The Worth of a Coin (BxB)

Chapter 44

-Quan Leung-

When Candice had left my house, I began chuckling. Actually, it sounded like a mixture of chuckles and sobs as I shook my head and pinched the bridge of my nose.

"That woman is too smart and sneaky for her own good," I said, moving to put my shopping away in places that I would remember where everything was. "She's doing this so that we can work on whatever's happening without work getting in the way."

"She's tarnishing my reputation," Ruarc complained. "It was already terrible as it was."

"If it's any consolation, Ruarc." Kenji put a hand on Ruarc's arm. "We all knew about your past, you're very well-known at the station."

"He is?" I asked with furrowed eyebrows and a frown. "Since when?"

"Since we paid attention in meetings," Jade answered as she began helping me put things away, somehow knowing where everything goes. "You just pay attention to what you need to know."

"And you didn't want to know about me?" Ruarc asked with a teasing smile, but I could tell that he was still feeling very irritated, I didn't need the soulmate bond to know that. "But what was she saying about me?"

"Nothing terrible," Kenji answered far too quickly. "But we were kept up to date with your crimes, making sure that you didn't go too far with anything."

"Of course, Candice knew everything about that." Ruarc moved into the living room and came back a few minutes later, holding Rosie in his arms. She was making noise of protest, but Ruarc had treated her like a safety blanket ever since he took her in. I found it adorable, but Clover was a little jealous.

"I'm also curious to know what going too far would be," I raised a hand and leaned against the counter, putting the kettle on. "From what I've seen, there were fights and murders and countless other crimes that you guys committed."

"That's an excellent question," Ruarc commented, his eyes moving to Jade and Kenji. "Once again, you're the police. Why on earth were you okay with us doing things like that?"

"That's what Candice said, isn't it?" Kenji asked as he sat on the small stool in the corner of the kitchen. "She wants us to get our hands bloody, but with the right blood."

I sighed and rolled my eyes for about the twentieth time that day. "She thinks you were doing your job when you were killing people. It makes sense given the fact she's in charge of vampires."

Ruarc hummed in thought. "So, do you think she's the one who was giving Harlen the orders?" He mused as he swayed back and forth, stroking Rosie like some sort of movie villain.

Jade switched places with me at the kettle. "You think that the head of police was also in charge of creating and organising one of the most famous supernatural gangs to ever exist?" Jade asked in a disbelieving tone.

"Why not? It'd be a great cover for her," Kenji commented, resting his head against the corner of the counter. "Nobody would expect her to be involved."

"Maybe she's the reason Harlen turned himself in?" I questioned, picking up two of the cups of tea and moving into the living room. I could tell which one mine was, but I just put the other one on the table, for the owner to claim. "It would be pretty difficult for him to deny her. And his girlfriend seemed pretty shocked, didn't she?" I turned in Ruarc's direction.

"She did," Rua c agreed. "But what's her goal if she was in charge of a large supernatural gang? Do you think she has ulterior motives?"

"Maybe she just wants power," Kenji suggested. "Most vampires do, and I really can't think of what else she could gain by being in charge of something like that."