Zeidan pressed the doorbell twice and the door was opened by the white-haired wife of Dan, Marianne. She was wearing a purple simple long-sleeved cotton dress that reached her knee and had an apron around her waist. "Hi, Marianne.""Hello, Zeidan. Do come in, Dan has been expecting you. And Roderigo." She opened the door wider so he could enter and his nostrils were filled with grilled cheese, maple, bacon, and also french fries.He nodded and turned into the drawing room where Dan stood holding a glass of scotch and Roderigo was sitting across the room too. They seemed too deep in thought or analysis. After the revelation made by Styx about how Lyne's mother had died, she hadn't been herself. He left her in the suite while she was still asleep to come to Dan's so they can talk about what he heard. "Hello, Dan. Is there still room for a third?" He called and the two men chuckled, inviting him in."Sure, man." They exchanged handshakes before he sat on an empty chair as well."So, I
Lyne picked up a file she had gotten from the clerk downstairs. It had on it several names of clients that had come to buy artifacts from the company and she shook her head at how much people waste just to get a hold of something that doesn't belong to them. Zeidan had left her since morning and she couldn't blame him for going without her. She had been sulking alone, thinking of what she had heard about her mother. But could she just sit there and think all day of her mother who had died choosing the pack over her? When none of her family members refused to talk about her mother, she thought that maybe her mother was a bad person to them, and talking about her would only bring up traumatic memories, which explains why her siblings never liked her. Turns out her mother had been bad to only her. Her mother had rejected her even right after she was born. Picking up another sheet of paper, a file fell to the floor. It was a printed CCTV footage of a black cloak moving past the hallway
Chloe approached the dome-shaped structure with torn roofs that stood in front of her. Maya had asked to meet her here. "Why had she been acting strange? Especially after I read that book." She thought aloud.She accessed the old and abandoned temple located on the outskirt of Vampire City. As she went closer to the big door at the entrance, she could smell the dust that covered the building. She entered the dark hall and proceeded toward what looked like an altar. The room where she had picked the book up before. This she did with serious caution.Chloe looked around the big, well, almost empty room and began to pace about the altar. She could see the sky from where she was beside the altar as the roof above was either torn away or missing somehow. Strange but thanks to that anyway, it provided lighting from the moon to the dark hall. The walls had a lot of cracks with broken windows and it looked like the building could collapse at any moment. Beside the altar was an opened coffin,
Maya had gotten information that Zeidan was going to Los Angeles and she had waited on the side of the road connecting the driveway to the main road that leads to Los Angeles in by the side of the road. She waited for about twenty minutes before she saw Zeidan’s black Audi car speeding onto the main road. She quickly turned on her heels and followed him.She followed patiently, waiting for the right time to engage him. Very soon, they were on the main road with bushes on the sides of the road, this was the best time to engage him she thought. She jumped on the bonnet and the car surged forward. Zeidan noticed this and increased his speed too, and the hot chase began. Maya began to gain on him quickly. An indication that her ancient powers cannot be underestimated. She had chosen the right time for this mission.She swerved to the right side of Zeidan’s car and opened her door. Swiftly she jumped on the windscreen leaving the car to turn three sixty and moving to crash into the signpo
Lyne sat still on the bed with her arms wrapped around Tina's cold body when the elevator dinged and Zeidan rushed in. He was looking just as pale as she felt but she was glad he was around. As soon as he got inside, he slowed his pace and walked to her side where he crouched and placed a gentle hand on the girl's forehead."She didn't deserve this," Lyne muttered, tears rolling down her cheeks with every word she said. "She was just a cherry kid who was just embracing life. Unfortunately, life decided to throw its hurdles at her. Doing what it knows how to do best. Being cruel."Before she knew it, Zeidan sat on the edge of the bed and swung an arm around her, pulling her in an embrace. "You're right. She deserves the best and not this. But you've got to know it wasn't your fault.""I should have asked her more questions and tried my best to protect her but I didn't." Her voice was shaky and if she wasn't sitting, she would be afraid of slumping."You did the best you could. Stayed
"I think it's high time we go back home." Zeidan's deep voice boomed when they got back to their suite. She flung her purse on the bed and her shoes went flying as well. She tried hard to hold back the tears welling up inside her. Thinking of when she had first met the girl, her pretty round face had caught her heart. Her red hair complimented her eyes. The freckled sprawled over her forehead and nose. Her defiance and confidence whenever she spoke all changed in a jiffy.To a pale skin, lean and sick. Her dry, purple lips and pleading words. There was no atom of confidence when she was faced with death. It felt like every wall of strength she had built was torn apart by her weakness. The way she squeezed her hand and begged that she didn't want to die."I don't want to die." Her tiny frail voice faded in her head and she slumped on the bed, crying hard."No!" She screamed, yanking her golden hair. If only she could see the bastard. The ninja who had caused Tina pain. Her eyes were
Lyne could see the building before her just the way she remembered before she left for Los Angeles. The fresh air and quietness compared to the noise pollution in the city. Everything about Vampire City just screams nature without having to label it that. She still fumed and was finding it hard to suppress the urge to go and find the Spanish ninja in the temple. To fight her hard and strike a sword through her heart.Zeidan turned off the engine and she waited for him to get down from the car to open the door for her. Well, it wouldn't hurt to do so for herself if she wasn't feeling too weak. Maybe it was as a result of numerous sleepless nights looking for evidence and whatnot, coupled with Tina's death and the awareness of their serial killer still on the loose. As well as thinking about the fact that Wikh had run away. How is he doing? Is he safe? "I am still wondering if I should leave you here in the car or be a gentleman and wait till you clear your head." She heard Zeidan's vo
Skipping the stairs down to the ground floor and going through the long hallway where she had previously left Zeidan and Luana, she could feel her body weakening with each step she took."You better be saying your last prayers, woman." She grumbled, face red and filled with rage. She couldn't believe it when Amber told her. But then, she had heard Chloe mention it subconsciously and she had even offered for her to go and confirm whether Hudson was still alive. Lyne ignored the weakness and tried pushing herself forward. They were no longer in the hallway, talking like she had left them. How could she have been so foolish to believe they had spent the last fifteen minutes just standing in one place and talking about the affairs of the city? More importantly, why is she feeling so insecure? Hadn't Zeidan promised to always be there for her? Maybe she isn't being insecure but Luana's presence is a threat to her marriage. Her boot heels clattered on the floor as she passed the hall and