Contessa smiled and looked over at the other woman that spoke. She didn't look scary at all, she looked very nice really. "Well yes, it takes some getting used to." she said and smiled. "It's very nice to meet you too Amell." Contessa said politely. "Get used to this, you really think so?" she asked and looked down at no name who was looking at all the people, "Yes she does get very close but I guess that's because they've been friends for a very long time." she answered and smiled. The parties would probably take some time to get used to them but so far she was enjoying it, she just hoped that Daylen was having a good time too since she was sure he'd prefer to be working right now. "I take it you two are customers of Daylen? How long have you both known him?" she asked, trying to start any sort of conversation that didn't involve Miss Claire in it.

Both the women nodded. It would probably take her some time, from what Saria said Contessa was shy. However they both just weakly smiled when she said that Claire and Daylen were close because of the time they known each other. Everyone knew that Claire was head over heels for him. Though Daylen was never interested in her and was very loyal, so they knew nothing would happen. Both of them nodded again. "Yes. Amell has been a customer longer than me. She actually introduced me to him." She laughed lightly. "I was actually scared to death during the interview. Sirus did all the talking while Daylen just looked at me plainly, like he was staring into my soul the whole time." Kalikah said giggling. Amell just nodded. "He can be intense at times. But it is understandable, he could have easily killed some with his old powers." Kalikah just nodded then went into thought. "I wonder what he is capable of now. What is his abilities at a vampire?" Amell just wondered as well. It was a good question.

Contessa smiled as she listened to them and chuckled, "Yes he can be very intimidating. I remember I was very intimidated by him when I first met him, but I'm not so much anymore. There are times when I still am though." Contessa admitted and listened to them wonder about his powers. "W-well he had three new powers. I know one of them is mind reading but he's been practicing how to control that. The second is that he can shift into lots of bats, and the third is weather control which only happens when he's very upset. It can be pretty scary." she explained quietly. She wasn't sure if Daylen wanted anyone to know but she was sure there was no harm in telling them about his abilities. She could understand their curiosity since she was a very curious person herself and she'd be curious too if she was in their spot.

Kalikah and Amell just looked at Contessa when she said Daylen's new powers. "Atmokinesis? Really?" Kalikah said in shock. "Not even my father has that ability." Amell said softly. They looked at the annoyed Daylen even though his face was plain, you could clearly see the annoyance. Amell just laughed at the site. "It seems he get more annoyed every party." Kalikah just joined her in laughing at the site. They could looked at her and smiled. "So what's it like being married to the famous di Pavia?" Kalikah asked sweetly. "Hm... I see him more as a workaholic. Working all day and night. Never relaxing." Kalikah just smiled. "So you see him pretty much as he always is, never changing in a slightest." Amell just nodded softly. "I don't know, maybe he has a hidden soft side." Amell and Kalikah just looked at Contessa to see if she would answer their curiosity. They were just curious on how he was in private or if he was the same as he was around them.

Contessa nodded at what Kalikah said. "Yes, but it only happens if he's extremely upset." she answered and smiled as she looked over and could tell that Daylen really wanted to just go back to his study and work. "It's nice being married to him, he IS a workaholic though. He stays in his study all day and all night. I try to visit him throughout the day and sometimes he goes to bed around the same time I do but usually he just goes to bed when he feels like it." she answered, deciding it would be best not to tell them he was a cuddler when he slept since that seemed much too personal. "While he works I try to keep myself busy, I've been meaning to go shopping for some paint so that I could paint the master bedroom. I also want to restore old furniture and toys. I used to do it a lot when I was younger." Contessa explained softly. The Daylen they saw right now was pretty much the Daylen she say every day.

They both just smiled, both took a drink from Raymon when he offered them one from the tray he was holding. He however had one specially for Contessa. "This one is you Miss Contessa." He told her turning the try for her to grab a glass with different color liquid then the others. "It will help your stomach for the food." He told her softly. "Oh are you not feeling well?" Amell asked softly. "Amell is a great healer if you need one." Kalikah told her sweetly as Amell nodded. "I use Daylen's healing tonics and other varies he makes, they go well with my water healing." She said taking a sip from the glass. "You shouldn't be painting if you're sick." Amell told her worried about her. Kalikah just nodded. "If you need help painting, I will be happy to help." She ordered Contessa sweetly. Being a spider she would reach any place ceiling or small crevices.

