Midnight Crusade

Chapter 17

Kit pushed the door to the drawing room open, revealing the large space inside. Various seats were scattered around the room, couches with side tables and chairs with large tables. A fireplace sat at one end, lit and filling the room with a warm orange glow. Sitting inside the room already was Niccolo and Viktor, the two talking in hushed tones as Kit entered.

"Ah, finally. You're here." Niccolo said, watching as the vampire entered the room and took a seat on one of the opposing chairs. "I was wondering when you would show your face again."

It was the following day, Kit returning to the estate. Sebastian had found him and congratulated him on his lover, saying he met her while she was being harassed by Enzo of all vampires. Kit thanked Sebsatian for saving Vivian from that, as Kit was too absorbed in his guilt to even think about Vivian running into distasteful vampires like him.

"Well I am back." He said, crossing his ankle over his leg. "We should discuss the rabid problem."

"Ah, yes, that." Viktor spoke, pulling both pairs of eyes to them. "There's been two more missing people reported from Lake Ashton. One of which is staying here as a newly turned vampire, am I correct?"

Niccolo nods. "Yes, he is still adjusting."

"There seems to be more rabids every night." Kit pulled the attention to him. "We need to figure out who is turning humans and why."

"The humans that are being turned don't seem to be coming from here or any town around us." Viktor chimed in, taking a sip from his teacup. "I wonder if they're coming from some big city like Salem."

"Possibly." Niccolo agreed, nodding his head. "But who would be turning them? And unleashing them into Lake Ashton of all places."

"Maybe the culprit is Ezra." Kit said, looking between the witch and Niccolo. "I mean, we know he is in town."

"True, but what would his motivation be?" Niccolo responded.

Kit shrugged his shoulders. "I do not know. He is a psychopath, so there is that."

"There has to be a way to discover who is turning the rabids." Niccolo mused, sitting back in his chair.

"There is."

Both Niccolo and Kit look at Viktor. "There is?" Kit asked.

"Oh yes, it's a very old spell though, and I would need two sets of extra hands." Viktor went on, setting their teacup down. "But there is a spell to be able to see who turned a vampire."

"Why didn't you mention this sooner?" Niccolo seemed to scold.

"You didn't ask."

Again, both the vampires just looked at the witch. "So you've had this spell the whole time and didn't mention it to us?"

"Niccolo, I am a very busy witch and you know I only get involved in things once I've been asked." Viktor defended themself, placing a hand to their chest. "You told me yourself-."

"That's not what I meant when I said 'don't get involved' and you know it." Niccolo argues, but the witch just shrugged their shoulders.

"So this spell, how do you perform it?" Kit asked before Niccolo could scold the witch some more.

"Well for starters, I need a live rabid." They began, holding one finger up. "I'll need a large space to perform the spell, and my usual salt blend. Oh, and the two sets of extra hands I've mentioned."

"Who would you bring in to do the spell?" Niccolo asked.

Viktor seemed to think about that for a moment. "Well Ophelia is a very powerful witch, her whole family is for that matter. Maybe I'll ask her and her mother, Camila."