the vampire rose

Sneaky

Lucian wanted Susan to sneak into Michael's mansion with him. He wanted to find something that Michael was hiding that would tell him how Michael came to be a vampire. Susan knew the danger to what Lucian asked of her. There was no way in hell she was going to do what he asked she thought. Even she knew that if caught Michael would kill them both. It was at that moment that Susan knew Lycian was a threat to her and Michael Collier.

Susan knew that Lucian would never stop looking for what he wanted even if she wasn't going to help him in his quest. She tried to explain to Lucian about the danger of him snooping around. She went on to tell him about Michael's devoted sires who never slept and watched over Michael's every move.  Lucian went on to tell Susan that he knew a way to get around the sires the moment they would reach the catacombs inside the mansion. "What catacombs Susan asked?" "You don't know do you Susan?" Well it seems that good old Michael never told you about his underground layer deep within the mansion catacombs.

Susan always felt as though Michael was keeping something from her of great importance. She began to wonder what else he was keeping from her and what was Michael hiding that he wanted no one to know about.

This intrigued Susan she wanted to be a part of Lucian's plan she had to know just what Michael was keeping from her... I'll do it Lucian I'll help you find what you are looking for. But know this you'll owe me one for what we are about to do.

Susan worried about getting caught by the sires she didn't want  Michael to look at her as a sneak. Susan couldn't stand to see the hurt in Michael's face if they were to get caught by him. She played out all types of ways not to let that happen to her and Lucian. Secretly she loved Michael she vowed that she would never do anything to hurt him ever.

Susan felt sad she was now about to go against everything she ever told Michael Collier. This upset her badly she needed to feed the blood thirst that overcame her was overwhelming. Susan stalked her prey she watched as the woman holding her baby begun to breast feed her child. At first Susan wanted to just devour the woman and leave the baby crying. But tonight she was going to kill her victim unexpectedly and without a moments notice.

Susan walked up to the woman as elegant as ever her smile was pleasant. She asked the woman if she could see the child's face. The woman saw no harm in what Susan ask of her she began to pull the baby away from her breast. It didn't take long before Susan snatched the baby and proceeded to sink in her fangs. The mother of the child was in total shock she could not let out a single scream let Alone a word. Susan looked at the woman as she tossed the baby aside. The woman had no voice fear had rendered her speechless. Susan began to suck away her life force she watched the woman dying eyes looking at her baby as she took her last breath. When Susan was done she walked off slowly with tears in her eyes. This was something she never done before she was in a daze unaware of all who saw what she had done. Susan didn't care anymore for her nothing could be as terrible than going against Michael Collier.

Later the next day the Transylvania papers reported a crazed and deranged woman who was apparently off her medication. The paper read that the unstable woman cut the necks of the mother and child suspect not captured.

Susan laugh at the thought of how easy it was to fool the humans. Susan knew that the humans would make up a story just to compensate for what they had no understanding about. She seen this sort of thing many times before in Carnival with Michael.

Back at the mansion Lucian's plot to find the catacombs thickened. Each night he searched the place from top to bottom and found nothing. He was becoming frustrated he started to neglect his feeding. Michael had noticed how frail Lucian looked he ask if he was eating. Lucian response was that he was just tired and wanted to rest he then turned and walked away. Michael stood and watched as Lucian returned to his room. He worried for Lucian he wondered if he was doing well with coping as a vampire. He knew how things could be as a new comer for Lucian. Michael decided to do Lucian a favor he was going to kill someone for him and leave the body in his room. Lucian heard Michael leaving the mansion he hurried to retrieve his clothing.

Lucian decided to go further inside the mansion he was determined to find what he was looking for. The sires were watching him they had been since the day he started sneaking around the mansion. Lucian knew that the sires were watching him he always kept an eye out for them as well.

The shadows that roamed the mansion were linked to the sired host. And the sires were closely linked to Michael Collier. Michael never had to be home to see what His sires saw this was another thing he did not tell Lucian or Susan.

For centuries he had no reason to tell anyone about the rose that stood encased inside a secret compartment sealed around unbreakable glass.

Scott Daniels was living the life he had now got use to the new job he had applied for in Clarksville.

Scott was glad that the visits from Michael Collier had stopped. The guy frightened him a lot he didn't know what to make of the strange man who claimed to be a vampire and responsible for dozens of unsolved murders. He thought of what he would have to tell his boss if he had stayed in Carnival as a detective. He knew that everyone would think of him as being a mad man who worked too much. The next day Scott Daniels turned in his resignation and moved away. Telling no one anything of what he knew about the suspected murderer.

Meanwhile back in carnival agent Anderson searched the database for something on the man in the cloak. He wanted to know who he was and why was he talking
to Scott Daniels. Agent Anderson learned to listen to his instincts a long time ago. Back when he was just a field officer at Monaco Virginia. He was assigned to a case that almost cost him his life. Agent Anderson hunted down the cereal killer of whom targeted woman with blond hair. The case went on for about four years agent Anderson became obsessed to the point that he had to be hospitalize for a heart attack and a nervous breakdown.

Lucian was now deep within the catacomb's he knew that the sires were close behind him watching his every move. He continued to follow the labyrinth deep within the maze he reached a place he'd never seen before until now. He stopped and observed the area closely he felt like he was onto something. Something as big as life itself he needed Susan more than ever now. He knew that without her he had to stop before he got caught.
Lucian started his way back to the mansion he left himself a marker in order for him and Susan to return on another day.  The moment he reached the living room he called Susan and told her of his success she was happy for him but wanted no parts of what he was doing anymore. Susan warned Lucian to stop with his search within the mansion. But like before he would not listen to her plea to save his life as he continued his search  night after night.