"Oh, thank-you very much Raymon." she said and took the glass, it was nice to see a familiar face. She hoped it worked because she knew she'd be starving soon. "W-well in a way no I have not. I uhh...I have been feeling nauseous at times so I have trouble eating food and keeping it down." she answered softly. Contessa didn't want to talk about her possible pregnancy, not with them. At least not until it was confirmed. "It's nothing serious I'm sure though." she assured politely. "Oh so you're a healer too? That's rather neat! So you come to Daylen for healing tonics." she noted, she'd have to remember that though the notebook that Daylen gave him probably said all this already. It was really nice to see that they cared about her health so much after having just met her, "Thank-you for your concern. You're right, I shouldn't. I want to keep myself busy though while Daylen works. If not I'd end up sleeping all day because often times I am tired all day." she commented and took a small sip of her drink. She didn't mean to say that, it just came out.

Both the women just looked at each other at the information she gave them. Amell just looked back at Contessa. "Yes, I am a healer. Not as good as Daylen and his incredible tonics. Though I can't wait to see if he successful on replicating the healing properties of Vampiric blood." She looked from Kalikah to Contessa excitedly. "He was telling me all about this newest project, well one of them. I might have visit more often hearing about the sunscreen for Vampires. Raymon told me about how he is using himself as a test subject. His arms got so charred, he nearly lost one. Daniel have had to give him some of his blood." She told Kalikah. "Wait Daniel as in Daniel Morelock?" Amell nodded as Kalikah just laughed. "He is the new nighttime butler." They both just laughed at the thought. "Can you imagine him as butler, I'm sure that is very pleasant." Kalikah said through her laugh. Amell would just agree at that. It would be rather funny to see.

Contessa just listened and smiled, "Well I'm not sure what he's working on at the moment. He does have quite a few things he wants to work on. He hopes to one day create a tonic that will cure all diseases." she explained and took another sip of her drink while glancing over at Daylen who still had a plain look on his face. Turning her attention back to the girls, Contessa nodded at what they were saying, she remembered how badly his arm was hurt when he had been testing out the lotion it was then that she had yelled at him. She felt bad for yelling at him but he had smiled. Upon hearing about Daniel, Contessa just sipped her drink again. "He's a good butler to Daylen, doesn't talk much but he takes very good care of Daylen." she commented and cradled no name in her arm.

They both just nodded. "I'm sure he will. It's scary how talented he is. I heard you were there when he did the impossible. I bet you were excited to be a witness to that historic event." Amell just nodded, she would be if she was there, who wouldn't seeing such power that only the ancestors held. "Makes you wonder how he will cope with the changes, going for sorceror to vampire." They were very curious. However they just looked over as Daylen just abruptly left the room. His eyes were glowing red. "Oh dear." Both of them said in union.

Daylen had been harassed by nearly every being that came to the gathering. He had no time for himself really. However he was glad to see Contessa talking to at least two of the female customers. Amell and Kalikah were actually really nice people. He leaned against the wall in the kitchen. The pain was back, it seemed to be worse than before. He held his stomach as the pain grew sharper with every breath. He was starving again. "Awe, poor little sorcerer got into something he shouldn't have." Daylen just looked at the male in the doorway, Miaror. He really didn't want to deal with him right now.

Contessa smiled and nodded. "I was very happy for him, I knew he could to it." she started. "I know Daylen can do anything he puts his mind to, and I know he gets frustrated when it doesn't go as planned but it's just part of the process. I tell him to take some breaks but he usually never does and I understand, he wants to waste no time in getting the tonics perfected." she said softly. "He's...he's learning to cope as best as he can. It will take some time of course but adjustments are being made to help it be easier. Daniel is always making sure that Daylen drinks the substitute blood at certain times of the day, and all curtains are drawn in the morning. During nighttime only dim lights are on for me to be able to see where I'm going." Contessa explained.

When she looked over to where they were looking and saw Daylen leave, she frowned knowing it wasn't anything good especially since he had red eyes. Hopefully Daniel could get him to drink some real blood before it got worse. Thankfully she hadn't seen Miaror so far today so that was good, she really didn't want to run into him especially now that Daylen wasn't here.

