Page 73 of Huntress Unleashed
“The back patio is where I ‘died.’ We were going to clean it up, but you might need to see the ‘crime scene’ before we do.” She sure hoped the blood wouldn’t stain her patio. She’d wanted to clean it up right away until they worried someone could be watching the house.
They all headed through the house and outside onto the patio where the police officers and the coroner saw the blood on the cement.
“This is one case of a ‘dead person’ that I don’t mind ‘seeing,’” the coroner said.
The police officers smiled.
“Okay, we’ll hang around for a bit. We have a mannequin we’ll bring in and place in the body bag,” the coroner said.
“Can one of you bring the mannequin in as a vampire?” Tobias asked.
“I will,” Dane said.
Then he vanished and reappeared in the ambulance. He grabbed the mannequin, then vanished and appeared inside the house. The EMTs brought the gurney in, and they put the mannequin in a body bag, then finally removed it from the house. The coroner left, but the police officers all had cups of coffee while they waited it out and talked about what was going on.
“So you’re going to handle the hunters hiring hitmen?” Patrick asked.
“Yeah,” Tobias said. “The hunters will have to take them down.”
“Okay. But you know if you have any trouble with this further, call on me,” Patrick said.
“We sure will,” Dane said. “And thanks so much for helping us to keep Jacqueline safe.”
“You too. What are you going to do about yourself?” Patrick asked. “Are you going to stage another murder?”
“We’re thinking of it, but if we can put these hunters away, that would work even better. So we hope that we can do that first and not have to stage any more murders,” Tobias said.
Once the officers felt they had been at the house long enough to pretend they were doing a thorough investigation, the police finally started to leave the house, all shaking their hands, telling them good luck.
Patrick said one last time, “Call me if you need my help in any situation.”
“Yes, thanks,” Dane said.
Then Patrick left with the others.
“Are you sure you don’t want to come with me?” Tobias asked Jacqueline and Dane.
“No, we’ll stay here, or at Dane’s house, I guess,” Jacqueline said.
“We need to pack up your clothes, the cat and her things, and move to my place.”
“Right, because I can’t be coming and going from my house,” she said. “This is such a hassle. I want to just get this over and…I mean, we’re just going through all this turmoil already, so I hate that hunters are really messing with us.”
“Do you think I should take Princess instead?” Robert asked.
“No. She has really bonded with Dane. Unless you’re worried that the hunters will hit Dane’s house and Princess will be safer at your house,” she said.
“I was just thinking if anyone wondered why Dane took the cat instead of me,” Robert said, “it might look suspicious.”
“If anyone has been watching us, they’ve seen us take Princess over to Dane’s house already. So I don’t think any questions will be raised about it,” she said.
“Okay,” Robert said.
“Well, if that’s all we needed to discuss, I’m going to leave here and go meet with the council members. This is just why we need a change in our rules.” Then Tobias said goodbye and Jacqueline locked the door.
“Now what?” she asked Dane.
“I’ll go home and get my truck to pack up your things. If anyone is watching, they’ll see me taking your cat because he needs to be taken care of after you had been murdered. But rather than ride back with me, you’ll need to just transport over there, Jacqueline,” Dane said.