Off With His Head

04. I'm sorry I ruined your Murder Plan

I am speechless, paused with my knife held mid-air.

"I know it's a lot to take in," Zach continues. "But, we also know that you are aware of what he is. We witnessed you running away from him last night."

"Good call by the way." The one called Caleb smirks at me.

"Anyway," Zach spares him a look of disdain before turning back to me. "We have been tracking him for months, unable to get near. Henry Delgado is very smart and he knows what we look like now. Last night was the closest we have managed to get in a long time, while he was distracted in the alleyway. But then you appeared and we lost our chance."

"Well I'm sorry I ruined your murder plan," I deadpan.

"That's okay." Zach clearly doesn't understand sarcasm. "But now we have finally found a weakness of his, namely you, we can get him."

"Hold up!" I interject before my brain explodes, finally placing the knife back in the drawer. "You want me to help you kill Henry? You're vampire hunters? How many of you are there?"

The two of them exchange a look and Zach sighs in exasperation. "I should have known she would be chatty," he says to Caleb, before turning back to me. "The world as you know it may be about to change. Maybe you should sit down?"

I fold my arms across my chest and refuse to move.

"Very well, have it your way." Zach leans against the kitchen counter, clearly frustrated at my stubbornness. "Yes, we are vampire hunters. We come from an elite organization that deals in the removal of mythical creatures. These beings are extremely dangerous and need to be exterminated, something which you should have realised last night."

"Mythical creatures? As in other than vampires?"

"Yes," Caleb answers me. "Werewolves, banshees, weepers-,"

"Unicorns?" I smile, thinking how crazy this all sounds. Yesterday my life was so normal. Now the guy I'm dating is a vampire and two random men, dressed in all black combat gear, have broken into my apartment late at night.

I don't even remember auditioning for a role in one of those vampire movies.

Zach frowns at me. "Don't be ridiculous."

"Yeah, unicorns are friendly and pleasant, why would we hunt them?" Caleb smiles, I honestly can't tell if he's joking or not. I'm leaning towards the former though.

"Caleb," Zach warns. "Can we get back to the issue at hand? When are you seeing Henry again?"

"I'm not sure." I shrug, secretly hoping the answer to that is never. "I've seen him twice already this weekend."

"And so? Isn't it fairly common for a boyfriend and girlfriend to spend an entire weekend together?" The way he says it makes me think he honestly has no idea how much time is appropriate to spend with your significant other.

"He's not really my boyfriend," I mumble, slightly offended by the insinuation. "We've just been going on dates."

Caleb raises his eyebrows, clearly he doesn't believe me. "How long have you known him?"

"A few weeks,"

"And yet," Zach frowns again: I'm beginning to think it might be a permanent fixture on his face. "You didn't notice anything weird about him?"

"Well I'm sorry. I didn't realize I live in a world where things like this exist. Werewolves and banchees and what not!"

"Banshees," Caleb throws in.

"Excuse me?" I turn to him.

"They are called Banshees not banchees."

I roll my eyes, starting to get fed up with these two strange men. "Like there's a difference."