Both Amell and Kalikah just smiled hearing Contessa. She seemed to be learning about him pretty fast, which was a good thing. "Oh darling, Daylen doesn't take breaks for a different reason." Saria said walking up to the three woman, Claire standing beside her. "He hid away from the world for two reasons. His pyrokinesis and the fact he thinks he is a monster. Course you can't blame him, he was called one his whole life by the people who shared the same blood as him since that horrible day." She continued. "He has been working since I can remember, trying to make up for his sin." Claire empathized the word sin, it was the only word that really came to her mind that fit the bill. Amell and Kalikah just nodded in agreement. "It passed the time, as he claims it was all he did it for. However deep down, it was his punishment he inflicted on himself. Caused one death, in repentance saved all he can." Claire said sweetly. Her lavender eyes just sparkled softly in the light. "Since he used my blood I have a connection to him like all my bloodlings, however he doesn't have to follow the rule since his case is different. I can dig into his soul and read him however. That is why he works all the time. Asked me anything Miss Contessa. I'll tell you anything you wish to know about him." Even though she was head over heels for him, she was always willing to help Contessa with any answer she wanted to know about Daylen. The other three women were so sure about this but it was Contessa's choice.

"Well yes I know all this and I understand. I just don't like to see him overwork himself." Contessa started and looked at both Siara and Claire. Contessa downed the rest of her drink quickly and sighed softly, "I wouldn't call it a sin. It was an accident." she replied, making it very clear that there was nothing wrong with accidents. "You can call it whatever you want to but I think of it as an accident, it could have happened to anyone. My loosing an arm and an eye isn't a sin, it's an accident." Contessa informed. "Daylen is not a monster, I tell him that every time he says he is. He's done so much good, no one should judge him over an accident that happened years ago, it just doesn't make sense how someone can live their entire lives complaining over one accident. It just doesn't sit well with me." Contessa continued. She was not trying to get upset, that was the last thing she needed right now. The fact though that Claire called the accident a sin, it just irked her. "I don't think it would be fair of me to ask you things about my husband. I mean, if I need to know something I'll learn it eventually now won't I?" she asked with a smile on her face.

All four of them just look at Contessa and listen to her little outburst. "Oh darling she wasn't meaning it the way it sounded." Saria said finally breaking the silence but Claire just stopped her. "Saria, my little flower. It's fine. Clearly my words bothered her. It is not I that classed it as a sin but your husband." She simply stated, she didn't care for her little tantrum. Claire just smile her sweet smile. "We shall see little faerie, we shall see." She stated as she waved her hand walking away. Kalikah just looked at Contessa. "Sweetie, she was just trying to be nice. Daylen is the one that calls it his sin. No one judges him for that incident but himself. He believes he is the monster, none of us do. If not for Claire, he would have kill himself years ago." Amell elbowed her hard for the last sentence. Amell just sighed and looked at Contessa, now having to explain a story. "When Daylen was around nineteen he, he purposely hurt himself. As he was bleeding, Claire found him near death. Her blood healed his wounds, Raymon nursed him to health." The two women glared at Kalikah for even bringing it up.

Miaror's back was slammed into the wall, he was trying to anger Daylen and it was clearly working. Daniel just pulled off Daylen when he entered the room. His shirt was ruffled from where Daylen had gripped it. Miaror hissed. "Some vampire, can't even handle a simple craving." He told Daylen whose face was as plain as ever. Daniel just pointed to the door. "Leave." He ordered Miaror, he just flared his fangs at Daniel. "You can't order me around mutt!" Before he knew it Daniel had grabbed him and tossed him into the hallway. Daniel just looked at Daylen. Something was off with him. "Stay." He simply told Daylen before leaving. Daniel went into the ballroom, he went to where Contessa was. "Miss Claire, where is she?" He simply spoke to her. He needed her ability to read her changeling. However he didn't give them time to answer fully when the women began to speak. He heard enough from them.

"What do you mean by 'we shall see'?" Contessa asked but sighed when Claire started walking away. Contessa didn't need to get upset, not right now. She needed to keep calm and try to have a good time, there was no need to cause a big scene and upset Daylen. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get upset it just happened." Contessa explained and raised an eyebrow at the new bit of information. Daylen had tried to kill himself?! "He did?" she repeated and frowned, now feeling more like a bad person instead of a good one. Perfect, just perfect. she thought to herself and rubbed her forehead. This was obviously something that Daylen never wanted her to know and she assumed she knew why, but she wasn't going to bring it up with him ever. Maybe one day he would tell her himself and she'd pretend to be surprised so that he wouldn't know that she already knew this. Hearing Daniel, she wondered why he needed to see her but guessed it was important. Once the girls were done speaking she looked at him and waved her hand away from them. "She walked off that way." she answered and frowned. "Why? Is everything okay?" she asked though she knew he wouldn't answer her.

