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Another week passed by and so far Lucas had no information for me on the missing girls. Even Timothy couldn’t find anything on them because we had nothing to go on. I hated feeling that nothing could be done, I wasn't used to failing.
I had just returned from a meeting with the Police Chief and even his file was thin. He remembered the missing girls and I felt like he was hiding something from me. I could feel the disturbance in the house’s aura the moment I closed the front door behind me.
“You weren’t invited in,” I said as I stood in the foyer.
“Forgive the intrusion, I came only to make the acquaintance of the new Sire,” the voice said from the living room.
I heard his footsteps as he walked out of the living room and faced me in the foyer of my house. He was a vampire and I instantly had my defenses up. Abeloth confirmed the evil that radiated from him and he was on tenterhooks as well.
“My name is Lucius and I’ve come to discuss the arrangement we’ve had with the previous Sire,” he said looking smug.
“What kind of arrangement is that?” I asked him although I had already guessed.
“It is almost time for our master to choose a new girl,” he said and I had to fight to keep my expression neutral.
“I see, first tell me why you’re friend remains hidden from me,” I said and I saw something flash in his eyes.
“Carlos,” he said and the second vampire joined him.
“I suggest you two leave my house and don’t return. There will be no arrangement between me and your master,” I said and opened the front door.
“It would be very bad for you to go against our master, he will have his girl this year,” Lucius said.
“This is your last chance to leave my territory alive,” I said and Lucius laughed out loud.
He moved towards me quickly but I was ready for him. My one hand had already morphed and Abeloth had focused his strength into me. Lucius stopped short as my hand ripped into his chest and I pulled back still holding his heart as the shock registered in his eyes.
“Tell your master to fuck off,” I said as Carlos moved past me swiftly. His scent faded quickly as I slammed the door closed again and took out my phone. I took a few pictures of Lucius and then I checked his pockets and ripped open his shirt and took more photos.
“Hello Ryder,” he answered his phone.
“I just sent you a few pictures of the vampire that’s involved with the missing girls. He told me his master chooses one every year. I don’t have more details but we need to know who this fucker is and where they’re located. His name is Lucius and his friend that fled is named Carlos,” I said.
“I’ll see what I can find,” he said.
“Thanks Timothy,” I said and ended the phone call.
I went to the kitchen quickly to get cleaning supplies and black bags. I would have to get rid of this body before anyone came back. I was busy pulling the black bags apart when I stopped short in the foyer.
“Megan,” I said as she stood looking at the dead vampire.
“Did you kill him?” she asked me.
“He came for me first,” I said feeling uncomfortable with her standing there.
“Okay, get sponges and warm water, bleach and the bottle of Coke in the fridge,” she said to me.
I left the black bags next to his body and went back to the kitchen to get everything Megan told me to get. When I got back to the foyer she had spread the black bags next to his body careful to avoid the blood. His heart had been wrapped in a separate black bag.
“Help me lift him, then we’ll put him on more bags,” Megan said.
“Have you done this before?” I asked her not sure if I should be impressed or afraid.
“Just lift him,” she said to me and I followed her orders. We wrapped him in three more black bags and she produced a roll of tape from my office drawer and I had to lift his body so she could tape everything together.
Next I helped her wash the floor. First she poured the Coke over the blood and then we started washing. First with warm water, then with bleach and we repeated the process twice. When she was happy she poured bleach over the sponges and left them in boiling water before throwing them out.
“I think we should bury him in the woods,” I said after the floor was clean.
“No, buried bodies can be found,” she said and I looked at her with a frown.
“I have to report his death to the Elders,” I said to her.
“Yes and then they’ll want you to dispose of the body so he’s never found again. A dead vampire on dragon territory is asking for trouble,” she said to me.
“So what then?” I asked her.
“We have lye in the shed, come on I have a plan,” she said and her eyes actually had a twinkle in them.
I carried the body outside to the bonfire area and Megan had me drag out a huge plastic bin from the shed as well. She brought the large soup pot from the kitchen and asked Abeloth to start a fire in the pit.
