Their Children

6. Tyler

“Damn girl! Not bad!” Marcel laughs before Nik comes out and snaps the girl's neck causing the cheers to silence.

“Good evening! I'd like a word,” my uncle announces.

“What do you think you're doing?” Marcel demands and II walk out through the crowd on Nik’s right.

“It appears that we've interrupted a collection of filthy amateurs!” I laugh as I look around like I'm sizing everyone up making some take a semi-defensive pose.

“We've come here for the girl. Give her to us, or we kill everyone here... starting with you,” my father says coming from Nik’s left.

“You three got a lot of nerve, coming into my home and making demands,” Marcel sounds annoyed at this.

“You’re home, is it?” Nik asks with a fake smile.

“The girl! I will not ask again,” I Iyell slightly staring directly at Marcel.

“I assume you're talking about Hayley? Yea high, dark hair, bitchy attitude? Who is she, anyway?” when he says ‘bitchy attitude’ I’m ready to rip off his head.

“She's an old friend. You know how sentimental I am about old friends,” Nik says smiling slightly.

Marcel sighs slightly, “Well, I ain't got her. And before you start whining, I did pay her a little visit earlier tonight. I was feeling nostalgic, so I took a trip out to the plantation where I used to be a slave. And, imagine my surprise when I realized that the Original family of vampires had taken up residence. Elisha answered the door but your girl, Hayley, walked into the foyer, we exchanged hellos, that was it. You don't believe me? Look around. Hell, I'll even help you find her. But the question that I'd ask is: if Hayley isn't here, then where is she?”

“Fight night is postponed!” I announce, “I want this city searched top to bottom looking for this girl,” I could see some people wanting to blow it off so I add, “if anyone gives one of us a lead to find her I might feel in debt to you meaning you might walk away with your very own daylight ring,” this got people's attention, “what are you waiting for, go,” with that almost everyone speeds away.

“You are giving them false hope,” Marcel says walking towards me, “even if they find something you aren't going to make them a ring.”

“Marcel, my word is as strong as the hunger of the garden vampires,” I shoot back, “now if you excuse me I'm going to go and find Hayley,” I walk away from him heading up into the Quarter more finding a map before heading back downstairs, “Marcel call up Sabine, get her here now and tell her to bring anything she needs for a locator spell minus the map,” I could see that he doesn't hesitate getting one of his nightwalkers to go and retrieve the witch that I ask for. I clear off one of the tables to the side before laying the map out looking over it trying to see if there is anywhere that I could limit the area down to.

“What are you thinking?” my father says sitting down at the table with my uncle.

“There is no way someone would risk keeping Hayley in New Orleans, not when they know that I'm here along with you two.”

“There’s something else,” Nik leans forward grabbing my hands, “what is it?”

“I should have sensed the danger, I should have told her to hide or locked her in a closet or something. She’s gone because of me,” they could clearly hear the anger in my voice, in fact, Marcel which is walking over with Sabine is a little shocked at this.

“Calm down, Sabine is here and she is going to do a locator spell and everything will be fine,” Marcel grabs my shoulders when he says this and I nod slightly making him walk away.