Jaladhi was as far from happy as a person could possibly be. While that might have been a bad thing for the normal human, she was a crazed vampire with a temper problem – an automatic recipe for the horrible. She did not like being refused and, even more than that, she despised having her element used against her. The elemental from last night had dared to freeze her, just as she was in the process of giving her the greatest gift that any child of Water could receive. Not only that: Jaladhi had been furious to discover, once she unfroze, that she had sealed the windows and doors over with ice. The blonde may have been safe for the night, but she had only been successful in pissing the guardian off. Now, when she finally caught her off-guard and turned her, Jaladhi was going to take extra pleasure in punishing Linnea for being so brazen. She smiled wide enough to flash her fangs at passers-by on the street at the thought of breaking her. Bea had been too easy anyway.
Though she was nowhere near the elemental’s house, it did not mean that Jaladhi was not still hunting her. She would give Linnea a few days, enough time to think that she had properly scared the vampire away, before she returned to find the crack in the other woman’s defenses. It had been so long since she had an elemental test her own skills in recruitment. Jaladhi would have even argued that such a challenge was fun for her. “Hmm,” she thought as a smile sprung to her face. And just like that, her mood improved in an instant. She was so happy, in fact, that she began to whistle a pleasant tune. “Now what is that?” Her nose had just picked up the scent of an elemental walking a few yards in front of her. These days it seemed that every time she took a step out of her house she picked up the scent of something yummy to eat. I need to go for walks more often. Jaladhi began to pick up her pace until she was just behind the elemental with dark hair. She fought the urge to reach out and run her fingers through it. Instead, she continued to walk past her and, just when she was almost in front of her, she turned her head to smile at the woman with the child in her arms. Jaladhi forced her nose not to wrinkle with disgust when she realized that the boy was a were. “Poor thing looks exhausted. I hope you live nearby.” Or not. Jaladhi needed time to decide exactly what she wanted to do with the elemental. The current winning idea was ripping the child’s throat out before draining the woman dry.