Page 52 of Enzo

Releasing the server from my web, I stand from my seat. “Thank you.” I pull a ten-dollar bill out of my pocket and place it down on the counter.

Climbing out of my car, I stand in front of the house. The immediate smell of blood hits me.

My phone goes off in my pocket, causing me to pull it out and answer. I know who it is without checking.

“Where have you been? I’ve been calling you all night.”

“I do have a social life outside of being your errand boy,” Tech sighs.

Lifting the yellow police tape, I make my way inside the home.

“Well, while you were disappointing some poor female, Markis may have found me.”

“What?” Rustling from his end of the call lets me know he’s moving.

“Three people were drained last night.” Stopping in front of the picture on the wall, I take in the smiling family. “One of those victims was a teenage boy.”

Tapping comes through the phone. It’s the sound of fingers moving quickly over a keyboard.

“It wasn’t your ex. He’s still in the city,” Tech says. “As far as I can tell, he still doesn’t know where you are and isn’t looking yet.”

Moving through the house, I stop at the first blood spot I see. Close to it, there is another one. From the scent of the first one, Ican tell this was the mother. The father is the second one I see. I glance over at the broken glass at the patio door. Going to stand by the glass, I pick up a piece that contains a drop of dark black blood.

“Why the hell do I have two human-turned vampires in this town?” I muse out loud.

The dark color of the blood on the glass tells me what type of vampires they were. The proximity of the human attack sites indicates multiple attackers. Closing my eyes, I focus on the scents permeating the house. Yes, there were two here.

“Human-turned?” Tech repeats. “Well, we know it isn’t your ex. He’d never work with a human-turned.”

That was true. I guess I can rest assured knowing this isn’t Markis.

“Still doesn’t explain why the hell I have two vampires in my neck of the woods. This is a long way for human-turned to be. They rarely leave the city.”

I make my way up the stairs until I find the blood spot where the boy was killed.

“Maybe this has something to do with your furry friends. Unless you have another enemy I don’t know about.”

I chuckle as I head back down the stairs. “Trust me, I have too many enemies for you to count. But none would be as bold as to send human-turned after me.”

“Then your fur friends have some ambitious opponents.”

Seems like Chayton might need to look into his past for this problem.

“I still don’t need a vampire stalking around here. It brings too much attention. Attention I don’t need.”

I walk back out of the house. There is nothing else I need here. But I did need to stop at the morgue.

“Well, you know what you need to do. Find the vampires and deal with them before they can cause any more problems.”

“Yeah,” I say, sliding back into my car. “I just have to figure out how to do it without alerting the wolves.”

“Are you still playing the helpless victim?”

I laugh. “Of course. It’s the only way they’ll let me stay.”

“We will see how long that lasts,” Tech chuckles through the other end of the phone.

After saying goodbye to him, I speed away from the house and head for the morgue.

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