Chapter 175 - Inviting The Vampire
"l!" Mrs. Davis was quick to hug her daughter. Worry on her face while her arms wrapped around her. "I am so glad to see that you are alright. I thought sothing happened and you got lost."
"I am okay, mother," lanie patted her mother's back before she pulled away from her mother's embrace. "Are you alright?" she asked, and her mother nodded.
"Yeah, we got a few of the vampires, but the rest fled. They shot Conner's father," inford her mother, and lanie turned to look at Conner, who had just finished wrapping a cloth around his father's leg. "The ambush was so fast, I wonder if they killed the others and hid the body now."
"We'll have soone else scout this place and check if they find any of our people. If not, we keep looking until we find these vampire's nests," stated Mr. Davis, and everyone around agreed to it. He then looked at Simon with suspicion in his eyes before raising his gun at him.
"Dad!" lanie quickly ca between them. "He's the one who saved from that creature."
Hearing the word creature, Simon's eyes subtly narrowed that no one would have noticed except for himself.
She continued to say, "The vampire was chasing and also bit , but he was the one who used this wood to kill him. He's a hunter too…"
Conner stood up from where he had been sitting to help his father, and he said to Simon, "I didn't know you were a hunter, Simon."
"You know the boy, Conner?" questioned his father and Conner nodded.
"Yes, we study together in Veteris. He's in his senior year and also the person who has been helping with my project," explained Conner, and Mr. Davis finally dropped his hand to his side. The man then offered his hand to Simon, and Simon stared at the extended hand before he caught it and shook.
"Thank you for saving my daughter," Mr. Davis offered his thanks, even though there was a hint of doubt in his eyes that only Simon caught.
"It is the least I could do. To save our kind, we have to put ourselves in the line and do the best," ca the solemn words from Simon, and Mr. Davis gave a slight nod.
"True. I don't see anyone from your side. Did you co here alone?" questioned Mr. Davis and Simon returned a nod.
"I was passing by this place, when I heard the sound of gunshots. I thought soone got shot or sothing and decided to co take a look. God must have sent in ti to save lanie today. I wasn't even planning to take this road," Simon smoothly let the lies fall in the gaps so that the hunter wouldn't get to question too much.
"Explains a little I think," said Mr. Davis, and he looked at Conner's father and Conner. "Let us head back ho now. Get everyone who is hurt and the ones we have… lost today."
"Do you have your vehicle around?" asked Conner to Simon.
"Yeah, I parked it at the edge of the forest," replied Simon, taking a look at Conner's father's leg before his eyes moved back to et his new friend.
"What part of hunters do you belong to?" questioned Mr. Davis, and lanie sighed, noticing how her father continued his suspicion on Simon.
"That's alright," smiled Simon, and lanie realized then that she had sighed. Her face turned rigid. "I don't have a group, Sir. My family was ambushed by the rogue vampires and I have been alone."
"You should co join us then. Follow our vehicle which is parked at the edge of the forest too," said Mr. Davis, and Simon were more than happy to agree to it. "You also saved my daughter's life, it is only right that we beco acquainted with each other. Let us go now."
Simon took a look at the hunters who slowly started to walk, where Mr. Davis helped Conner's father in supporting him, and on the other side was Conner, helping his father. He heard Conner ask lanie,
"You alright?"
"Yeah, I am good. Thankfully. How about you?" she asked him, and Simon noticed the slight hesitation from the boy before he nodded and smiled. His eyes subtly narrowed, making him wonder what that was about.
Simon made his way to where his motorcycle was parked, and once he got there, he picked up his phone and dialled a number. The phone continued to ring until the person on the other end picked up and asked,
"How is it going?"
"I am getting there. So far it looks like lanie's father has suspicion over , but not as bad as I thought it would be."
He heard Ms. Dante's voice, "That's good. Be sure to tread carefully and see if they find any information about the university or about us. One mistake will cost you your life."
"Don't worry about it, Dante. I have been invited to go visit the family so I will talk to you later," smiled Simon with a peaceful expression on his face.
"Alright. Keep updated," said the woman from the other side, and Simon disconnected from the call. Getting on the motorcycle, he wore his helt before following the hunters back to their hos.
When they reached Greasy Corner, the hunters carried the dead bodies to their basent carefully, while Simon watched how they operated. "Co on in, dear," said Mrs. Davis, inviting him in, and Simon entered the house.
"Is there sothing I could help with?" he offered Mr. Davis.
"You are a guest right now. Sit down, while I go see how Rob is doing. We don't know what these rogue vampires have that can infect us humans. Silverwater sotis is not enough to repel it," said Mr. Davis before stepping out of the living room.
lanie stood in the living room, watching her mother leave. She couldn't believe the last person she wanted to interact with was sitting here, in her house. She saw him looking around the room. Rembering he had hurt himself, she said,
"You should go with dad and get the—" her voice trailed when she noticed the wound on his arm was not there anymore.
"Get the?" Simon's eyes t lanie's, where she stared at him.
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