Dancing with the Devil

Chapter 8

100 years ago

Kim had been following Tawan for a few days. He was beginning to think that the fledgling really was just out for a leisurely day of shopping as he had told his mate. He has spent the morning visiting some of the most exclusive shops and the guards with him are loaded down with packages and bags. This is nothing to Kim, the family has more than enough money for Kinn to spoil his mate for thousands of years if that's what makes him happy.

It's the fact that Tawan had insisted he wanted to take this trip into Bangkok alone that has Kim suspicious. The guards follow him back into the hotel. Kim comes in behind him staying as much out of sight as possible. If Tawan is just who he claims, he has no reason to know who Kim is, they haven't been introduced. However, if he is working for someone, they could have had Kinn investigated and would know about the family.

Worst case scenario and one that both Kim and Korn have considered is that Tawan is working with Vegas or Gun. In which case he would expect Kim to be investigating him. Regardless, Kim is sure that Vegas knows more than he is saying.

Tawan goes up to the front desk and asks the clerk there if there have been any messages for him. The clerk hands him a thick envelope after which Tawan goes to his room and doesn't come down for the remainder of the day.

Kim needs to find out what is in that letter.

Modern Day

The bike taxi lets Chay off in front of the coffee shop. He pays the man and gives him a polite Wai. As soon as the man drives off, Chay begins to feel uneasy. He is already wondering if he made a mistake. The area feels too quiet, even for this time at night. Usually there are students frequenting this shop. Either those pulling all nighters grabbing coffee to keep them going or coming back from a club and wanting a snack.

There also seems to be something off inside the shop, but Chay doesn't realize what it is at first. Then it hits him that the lights are too dim. Usually, the shop is very brightly lit. He glances out the window and notices that the streetlights are out as well. His first thought is that there is a power cut. That doesn't make sense though, the lights in the back of the shop are on.

Also where are the people, even if it's a slow night why isn't anyone at the counter/ Where is Mine, he was supposed to meet him here? Chay makes his way over to the counter. "Hello, is anyone here?"

It's then that the smell hits him. Thick and metallic. Chay cranes his head over the counter and there are two bodies laid out there in the aprons the baristas of this shop wear. For a minute Chay can't process what he is seeing. When he does, he turns to run but there is a man behind him. The man reaches up and locks the door. Somewhere in Chay's panicked mind he remembers the phone Porsche had given him. He carefully slides his hand into his pocket and finds the "panic button" then taps it and prays that his brother gets the message and can find him.

"Who..who are you?" Chay asks, trying to keep it together.

The man smiles showing a pair of sharp fangs, "I think the better question would be what am I."

Another man comes up behind him and puts a hand on his shoulder and says, "Sleep now."

As things go dark, Chay hears the first man say, "Aw, Way, you could have at least let me have a little fun first."

Kinn has several of the bodyguards wait outside the coffee shop to discourage anyone from coming in. As soon as they step inside, he can smell the blood, it's the scent of old blood. The people inside the shop have been dead for hours. They find the workers behind the counter, probably where they died. Also, in the storeroom there are three more bodies. Kim identifies one of them as Chay's friend Mine. He had taken pictures of him when he was investigating Chay. The other two were probably just hapless customers.