got between them all and pinned Eva with an almost glare. "I think we should all calm down."

Trevor picked that moment to mumble something under his breath. "Yeah, there's no need to threaten a man's family jewels like that."

Eva's eyes flashed again, but Sypha spoke up once again before any other retort could be made. "Eva, I understand why you might be upset if that is what happened, but please know that Alucard did not go to find you with those thoughts in mind. He was not trying to disturb your privacy, but we were all worried about your state of mind after your confession about your mother yesterday."

Eva 's face lost all color as she turned to Adrian. "You told them?"

He finally turned to her with a frown. "I felt it would help them understand a few things, and then you would not have to go through the retelling again. It obviously disturbed you."

Eva's fist clenched next to her side before it raised. She opened it and clenched it again several times, as though she wasn't sure if she wanted to strike him or make a point. Finally, she lowered her hand in a sharp negating gesture. "Fine. I apologize for yelling at you."

Alucard blinked once before he lowered his head. "I apologize for walking in on you. It was not my intention to try and catch you in such a compromising position, nor did I mean to stare, I was merely shocked."

Eva had been ready to accept his apology and drop the subject. However, her eyes narrowed at his last words, and she couldn't just let it go. "You say that, but your fangs grew."

Trevor looked at Eva like she had lost her mind. "What?"

Sypha spoke up at that point before she thought better of what it would mean. Her knowledge of the lore outweighing her good sense. "Actually, according to the legends we have on vampires, there is a direct correlation between lustful desire and-"

"Enough, We do not need to hear this, Sypha." The Speaker blinked over at the scowling face of her rather upset vampire companion and the blushing, glaring face of the other woman and realized that, no, they really didn't need to hear that at the moment.