Chapter 872: Chapter 57- Trinity – A Change Of Plans (VOLU 5)
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Trinity
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We were just about to eat dinner at Dietrich’s castle when all hell broke loose. , Reece, Vincent, Gabriel and David all got calls at the sa ti. I believe that it was a coordinated effort, or a terrible twist of fate, that all the calls ca in at once.
I took the call from Jackson about the fact that five more murders had happened last night. And they had all happened along the California coast. That was not good. These people were expanding their territory, and they were heading to the center of our population. Not only that, but they were closer to where my children were.
Also, I had a feeling that now that these people had reached the United States, they were going to focus their efforts there. They were going to seek victims there for the foreseeable future.
“Dietrich.” I called out to him, my heart heavy with anger and fear.
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“Yes, Trinity?” I think he knew what I was going to say. He wasn’t stupid, and he could already guess what was happening.
“We need to leave. We need to investigate these murders. And, apparently, there was sothing new at one of them.” I rembered the tone that was in Jackson’s voice. There was sothing about it that had sent shivers down my spine. Sothing had happened that was bad, really bad.
“I understand. However, I must stay here.” That was also sothing that I expected. Dietrich and I were probably thinking about the sa thing right now.
“I know. You and Shawn stay here. The two of you can investigate here. Co back when you are done, and do not forget to contact when you know what is going on there. Anything that seems relevant, contact right away.”
“Understood.” He nodded at to let know that he was in agreent. “However, I do suggest that you eat before you leave.” He gestured toward the food that was being carried in. “You will need your strength to check out these murders. Wendall and Rella will gather your things for you while you eat.”
“Yes, King Dietrich, we will do so right away.” The man, Wendall, nodded and agreed. The woman just nodded at his words.
“That would probably be best.” I sat back down. “Who knows how long our night will be now. I an, it is still late morning in Colorado, and an hour earlier in California. We were about to relive most of this day. Getting sothing to eat now would be the smartest decision that we could make right now.
We sat together then, eating the al that Dietrich’s staff prepared for us. It was good, but once again different than what I was used to. I think that I was just getting hosick for the food that I was used to having on a regular basis. The last ti that I was away for this long I had been in France. Well, there was also the ti that I was in the underworld, but I didn’t eat any food while I was there. I didn’t even know how long I had been gone until I made it ho.
Once we had eaten and our things were packed, it was ti for us to get ready. No one was really talking about what was going on. I think we were all just in a state of shock at the mont. These murders were so close to ho. We were already devastated by what had been happening, but now there were more murders that were happening in our own backyard. What the hell was going on here.
We were preparing to head to the first murder. It took place in Waterton, California. It was a smaller city that was on the coast about an hour or so from Los Angeles. There had also been murders in Crescent City, Shelter Cover, Elk and Davenport. Those were also cities that were along the California coast. All the murders had, apparently, taken place on the beach and the bodies were left on the sand. They had found the bodies this morning, all except for the one that we were going to first. That one, apparently, they had found the body last night. Soone had seen the victim monts after they had been killed. Maybe, just maybe, they had seen the killer as well.
We were going to open the door into the office of the local vampire clan’s leader. Her na was Veronica and she was about thirty minutes away from Waterton. It was the closest that we could get to the scene though, unless we wanted to be seen by a lot of other people.
The door was ready, thanks to an image that Jackson had made sure that I had. And once it was opened, we said our goodbyes to Shawn and Dietrich before walking through. Reece first then , and of course we were followed by the others.
Veronica’s office was old fashioned but also sleek. That was hard to pull off in my opinion. It was also done in all pure whites and dark blacks. They completely contrasted with each other as I looked around. It was difficult on my eyes, but I managed it.
“Welco, Queen Trinity. I am happy to welco you.” Veronica smiled as she bowed to .
“Thank you, Veronica.” I nodded at her. “I am sorry that you cannot et Dietrich. He had so business to attend to in Germany. Perhaps he will co along at a later ti.”
