Ryder danced with the girl for some time now, enjoying the time. It was definitely a good city welcome, he had to admit. He leaned down and moved her hair away form the side of her neck before whispering, "Hey, I'm getting a little hot in here. Mind stepping outside with me to get some fresh air?" The girl grinned and nodded her head before she grabbed his hand and walked him through the club, out the back door. Once they were outside in the alley, Ryder pushed himself up on the girl against the wall, already kissing her. He could feel his need to feed, but he was trying his best to ignore it. But... He hasn't fed in awhile, and there aren't any woods nearby to give him a decent deer, or hell, even a squirrel. And the girl smelled so good...

He slowly made a trail of kisses down the side of her face and neck, and his fangs pricked out once more. "Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit," he said, before taking a bite into her throat, while using his ability to set off the human's pleasure nerves rather than pain. Dear god, the girl tasted pretty damn good. Good thing the girl seemed to have enough alcohol in her system to not remember this night.

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	Time † 22 June 2016 Leona was out on one of her usual patrols and as always her trip when through the down town area. The perfect place for vampires and werewolves to catch a drunk person. Reaching one of the back alleys, she looked down and noticed some guy in full swing with a woman. Silently she moved closer, but when the scent of a vampire and human hit her nostrils she had a feeling this wasn't suppose to happen. In a hearbeat she stood right behind the guy, and grabbed him by the collar and threw him away from the young woman, who almost fell to the ground, before Leona managed to catch her. Turning her head she looked towards the guy, but when she saw his face, she almost dropped the woman. "Henri?" she managed to say. Suddenly all those old feelings washed over her. How he had broken her heart by running away without saying anything. Realising she had a human on her hands, she helped the woman out to the main street and got a hold in a cap and told the driver to drive the woman to the hospital. As soon the cap had taken off, she turned around and slowly started to walk back towards where she had left the man she once had loved more than anything. The guy who suddenly had turned up out of the blue.
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder suddenly felt himself being pulled away from his feed, and he let out a growl before hitting the wall on the other side of the alley. But when he looked up to face his intruder, his dual-colored eyes met with the eyes of someone he hadn't seen in over a century... He watched in silence as she sent the human off, but remained still. It wasn't until after they were alone in the alley did he finally decide to slowly get up. "I don't know who the hell you're talking about..." he growled, wiping the blood off his mouth. He began to walk down the alley, trying to avoid Leona at all costs. He doesn't need this right now. What the hell is she doing here??

	Actions "Leona is talking," "Leona is thinking," †Advanced Empathy† "Advanced Telepathy" †Empathy† "Mind control" "Telepathy" "Other People Speaking"
	Time † 22 June 2016 It was like her brain couldn't quite function, seeing him walk away, she just stood there, not sure what she was suppose to do. Then the thought of the girl he had fed from, she finally managed to pull her act together somewhat, so she started following. "Oh so now we don't know each other?" she said and grabbed a hold in his arm, stopping him as she moved in front of him. "What are you doing here? And don't tell me you've fallen off the wagon," she said, looking up at him, of course him feeding off a human pretty much said everything. Her eyes moved over his features and she felt something in her gut when she looked at him. Realising that she still had feelings for him or at least that's what she thought.
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder held back a curse when Leona grabbed him, but just turned his head to look at her as she spoke. "Well, I figured I didn't know much about you at all that night I last saw you," he replied. He shook his arm out of her hold and said, "And I haven't fallen off the wagon, so to speak. You don't see any dead bodies, do you? Think that's pretty good in my book, don't you think?" He knows that isn't going to sit well with Leona. Wouldn't be surprised if he took a hit from the woman. His mind instantly went back to when they first met. It was actually much like how they are now. Except there weren't old and painful feelings involved... He turned his head away and let out a sigh. "The hell do you want?" Yeah, he was super excited to see the vampiress again.

	Actions "Leona is talking," "Leona is thinking," †Advanced Empathy† "Advanced Telepathy" †Empathy† "Mind control" "Telepathy" "Other People Speaking"
	Time † 22 June 2016 Leona let out a slight snort. "You walked out on me, so don't give me that crap. And I thought....." she said and let out a heavy sigh. If he was in town, this could cause some serious problems with Javier. She knew he didn't like hearing about any guys she had been with and well Henri was the one she almost had said yes to marry. "What I want is to know what the hell you're doing in my town and.....how I can make you leave again. I can't.....," she said. Normally she didn't have this much trouble talking, but for some reason, seeing him had completely turned her world upside down. She loved Javier she did and he was her soul mate, but Henri, he was the guy who came close to being all those things. "I'll let the whole human pass if you'll just get the hell out of the town," she said, if not then she might have to find some way to get him to vanish, although she wasn't sure what that would be.
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder bit back a reply to Leona's comment about him leaving. He really didn't want to open that can of worms. "Heard good things about this city. Decided to move in. And since when the hell did it become your town?" His mind then registered what just occurred. "Oh wow, you're a bellator, aren't you? And knowing you're bossy personality, hundred bucks tells me that you're in charge too..." He let out a laugh and shook his head. "Just my damn luck." He then looked up at Leona, as something new went through his head. "Why do you want me to leave?" The human blood running through his system was already affecting him, making his moods and emotions very quick and shifting. He turned to face Leona completely, walking towards her slowly. "Why, Leona? Worried I'll be too much trouble for you to handle? Or maybe..." He stopped when they both met with the alley wall. "Maybe you don't want someone to find out about me... About us..." He smirked at her as his face was close to hers.

