0288: The Vampire's Daughter, Book Three

"Wait for me!" Vein yelled after Sabastian as he walked quickly and deliberately out of the building.

He did not respond or stop, forcing Vein to run to catch up to him.

"Will you at least tell me where we are going?"

Sabastian did not respond, so Vein grabbed him by the arm. It shocked Vein at how hard Sabastian's arm was, like stone, but what was truly frightening was the look on Sabastian's face when he turned to see who was holding him.

"Elizabeth sent me to help you," he said, trying to muster as much strength in his voice as possible. "But I can't help you if I don't know what we are doing."

"I am going to my home in Rye to find someone very important to me."

"Do you intend to walk the entire way? It is quite far, I could drive us," Vein responded, causing Sabastian to relax somewhat.

"Where is your car?"

"Back at Elizabeth's apartment. It is only four blocks, we will easily make up any lost time in the car," Vein said, realizing that Elizabeth was correct about Sabastian's state of mind. He was so focused that he couldn't think beyond his end goal. What happened in-between mattered little to him. So little that he would attack those that would help him.

As they walked back, more slowly than they had left, Elizabeth was talking to Francis. "What did you say to him?"

"Nothing."

"That's a lie," she said.

"I told him I was trying to find him. That I had a letter from Sol to give him and that Vein had taken it from me."

Elizabeth slapped the boy to the ground. "I was trying to stop him from being bothered by such silliness. He cares very little about Sol. Why is he so concerned about Susan?"

"I don't even know who Susan is," Francis said, rubbing his face, though still on the ground.

"His little girl. The one that lives with him," she responded.

"If the little girl lived in the house in Rye, she isn't there anymore."

"What?" Elizabeth asked in shock.

"I went there, but all I found was an old lady's body shoved into the ice box."

"No one else? There was no one else there? she asked.

"No one."

Elizabeth looked around the room, as a cold chill flowed through her. She had kept the letter from Sabastian thinking that Mary was going to take care of the little girl. But if there was no one at the home, then Mary must have failed at her task or fled with the little girl.

"Could she have taken the girl?" Elizabeth said out loud. "But why would she do that, it makes no sense."

"I... I don't know what you're talking about," Francis said.

"If the little girl is in danger, I don't know if I will be able to contain Sabastain," she said, before turning to Francis and asking, "Does Sol know what is going on?"

"I... I don't know. He is in Europe with a friend," Francis responded, giving away more information than he should have.

"He must have run to Jamie, that little bitch. I should have killed that one the first time I found Sol..." she trailed off. "But he begged for his lover's life and I caved for my child. Again.

"What have I done," she said quietly, as she sat on the floor. "What am I doing.

"My life swirls around me and I feel I play no part in it. I simply do as is expected and never what I want."

Francis walked over to her and sat with her. "What do you want?" he asked.

"I don't know," she said. After a long, thoughtful pause, she said, "I want revenge on Thomas for betraying me.

"Vein will help Sabastian, he is in good hands. Besides, I don't know how to help him beyond what Vein could do anyway. However, I know exactly how to destroy Thomas and that is what I will do," she said forcefully.


[The Vampire's Daughter: An ongoing vampire story. Copyright Reuben Gregg Brewer, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. All rights reserved.]