The three women watch as Daniel ignored Contessa's question and left to find Claire. They looked at each other before heading to the hallway. One looked in Daylen's study but came out and shook her head no. They then went to the kitchen and saw Daylen. He was on his knees, one hand on the floor, the other holding his stomach. He was in so much pain. The sclera of his eyes were black, they were glowing a bright red. His fangs were out. They however knew it wasn't safe to go near him, they looked at Saria. Saria just shook her head. "This, this is not the blood craving. I have no idea what this is." She spoke worried about. The pain was clearly written in his eyes and face. "It is the craving, my little flower." Claire said walking over to Daylen. She knelt down to him as Daniel stopped near the counter. She help him up to his knees. "Oh my dearest love." She said softly brushing the hair from his face. Miaror just growl at the scene from the hallway. "Being as strong as the ancestors in sorcery, you condemned yourself to being as strong as the vampire's ancestry. Substitute blood and tonics will do nothing for you. You must drink the real thing." She just removed the collar from her shirt. She was offering her neck. "What!? Are you..." Miaror started but went silent quickly when Daniel growled at him hatefully. This time Daniel flashed his teeth at the vampire.

Contessa followed the girls close behind and wondered what was wrong exactly, but when they reached the kitchen she frowned seeing Daylen on the floor. This wasn't good, he needed to drink more blood...a lot more blood and of course Miss Claire had to save the day because she herself clearly couldn't. This of course bothered her more than it probably should have but she didn't care. Why couldn't she offer her own blood to her own husband? Because he would never let her, so she had to be a good girl and let it happen even though she clearly didn't want to. He is NOT your dearest love! he is your friend...nothing more. You two are just friends. she thought to herself, trying to keep herself from making a huge scene. What would Sirus do or say if he was here? What would her parents do or say? Just relax...just relax.. she repeated to herself in her head.

Daylen just fell backwards, he was now sitting leaning away from her. He shooked his head no. Even in allot of pain he was refusing to drink from her. He didn't want too. "Drink from her or I force you to drink from me." Daniel told him plainly. Daylen just closed his eyes. "No. It's one thing to drink from a packet, but I will not drink from anyone." Miaror just smirk at how pathetic he found Daylen. "Very well." Daniel said rolling up his sleeves. Daylen just moved away from the approaching werewolf. His vampiric eyes locked onto Daniel. The wind was picking up outside, rain and hail began to flood the ground. "Daylen, my dearest love. Please, even if it's your wife. Drink from one of us." Claire told him softly. "If you don't, you risk someone's life. At least right now you can stop from drawing in the last drop." Daylen just weakly looked at Claire he didn't want to but she was right. He just weakly nodded looking at the floor. "Leave us." He told everyone but Claire. The other women forced Contessa out of the kitchen as they quickly left, though they could probably see into the kitchen from where they took her. When they were alone. Claire moved over to him, with great hesitation he bit her neck.

Contessa frowned as she was forced out of there. Breaking away from them, she left to sit by herself and smiled weakly down at no name who licked her cheek. "Thank-you little guy. At least I can count on you to cheer me up." she whispered. Of course Daylen would refuse to drink from her, was it because she was a fairy? He had no problem biting Claire. Contessa decided to just forget it and focus on something that actually made her happy. Automatically her thoughts went to her parents as she wondered what they were doing, oh how she would prefer to be with them right now. She honestly just wanted to curl up and sleep. Looking down at the rings she wore, Contessa sighed softly and pulled them off before just staring at them as they sat on her hand. She was actually proud of herself for being able to stay so calm during all this, maybe Daylen's calm nature was rubbing off on her too.

When the pain was faint, Daylen pulled away from Claire. He moved away from her until his back hit the wall. She was very weak from the blood lost but she understood his retreat. She just weakly smiled at him. "You should drink a few packets or from someone else. Your craving isn't fully stated. It's not healthy." She told him in her sweet loving tone she always addressed him in. "Should I get Miss Contessa?" She asked him but he should his head no. "I'm going to get her. You need to address this with her." She weakly stood up and left the room. She walked around using the wall as support until she found Contessa. She slide down the wall opposite of her, sitting right in front of her. "Don't frown, little one. I had him bite me because he could have killed you. He can drink all the blood from me and I'll revive." She weakly sighed, she barely had energy. "Daylen needs you. His craving is stated for the most part. If you offer him your blood, he can safely take from you and no harm will come to you." She told her sweetly, she was close to falling asleep in the hallway. She just wanted to let Contessa know it was safe to be around Daylen now.

