The Immortal Blood

Chapter 4

"Adam, Mr. Valentine for you on line one. " announced Charlene's voice from the intercom a week later.
"All right, put him through. " He answered with tightly, picking up the phone.
"Adam!" He was greeted by the man's deep voice, which caused a cold chill to crawl down his back. "Listen, I know the key delivery is in three weeks, but. . . I wanted to ask you if it would be possible to show the house to my relatives. "
"Ah, well. . . " he just fumbled, not knowing what to say. Could he refuse? After all Todd had already signed the papers... "I'm not sure I'm. . . "
"Please, man, just thirty minutes! My uncle Vernon's pretty upset about moving in, so. . . "
Oh, hell. All he needed was for them to try terminate the contract. It wouldn't have been a problem anyway, but they needed the deposit and didn't really have time for other legal arguments.
"Uh, okay. . . I'll send you. . . " he was about to hand over the delegation to his secretary, when he remembered that that afternoon she would leave early. "I'll bring them to you as soon as I finish, 6:00 pm would be all right?"
"Great! I'll see you later. "
Adam had hung up, his left hand coming back searching for the wounded spot on his neck, even if it could not be seen anymore. It was absurd, there certainly had to be a rational explanation, however, after living in that house, he had learned to trust his instinct.
On the other hand, he wouldn't have been alone that time, so there was nothing to worry about. . . unless Todd's uncle wanted to see the bedroom. . .

"Hello, brother. "
Todd had looked up from his newspaper, meeting a set of two big green eyes. "Alexandra. What are you doing here?"
"I hear you've finally found a Home worthy of the name. . . "
"Hmm. And what else did Axel tell you?"
"You could have told me. . . "
"So you would have invited yourself to live there?" Todd dismessed the paper, annoyed.
"Of course not! I know you don't like having me around. . . "
"Not just to me. Vernon, too. "
"Vernon. " The girl had curled her lip, disgusted. "That worm. . . "
"Worm whose villa you burned, sending the rest of us to live under the bridge. "
"Oh, I'm so sorry! Maybe you should have thought of that earlier... "
"And maybe we shouldn't have turned you into one of us at all. " Todd had stared at her with an icy gaze, the fangs that threatened to pierce the inside of her lips.
Alexandra had remained silent, furious, her hands so contracted that the knuckles turned completely white.
"You're a real bastard, you know that?" She had growled in the end, returning the stern look.
"Maybe, or maybe I'm right. . . "
"Go fuck yourself, Todd! " Alexandra cried, standing up, smashing into a couple of waiters on her way out of the bar.
Valentine had pushed away his beer, frustrated, promising himself to make a serious speech to Axel, that night. . .