He was happy to comply as it gave him the chance to stretch properly and be outside with us. She poured the lye into the pot with water and we sat on the logs next to it waiting for it to boil. As soon as it started boiling rapidly she instructed me to pour the mixture over the vampire.
She closed the lid of the plastic bin and proceeded to walk inside the house leaving me standing there. I followed her inside having gained new respect for how she had kept her cool throughout everything that we’d just done.
“What happens now?” I asked her.
“His body will dissolve in about three hours or so and then you can just pour him down the drain,” she said.
“How the fuck do you know all this?” I asked her.
“I read a lot,” she said as she washed her hands in the guest bathroom downstairs.
“You scare me,” I said and she laughed.
“Remember that the next time you want to tease me,” she said seriously.
“Shit,” I said and she laughed at the look on my face.
“Why did you kill him? I know you said he came for you first, but what happened?” she asked me.
“He said he came to introduce himself to me because his master will come to choose his next girl soon,” I said to her.
“The missing girls,” she whispered.
I had shared that story with Megan and Link, I didn’t have secrets from them, I trusted both of them completely and now Megan had helped me to get rid of a body. I was really freaking out inside and she was as calm as could be.
I heard Link’s truck outside and he walked into the house whistling. Megan and I stood looking at him as he sniffed the air and then he looked at us.
“Hey guys why does it smell like bleach in here?” he asked.
“Ryder spilled my wine, so I just mopped there,” Megan said.
“Wine? At three pm?” he asked.
“Do I ask about your sex life?” Megan asked loudly as Link just blinked and looked at her and I started laughing almost hysterically.
“I’m lost,” Link said as Megan threw her hands in the air and went upstairs.
“Okay seriously what just happened?” he asked me.
“I have no clue,” I said to him still laughing.
“What’s with the plastic bin outside?” he asked.
“Don’t open it, we’re dissolving a body,” I said and Link started laughing.
“You could have just said it’s none of my business,” he said as he walked through to the kitchen.
I shook my head and went upstairs to my bedroom. It was almost time to get ready for tonight’s ball which was being held in Chicago. I had asked Megan to go with me since I would be introduced as Princeton’s new Sire and all the Sires of the surrounding areas would be attending and I didn’t want to attend without a date.
I was standing at the bottom of the stairs talking to Link while I waited for Megan to join us. We both turned when we heard her footsteps and we were both staring at her with open mouths. I had never seen her looking like this and she was absolutely beautiful.
“Wow,” Link said but I still couldn’t form any words.
“Close your mouth Link,” she said as she joined us.
“You look spectacular,” I said to her and I got a big smile from her.
“Thank you,” she said.
“You might want to sanitize the truck seats,” Link said.
“My truck’s clean asshole,” I said to him.
“Yeah but you never know who’s naked ass was grinding on it last,” he said.
“Maybe I should just follow you in my car,” Megan said as Link laughed.
“I’ve never had sex inside the truck,” I said glaring at him.
“Just against it,” Link said as he dodged my punch.
“Oh wow you really are a piece of work,” Megan said laughing with Link.
“You’re an asshole Link,” I said to him as he stood just outside reaching distance.
“Have fun you two, but not too much fun you know,” he said.
“That’s disgusting Link,” she said, “besides I’m seeing someone.”
“You are?” we both asked her simultaneously.
“Why is that so hard to believe?” she asked looking at us.
“It’s not, you just never said anything after your first date,” I said.
“I don’t kiss and tell like you two,” she said.
“Wow kissing already, aren’t you moving a bit fast,” Link asked her and she threw her shoe at his head.
“Ow!” he said loudly as it connected with his head. She walked over to him and put her shoe back on as she glared at him.
“What I do with him is none of your business,” she said and blushed a bright red as she said it.
“Stop please, I think in pictures, we need to get going anyway,” I said to her.
“Are you picturing her naked now?” Link asked and ran as we both turned around.
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