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Chapter 4: Love Bites

Chapter 4:

Love Bites

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"You sure this is the place?" Simon asked, glancing around as Alec pulled off the roadside.

Alec sighed, giving a faint shrug, reaching over to unfasten his seatbelt, glancing up at his partner.

"Well no, not here; about fifty yards from here but this is where the road ends. I don't know if it IS the place for sure but I know at least ten of the suspected victims phones pinged off the towers within a quarter mile of here and there were three social media posts tagged with Briarwood creek...

That's right up ahead.

From the posts this week there's some kind of butterfly migration goes through this time every five years. This area's pretty popular to see them. At least a few of the suspected victims have noted interest in insects. There's one that has a blog dedicated to them, another who mounts, catalogs and collects them- which is pretty creepy but not my place to judge- and another three have greenhouses. From what I saw on their social media they were eager for the migration...wanted to catch some of them to keep in the greenhouses to pollinate the flowers.

We also have four more who live within a quarter mile of this place and a few more of the others pass this area on their way to work. I don't know for sure but it seems to connect to the largest number of people affected.

None of them were really club people. No connections to night clubs or bars. Like three went to the same coffee place but it's the closest to where they live so that's likely less a connection and more just a convenience and none of the others frequent it.

This place came up the most. Thinking it's a good place to start." He shrugged again, popping the door, beginning to climb out of the car, making his way down the little dirt path, glancing back in at his partner.

"Besides it's a nice day for a bit of a hike."

Simon chuckled, slipping out of the car, falling into step beside him, beginning to make their way down the winding pathway. It was a small path, barely wide enough for two people, bordered with bushy plants and trees. Didn't really seem like it belonged so close to the roadway though. It looked like a pretty decent little hiking trail, nice little getaway it'd be pretty peaceful...he could kinda see the draw. They're just barely five yards in and he'd never believe there was a busy road just behind them. A little natural escape right on the outskirts of Brooklyn.

Yeah, he could definitely see the appeal of that.

They made their way down the rest of the winding trail, picking their way along the uneven ground, glancing curiously around at the surprisingly thick growth along the sides of the trail till it kind of dead ended into a clearing about twenty feet across. Simon huffed out a soft half gasp, glancing around the little area, giving a slight nod, bright golden brown eyes scanning the area.

"Wow."

Alec couldn't have put it better himself. It looked like a scene from a painting or a storybook. There was the little brook winding through the center of the clearing bracketed by small sapling like trees, a few mossy boulders and cattails. The grass was a bit tall and dotted with patches of various brightly colored wildflowers.