Contessa looked up at Claire and sighed softly, "I highly doubt he wants to see me right now. Perhaps tomorrow." she muttered but Claire was being persistent in a nice way. "Why aren't you with him? He would probably prefer to be with you right now that with me, I can't help him like you can Claire." she added plainly and got up from the couch then helped Claire sit on it. Why was she even here? Why wasn't she over with her 'Dearest Love'? She really didn't think Daylen wanted to see her, if anything he just wanted to be alone right now and if he needed anything he had Daniel there to help him now that Claire was too weak to help him. "He doesn't need me Claire, he never does. If he ever does it's just to keep him company or to help him with work which I actually like, it's fun to work with him." she said quietly. Maybe she should just go and keep Daylen company, but she honestly wanted to get to know the rest of his customers.

She just smiled when she helped her onto the couch and laugh lightly at her words. She weakly shook her head. "No, he rather be with you. He is just afraid of hurting you." She told her softly. "He needs you more than you think. Right now he is going through a very scary change. That blood lust, I seen many centuries ago. The one who turned me was an ancient vampire, one of the very first. His craving was just like Daylen's, he would have to have the real thing too. That's how I came to be." She looked at her and smiled. "I was his supplement before hunters." She just lightly patted Contessa's shoulder. "I'll let you decide, he can go through this change alone or you can strengthen your relationship by being by his side." She weakly stood up and left to find Miaror so she could return home. Most of the customers had left after hearing that Daylen was having issues. Kalikah, Amell, Saria and Grim, a few others stayed to keep an eye on him. They all were worried about him but did as they were asked by Daniel and Raymon.

Contessa frowned softly and nodded, "I know he is. It's scary for me too. I worry about him all the time, everyday. I worry too much though." she said quietly and felt dizzy for a second but it quickly passed. Listening to Claire's story she was able to finally know her story. It explained that special connection they both had, still didn't make her feel any better to know it though. Strengthen their relationship? It is pretty fragile I suppose. she thought to herself and looked at no name who yawned and got comfortable in her arms. Without saying anything, she headed back to kitchen and frowned as she weaved through the group of people and hesitantly approached Daylen who was leaning against the wall. "H-hi. A-are you feeling at least a little bit better? Do you need anything?" she asked and knelt down beside him. "I know you don't want to talk right now and that's fine, we can talk whenever you feel like it." Contessa assured softly and offered him a small and weak smile. She wanted their relationship to get strong, it was pretty weak right now but it was going to take a long time to build a strong relationship with Daylen but she was going to try.

Daylen was wiping his face from the blood after Claire had left. He didn't like the fact he had to drink blood, that the substitute blood and tonics were worthless to him. His eyes had returned to normal as he sat in the dark kitchen, listening to the people outside. He had one leg tuck close to his body, his forehead was resting on his knee. His arms were wrapped around it. He slightly curled up more when he heard Contessa's voice, he was actually surprised she came. He was sure that she wouldn't after he had bitten another person in front of her. "I'm sorry." He apologized to her, he knew she didn't want him to bite Claire but he did. He was trying his best not to drink from anyone but it was proving impossible. "I'm trying not to bite anyone." Daylen just took in a shaky breath as he continued to speak softly, never moving from his position. "I know if I keep doing it, you'll finally see me as the monster I truly am." He didn't want to be a monster in her eyes but he knew she didn't like it when he bit someone.

Daylen looked rather saddened by the event, it wasn't his fault though and she didn't want him thinking that it was. "Daylen..." she started and smiled sadly as she reached out with her metal hand and ran her fingers through his hair softly. "Daylen you have nothing to apologize for, you've done nothing wrong. You did what you had to do and I'm proud of you. I know you don't like to drink real blood, and I know you don't like the idea of having to drink from someone. It's something you have to do though, and if her blood is what you feel comfortable drinking then I want you to drink it. You don't have to worry about upsetting me, I'd be more upset if you refused to drink from her too." she explained softly and shook her head. "Daylen di Pavia, you are not a monster. I will never see you as a monster. I will always see you as who you are, a kind man who I care about a lot and who deserves to be happy." Contessa said quietly.