Everyone stared at her in stunned silence until someone cleared his throat and spoke,
“Are you saying it might be a…” he glanced around like what he was about to say was absolutely stupid “A vampire?” “Yes!” Hadassah replied with excitement “Think about it, it makes perfect sense. People have been saying they're seeing the figure of a man in the house at night, how come that man is not present there during the day? There's something crazy going on in that house and sir?” she saluted her boss “I’d like to be assigned this case, sir” “Let me get something straight Miss Darby, you want this case?” “Yes sir. You know there's no one more suitable for this case than I am. I've handled cases like this in the past and succeeded, I'm more than capable of taking on this case” The commander looked around “Is there anyone who would like to partner up with Detective Darby?” but no one responded because they were all too afraid. “Seriously? No one?” he paused and then called someone's name “Detective Reynolds and Detective Gerald, I'm partnering you two up with Detective Darby to solve this case” Reynolds groaned as he hated taking cases involving death or haunted buildings. “Can I ask to be replaced?” he asked and everyone laughed but the commander was not having it. “No, you may not ask to be replaced” everyone laughed again and he turned to Hadassah “Detective Darby, your analysis sounds a bit far-fetched but given this town is a shit-hole where anything can happen, I'll go with it. But you all must be careful, wear garlic on your bodies when investigating this building or anything to protect you against vampire attacks” he dismissed them with a wave of his hand and Belle came to meet her. “Hadassah, please tell me you don't actually think there's a vampire” “I don't think there's a vampire Belle, I KNOW there's a vampire” “Hadassah…” “Sorry can't talk, I've got work to do” And she walked off to join the rest of her team. “So guys, we're gonna start by interrogating the victims' families, we need to keep our eyes and ears out for any clues at all. I'll go investigate the house tonight” “You're gonna go alone?” Reynolds asked “Would you like to come with me?” Hadassah asked with a small smile. “Nope. You're good. We'll stick to interrogating” Hadassah laughed. “Just let us know if you need backup,” Gerald said “Thanks, Gerald” he nodded ********** Hadassah was getting ready to go to the cursed house when the hair on the back of her neck rose and a huge gust of wind pushed open her window. She put down her hairbrush and went straight to her window. “I know someone is here. I can feel it.” she waited but nothing happened. “Show yourself!” she said again and waited but nothing happened. She was about to open her mouth to say something when the door of her room opened and her mother walked in. She was a tall, middle-aged woman with deep-set eyes, a pointed nose, scarlet red hair and a really small mouth. Her dentition was flawless and she had a unique smile. She had a small, sturdy physique from years of yoga. “Honey, who are you talking to?” she asked in concern. “Nobody mum. I was just practising what I would say when I get to the house tonight” Her mother's brow creased “What house?” “The abandoned one” “What? Why are you going to the abandoned house? The exact one rumoured to be cursed and haunted?” “Because I have to investigate. We've been getting reports of people's dead bodies being found in front of that house and I know something fishy is going on there” “I know about the dead bodies, it's all everyone talks about. What I don't understand is why you're the one investigating it. Why not anyone else?” “I asked for this case, mum” Her mother put a hand over her mouth and just stared at her for a moment before speaking “Why?” she asked softly. “Because it's my job” “It's Isabella's job too, it's Henry's job, it's Victoria's job too so why on earth for God’s sake would you put your life in danger like this and request for a case like this?” Hadassah sighed and grabbed her mother's hands gently, “Mum, I know you're worried for me but I'm fine. I've handled cases like this…” “Not like this Hadassah. None like this. You've handled murder cases, that's for sure but not one that involves you going into a spooky building…” Hadassah's phone began to ring and she turned it off, she withdrew her hands, and grabbed her stuff, talking to her mother as she did so. “I know you're worried about me Mum but I assure you, I'll be fine. I'll text you if anything goes wrong. Love you” She dashed out of her house and hurried off to the building. She could feel a presence behind her all the time but every time she turned back, no one was there. She had walked a couple of blocks and was a few blocks away from the house when she finally had enough. She stopped, turned around and yelled, “Who are you? Show yourself and stop hiding like a dickless coward.” Suddenly, the air around her became thinner and a whirlwind began to swirl around her. The buildings around her suddenly started moving towards her, each had a scary face and they looked like they wanted to eat her and dead bodies suddenly started coming up from the ground, and then she heard a burst of manic laughter that seemed to echo all around her, she tried to run but her legs seemed to fail her and she fell to her knees, she struggled to crawl away but the dead bodies were coming closer and closer and the buildings were closing in on her, suddenly the ground beneath her began to tremble and she let out a bloodcurdling scream as a hand grabbed her leg. She suddenly woke up, her heart was pounding heavily, her breathing was ragged and she was sweating profusely. She quickly grabbed her phone to check what date it was, it was still the same night she was supposed to go check out the haunted house and it turned out she had slept off on her desk. “I must have dozed off” she whispered, trying to calm her racing heart but she suddenly had the feeling she was not alone again. With slow, meticulous movements, she reached for the gun in her boot, someone was standing behind her, her whole body was screaming danger and she could not ignore it. She turned around sharply with her gun cocked and aimed at the person’s head and she gasped“What….who are you?” She asked in fear. Her hands were shaking but she tried to steady herself. He tilted his head and replied. “I’m a vampire” he replied simply and she burst into laughter, it was a nervous kind of laughter, she was trying to mask her fear with the laughter. “Vampire? Really?” She paused and studied him carefully “I believe in angels and demons, I believe in God and satan but vampires?” She chuckled again before saying “Vampires aren’t real” He watched her for a long time, shrugged and said “okay” then he vanished. Now she really started to panic, he was still in her room but he was invisible and if he really was a vampire, he could attack her. “Alright fine! I believe you, you’re a vampire. Now could you please show yourself?” He materialized right in front of her and they stood staring at each other, her, trying to process the fact that an actual vampire was standing in her room and he staring at her with curiosity and amusement. It’s funny she thinks the gun