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	Time † 22 June 2016 If Leona's hard could beat it would have been close at popping out of her chest as she suddenly felt herself backed up against the wall. "Henri, back off," she said, trying to sound stern, but those old feelings started to stir inside her. How could this even be possible. "Why this town, there are other great towns. I'm not...." she said, placing her hand on his chest as she tried to keep some distance between them, but it was clear she was in two minds right now. Confused more than anything else. She had thought she would never see him again and then here he was, the guy she had thought she would share her eternity with back then.
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder couldn't help but smile when Leona said his old name. He hadn't heard that in quite some time. Almost everyone he's met know him as Ryder. "I'm not to sure about that, Leona... Carpe Noctum seems like a fun town to me. A good place to stir up some trouble. And you know me, I love me some trouble..." He looked down at Leona's hand on his chest. Yeah, she was trying so hard to push him away. His eyes then registered exactly what she was wearing. "Now this is new... Bet you wish you had this in the nineteenth century, eh?" His eyes looked straight to Leona's as he whispered, "Vous n'avez pas changé..." He could see it in her eyes. Besides, Leona's to stubborn to be any different.

*Forgive my French if it's horrible. Had to use Google translate, and not fluent in the language. Eh heh...*

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	Time † 22 June 2016 Leona really didn't know what to do. A part of her liked the fact that he stood so close to her and the other part scream at her to push him away and yet she didn't. She simply looked up at him, if she had had a single breath in her chest, it would have been slightly more rapid. "Please, I can't......," she started, but again had to fail at making some sort of understandable sentence. "Why did you leave me? No note, no nothing. Do you have any idea what I went through?" she asked in a small voice. Few men had had the chance of shaking her up and he was one of them, another was Javier.
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder leaned back when Leona's words rang through his head, changing his mood completely. "What... You went through? Really??" He pulled back away from her and began to give a sarcastic laugh. "Oh you're a funny one, you know that?" he asked, looking at her. "Last time I checked, I was the one who went on a limb, pouring my heart out, asking you to be with me for eternity, but you turned me down like I was trash. As if the time you and I spent together was wasted. So why should I have stuck around?" How dare this woman claim he was the one at fault here? He felt those painful emotions coming back, and he shoved them down quick and hard, a lot easier to do thanks to the human blood.

Ryder raked his fingers through his hair, unsure of what to do right now. He had finally had all those memories and feelings locked away for good, yet just one meeting had cracked those chains. Not how he planned to spend his night at all...

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	Time † 22 June 2016 Leona's mouth dropped a little hearing what he said. "Wait, I didn't turn you down. All I said was that I wasn't ready marriage. I loved you, more than anything, but....I wasn't the type to get married," she said and for the first time in over a century, she felt that heartache she had felt when he had just disappeared on her. "I didn't say that I didn't want to be with you. I thought we ended up on the same page that you could live with us not being married, but then you just vanished," she said, her voice more shaky than ever, trying not to burst into tears. Her eyes started to water up. "I opened up to you, which I hadn't done ever since I was turned and that was what I get for it. After you left, I swore I wouldn't fall for another man," she said as tears started to roll down her cheeks. Turning away as she wiped them away. "I felt so alone afterwards," she said in a low voice. She hadn't thought that meeting Henri would affect her this much, but it was clear that she had a lot of unresolved emotions when it came to him and right now it was like she was back in time.
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder's facial expression grew with confusion as Leona spoke. That couldn't be it... That's not how he remembered it at all. He had the memory clear as day in his mind. But then he heard the tears in Leona's voice, something had to be true in her words. And he couldn't lie and say hearing her upset didn't bother him. "Well, believe me when I say that I haven't exactly opened up to any women over time, since then." Now, he's been with quite the handful of ladies, there's no lie in that, but those were just one nighters or quick flings, something that never lasted too long. Why let it grow to only be rejected once more? "What do you want me to do, Leona? Apologize?"