“That is quite alright. I have t my King already.” She seed nice enough, but I didn’t really get the feeling that she was happy to have a room full of wolves in front of her. “Mr. Jackson is waiting outside. He will guide you all to the cri scene. My people are offering as much assistance as we can.”
“Thank you.”
With that, we left her office and found Jackson and Rawlynne waiting for us outside.
“Trinity!” Jackson ca running up to et and Reece. “I am glad that you are here. We need to get a move on soon. If we can, I would like to visit all of the scenes today. I have not t with any of the other local leaders, but I did bring the helicopter here. I hope you do not mind. With that, we can fly from scene to scene without the doors. And without stepping on any toes.”
“That is fine, Jackson.” I nodded at him. “Thank you for thinking of the things that needed to be done.”
“David.” Rawlynne, who clearly missed her husband, saw him finally coming out of the office. He was near the back and only just made it to her line of sight.
“Rawlynne, sweetheart.” He hugged her as he caught her in his arms.
“I am glad that you are safe. That you all are. It has been quite stressful for everyone involved. We need to end this as soon as we can. If we don’t, they will break more than a hundred with their victim count.”
“I know.” David pressed his forehead against his wife’s as he spoke. “We are working on it. Shawn and Dietrich are investigating a mysterious mansion in Germany tomorrow morning. Well, tonight for us now. And when that happens, we are hoping that we will find so more information.”
“Good. Because this is getting to be ridiculous.” Rawlynne shook as if the anger, frustration, and heartache was getting to be too much for her. It wasn’t a shiver or anything. It actually looked more like she was trying to shake off the feelings that were bothering her.
“We don’t have a lot of ti to waste. Let’s get going.” I changed the subject back to the topic at hand.
“Yes. Co now. We need to hurry.” Rawlynne agreed.
“You will know why we called you here first. There is sothing that happened here that didn’t happen at the other scenes.” Jackson seed angry about sothing. That was off. I didn’t know what was up with him, but I knew that he, like the rest of us, was not having a good ti with all of this.
“Go on, lead the way.” I nodded at him.
We followed the two of them out of the house and to the waiting vehicles. We didn’t have a place to leave Talia and her guards right now, and we were heading straight to the cri scene, so she was coming with us. I guess it wasn’t that bad, all things considered. She had been to cri scenes before. It was just investigating that house that Dietrich was taking us to that I was worried about. I had a bad feeling about that place.
“Out of curiosity, is there a place that we will be able to sleep tonight?” Shane asked from the back of the car that we were riding in.
“Well, if we were staying here, there might be an option.” Reece answered. “So council mbers have a house in Waterton, but I don’t know if they are ho right now. However, there was a murder in Crescent City. We know the Alpha there. In fact, we are related to him. We will ask to stay at his place. That is assuming that he and his kids aren’t filling every room that they have.” Reece laughed as he thought about sothing.
“Hmm.” I tried to think about who he was talking about. “Oh, yeah!” It finally hit . “Star and Artem are from there aren’t they. I guess we will finally be able to see them again. It’s been a long ti. And we’ve all been so busy with our own lives. We haven’t seen any of their kids in so long. How many do they have now, seventeen, eighteen.” I thought about how large their family was.
“Eighteen. Thirteen adopted boys, two biological sons then triplet girls. They will take a while to beat if we keep having more.” Reece laughed at , and I wanted to smack him.
“I can cut that thing off, Reece.” I glared at him. “I am not saying that I won’t have anymore kids ever. I am just saying that we do not need to be rushing this.” I rolled my eyes at him. “Now, behave yourself, Horndog. I am going to send a ssage to Star. I want to let her know that we will be there later today to investigate and that we will need accommodations for eleven people.”
“Yeah, yeah, I know. I will be quiet.” Thankfully, he kept his word and I was able to make the preparations that I needed to. It was all set and the rooms that we needed would be ready before we got there to investigate tonight. It pays to have connections.
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