It had been nearly five years since Piper Allison (or Alessandra De Luca as she'd been going by in recent years) had left London after her cousin and her boyfriend died and she started hunting down every single vampire, witch, and demon involved. While her boyfriend's childe was working his way up through whatever hellacious ranks there were in the supernatural underworld, she was hitting them where they least expected and kept as low-key as she could. By now, she knew they were onto her and knew she was coming for them but it didn't mean she needed to call attention to herself before she wanted to.

Instead, she moved about as needed, traveling as she had always wanted to and gathering information about the world around her, from the mundane to the supernatural. Along the way, she took the miscellaneous jobs if only to keep herself entertained and trained.

Tonight, she'd arrived in the new city just hours ago, checked into some nondescript hotel, and grabbed a quick bite to eat. Tomorrow, she'd meet her contact about a grimoire that she wanted to get her hands-on before moving on to the next place.

Piper felt too antsy to retire for the night just yet. Truth was, she always did when coming to a new place and was unsure of who or what she'd run into. So she did what she always did and start walking/patrolling her area. She didn't expect any sort of trouble, it felt fairly quiet all things considered but she knew that looks (and feelings) could be deceiving and so she kept on her guard.