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	Time † 22 June 2016 Leona turned her head and looked back at him. To be honest, she didn't know what she wanted him to do right now. She moved over to him and lifted her hand up to his cheek, slowly brushing her thumb over it. "I never thought I would see you again, and then you're right here," she said and wondered if she would have been married to Javier right now or had her children, if things hadn't turned out as they did between her and Henri. "I've had this secret dream that one day you would turn up," she said with a slight smile as she locked eyes with him. But now it was too late, maybe things would have been different if only....
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder didn't move a muscle as Leona came over to him and touched his cheek. A part of him wanted to smack her hand away, while the other craved for more of her touch. He listened to her speak about her dream, that maybe he would come back. "Trust me, on many days I wanted to," he answered. "But I either persuaded myself not to, or when I caved, you were impossible to find. You and your brother knew how to cover your tracks well." His hand came up and wiped away the tear streaks on her cheek, his hand lingering there. He wasn't sure why, whether it was the blood affecting him, or the emotions just all coming out at once, but suddenly he grabbed her close and kissed her. Ryder had no idea she was married, or had kids. All he knew was, was that he missed Leona more than he let on.

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	Time † 22 June 2016 Leona smiled a little when he mentioned her and Leo covering their tracks. They had to, in order to stay under the Bodouar twins' radar, but feeling his touch and that kiss that followed, it was like her brain stopped working. And for a second there, she actually caved in, leaned into him. Just feelings his lips against hers again it was something she had missed, but she also realised it would never be, so as her brain started to work and the image of her husband appeared in her head. She pushed Henri away. "No!" she said, holding a hand over her mouth a little as she looked at him. "I'm sorry, but I can't. Too much has happened and well fact is that I'm married," she said and looked at him. Even though there was a part of her that wanted to be with Henri so bad, then she knew it was something that would never happen. She was with Javier now, her first real love. "If things had been different, then who knows, but I've moved on," she said and looked at him with an apologetic expression on her face. The last thing she wanted was to hurt him or actually have him feel like she rejected him.
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder took a step back after Leona pushed him back. Honestly, he expected that. Actually, he wasn't surprised the woman hadn't thrown in a slap or hit of sorts. But what she said afterwards sent a pain through his chest. "Wow..." he breathed, shaking his head. "You say you couldn't marry me, but you could marry someone else. Must be one hell of a guy, I must say, to tame a lion's heart like such. Next, you're gonna tell me that you have a big family, with kids and a lovely home, right?" She didn't have to say anything though, cause he could see it in her eyes. Ryder couldn't help but laugh over the whole situation. He couldn't believe all of this.

He started to head off toward his bike, before stopping and turning back around. "You know, say what you will about your husband and your life now. I believe it. But don't lie to me and say you've moved on completely. That kiss says otherwise." Cause if she had truly moved on, fully, she wouldn't have kissed back. "But hey, it's your life right? You do your thing, and I'll do mine. Don't worry, I'll be sure to stay out of your married life." This was Ryder closing up. He was done with emotions tonight.

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	Time † 22 June 2016 The emotions she caught from him said everything, so as he started to walk away from her, she wouldn't let things end like this, so she followed him. "People change. He was my first love, I fell in love with him before I was turned. I had planned to turn for him, just so I could be with him, but then his Sire ruined everything and I woke up believing he was dead," she said, almost desperate for Henri to understand, although she had a feeling he wouldn't "He showed up during the second world war. I'm really sorry, but maybe you and I just wasn't meant to be," she said and managed to grab his arm again, holding him back. "I loved you, I really did and if things had turned differently, but things don't always happen as we want them to be. If you had showed up earlier, who knows. A part of me will always love you, but I love husband more. He had always been the one for me, but when I thought he was dead and then you showed up, I never thought I would find someone, who I actually could see myself spend my eternity with, until I met you. I'm so sorry," she said, hoping that he somehow could move on, find someone else he could spend his life with.
	Leona de Nóil Lémón is portrayed by Laura Pyper Memo ----

Ryder didn't move or say anything as Leona grabbed him and spoke. Might as well let her get the words off of her chest. When she was done, he let out a sigh. "You're right, Leona. People do change... You decided to tie the knot, and me, well, I plan to not fall for another again. The whole closing up thing actually really does wonders for a person. I can see why a lot of vampires do it. Cause having pain for an eternity sucks, and I'm just not up for that." He grabbed Leona's hand, but rather than shove away, he lifted it to kiss her knuckles. "Have a happy life, Leona. You deserve it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a penthouse to unpack. Not to mention, I have a feeling your neglecting your Bellator duties." He stepped over to his bike and sat down, putting on his helmet. Oh and don't worry, Ryder thought, sending his thoughts to her. I won't leave too much trouble for you and your boys to clean up. And he wasn't necessarily talking about the possibility of feeding on humans again either. And before anything else could be said, Ryder took off, like a bat out of hell.

Memo: Sorry, couldn't think of anything else for him to stay for. She could follow him, or we could finish this thread and start a new one whenever. ^_^