The Immortal Blood

Chapter 7

He had to find a way to see Adam again.
Todd had carefully studied the changes in his physique after drinking the boy's blood, and was at the very least disconcerted.
It wasn't just the scars that healed, it was much more subtle and impalpable than that. . . a deeper, more radical mutation. . .
He absolutely had to see Adam again, but, at the same time, he had to prevent anyone else from knowing.
Vernon already worried him, with his nose stuck in his alchemy tomes talking about obscure formulas, for not mentioning his sister Alexandra, cold and severe in her Dior dress as she dissected him with her eyes through a cup of coffee.
He had to protect Adam's identity, of course, not that the boy made his life easy, he had to have sensed something, if for no other reason than how he was avoiding him, sending secretaries and subordinates to his requests for meeting.
But closing time of the contract was approaching, if he wanted to act, he had to do it quickly...

Adam had been looking at the goddamn house for the last goddamn time.
That was the final day of moving out, the following week he would hand over the keys to the Valentines. His SECRETARY would have them delivered, not him in person, of course, but the meaning was the same.
"Did you get everything?" He asked Cleo and the girls while the van loaded with furniture was leaving the driveway. Soon they'd follow, all he had to do was turn off the power and finally it would be over.
"Everything!" She answered him from the car, with the little girls happily shouting in the back. It had been very hard for them too, with phenomena and manifestations happening at any time of the day or night. . .
He had caught his breath, imposing himself to be as fast as he could, launching in with determination towards the under-stairs. He had switched off the power sources without any difficulty, making the steps two at a time as he climbed up, but when he reached the door a ghostly shadow had blocked the way, forcing him to return to the back and the bedroom.
A strong crash from the bathroom had made him jump into the room, where the voices had called him from the walls, causing him to fall to the ground.
He had to get up and leave right away, but he already felt the darkness coming into the antechamber of his mind.
One voice above all had brought him back to reality, for a second, and he had found Todd Valentine in front of him before losing completely consciousness.