Vendetta 01 -- Maybe In Another Lifetime

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October 6th, 2016
Off Camera During Vendetta VI

“This is my fucking RSW now! Not Arianny Blake’s! Not MGM’s! It mine, and nobody fucking else’s!”

“Excuse me?”

Arianny pushed the monitor over.

“Whoa!”

Aiden Van’t Hoff waited for the cameras to cut before he approached Arianny Blake. The sinful blond was fuming over the promo her estranged boyfriend had just cut to kick off the sixth episode of Vendetta and Aiden found the entire thing completely amusing. Arianny whirled around and fixed Aiden with a glare.

“What do you want now?”

Aiden shoved his hands in the pockets of his gray dress slacks and shrugged. “I just happened to be walking by and was wondering what that monitor ever did to you?”

“I really don’t have time for this. I need to go find Shawn.”

“Shawn clearly isn’t interested in finding you,” Aiden remarked. “In fact, he seems primed and ready for a brand new start. With all due respect, beautiful, that new start doesn’t seem to include you.”

Arianny rolled her eyes. “Don’t you have a match or something to get ready for?”

“Against Albright and Sammi. It’s not until later. I’ve got plenty of time to prepare.”

“Maybe you’ll actually win this time.” Arianny smirked.

“I’ll win. I promise you that. Then I’ll face the winner of Van Zant and Zach Knight, and I’ll win that one too. Then I’ll take Jace O’Brien’s Bay Area Championship.”

Arianny wasn’t so easily convinced. “You’ll never get the title off of Jace. What kind of planet do you even live on? You do realize that regardless of anything Shawn says, MGM still runs this company, right? He will come around to my way of thinking and I’ll have all the power.”

“I do enjoy a powerful, take charge type of woman.”

Arianny rolled her eyes but followed it up with an actual smile. “It’s a shame you waste your time hanging around losers like Lord and his slore. Maybe in another lifetime.”

With a toss of her blond hair, Arianny walked off to go and hunt down Shawn DeLise. Aiden watched her go, enjoying the sway of her hips, and the way her tight skirt clung to her backside. He only snapped out of his trance when Hailey walked up behind him and touched his arm.

“Snap out of it, Hoff.”

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Aiden was engaged and Arianny was married, but it didn’t stop him from thinking about the last thing she said to him.

“Maybe in another lifetime.”

Aiden wasn’t delusional. He knew Arianny was attracted to him. She had fire in her eyes and passion in her soul, and that was exactly the kind of woman he wanted in his life. Beside him, Maisi Alexander began to stir. She wasn't exactly a morning person and Aiden tossed the covers back and got out of bed before she could fully wake up. It was a gorgeous San Francisco morning and Aiden stepped out onto his balcony. The air was cool and Aiden zipped his hoodie up as he sat down on one of the deck chairs.

“This past episode of Vendetta was wild. I somehow found myself in the middle of a fuckin’ brawl while some crap-shoot of a wedding took place. Don’t ask me how I fuckin’ got here, because I really couldn’t tell you. I just know that come Vendetta, there’s more on the line than just a shot at Jace O’Brien’s Bay Area Championship.”

Aiden touched his thumb to his mouth. He had suffered a busted lip thanks to Violet Van Zant during that brawl and he had to admit that the girl packed one hell of a punch.

“There seems to be several different factions fighting for control inside of RSW. I’ve said it several times before. My goal here is to be a champion. But if I have to pick a side and fight the good fight, so be it. The Lord, Ravey, and my Hails know I've got their backs. Come Vendetta, one-third of Violent Intent will walk away on the losing side of things. Then come Screamfest, Jace O'Brien is going to find himself with only Mondae Chaos to keep him warm at night. I've finally tasted victory and I will be fucking damned if I go back to tasting defeat."

/End.