“I told you!” Hadassah whispered to Isabella and she looked up at her with a suspicious look “Told me what?”“That something supernatural is going on. I finally got to the bottom of it, not the whole thing really, I think I might have stumbled upon another mystery but I managed to solve a personal mystery. The person who's been watching me all this while is not in my head, he's real and you'll never guess what he is”Bella sighed in exasperation “a vampire?”“A handsome vampire. God, Bella, you need to see him, he was breathtaking, those fangs, his eyes, it was like looking into hell fire. So intensely wicked yet so beautiful….”“Are you okay? Did you bump your head or something?”Hadassah rolled her eyes “Do I sound like I'm hallucinating?”“YES! You do sound like you're hallucinating, you've lost your damn mind. Are you aware that you're obsessed with a fictional character…”“He's not fictional…!”“Vampires aren't real!”“He's real! I saw him, he was in my bedroom and he spoke to
“You came?” Aamon said with a relieved expression as he extended his arms out for a hug. She hesitated but then retaliated. Hugging him felt like she was in a safe haven. His body was firm, his grip on her was steady and he smelled of death mixed with blood and a little bit of earth.She disengaged from the hug and took one step back to scan him from head to toe. He was in all black as usual, his hair looked greasy than the last time she saw him, the strand of hair still fell over his face and he looked even paler, he stood like royalty. His entire movement was slow and graceful but the aura that emanated from him was mesmerizing, it was like danger mixed with seduction.“Was there ever a doubt?” She asked “A little, yeah” he answered honestly “Well, there shouldn’t be” He smiled for the first time and she had to admit, he looked even more mesmerizing when he smiled. His pure white fangs were more visible that way and watching it made her neck itch for some reason.“So…” she star
“So what happened after that?” she asked “I realized what I had done but it was too late. He was dead and I couldn't undo it. I wept and when I didn't know what else to do, I ran away”“You ran away?”“Yeah, I didn't want what happened to John to happen to anyone else close to me especially not my family but they were getting worried, the news was filled with my missing posters, I just had to go back home. I was missing for four days. I went into the woods, I learnt to keep my appetite for human blood under control so I wouldn't hurt anybody again. And it worked until my family died, then I went wild. I killed those responsible for their death and their families too. My appetite became insatiable after that. I've spent more than a hundred years learning to curb that and that's why you can sit here in front of me without any fear”“Who told you I'm not afraid?” she asked “If you are, you're doing a good job of hiding it. Your heart is beating normally”She smiled before replying “did
Her blush deepened as they kept staring at each other. He looked serious for a while before a playful grin spread across his lips.“Relax, I was joking, I told her you were working on a case and that you’ll get back to her once you’re available”“Did you tell her what case I was working on?”“Yeah I told her you were working on the abandoned building. Any problem?”“No, no problem. I have to call her back now, she’ll be worried sick”She picked up her phone and called her mother.__________“Who were you with last night?” Isabella asked eyeing her suspiciously. Hadassah froze momentarily then tried to mask her surprise with confusion.“Wh—what do you mean? I'm confused”“Your mum called me yesterday, well midnight to be precise. She wanted to know if we were working on the case together. I told her no but that I'll ask Reynolds and Gerald…”“And?”“I called them but they said they weren’t with you but someone answered your phone and told your mum that you guys were together so who w
Hadassah’s POVIt was a chilly, gloomy rainy day, we all stood with our umbrellas under the rain to bury the man who was once known as my father.I watched as the coffin was laid gently into the ground, my mother's sobbing intensified as the coffin lowered.I gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze as it continued to shake violently. I couldn't cry, I don't know why the tears are refusing to fall. I guess I've held it in for so long, they've formed a lump in my chest.This just got personal! I thought.Whoever was behind the killings just crossed the line. They think they've won, but the war was just starting.I looked around, taking in each of the faces present. They were a few close relatives, some friends, neighbors and colleagues from work, nothing odd but I'm sure we were being watched.I'll catch the killer, that's for sure. No matter how long it takes, I'll catch the person.***************I felt him, even before he made himself visible, the gust of wind gave his arrival away. He m
She knew she saw the right thing. How would she not know what a woman's back looked like? She was a woman herself so it's very unlikely that she won't know what a female's back looks like. She also saw that the woman had waist-length brunette hair.“Whoever you are, I'm going to get you” she whispered to herself.************Hadassah sat in her dimly lit office in the night, most of her co-workers had gone home, including Isabella. The glow of the desk lamp casted long shadows on the stacks of case files piled high around her. The room was heavy with the scent of stale coffee and the weight of unanswered questions. She had been working tirelessly on the mysterious case of the missing people week after week, losing sleep, only to be met with dead ends at every turn.The victims, all seemingly unconnected, had vanished without a trace. Days passed by, and soon their lifeless bodies were discovered in front of the abandoned building, some were even found the next day. Their bodies disc
Hadassah’s POVI waited for the pain to come, letting my life flash before me. So this was it for me? I didn't realize I'll be dying this young. There are so many things I haven't done and would probably never get to do again. I didn't even get to tell my mum goodbye, she'll probably be worried and after finding out what happened to me tonight, I doubt she'll be able to function well. I guess this is what I get for blindly trusting a vampire.Tears streamed down my face as I readied myself for the pain about to come.I waited…I waited…And waited…But nothing seemed to be happening.What the hell is happening? Is biting really that painless, because I don’t feel anything? I should be on my way to maybe heaven or hell by now but for some reason, I’m still here, I can still feel my physical body, only without the weight of his hands again.I opened my eyes slowly to see him looking at s