Falling For A Follower

Chapter 12

I slink through the shadows, going unnoticed by several guards patrolling the hallways for guests that stray from the ball. I slip into a nearby office and quietly close the door. The office was surprisingly large, portraits of old men and women lined several of the walls. A large wooden desk sat in the middle of the vast room, I approached carefully, there were several different papers scattered over the surface and even more crammed into tight looking drawers. I reach for a paper and look it over, nothing too strange, just kingdom business. I continue to search the desk but nothing stood out to me. The sound of approaching footsteps caught my attention, I quickly drive beneath the desk, maybe I could find some information this way. The door opens and quickly closes, the same footsteps click against the polished flooring. I hold my breath, the steps stop in front of me, the familiar sound of shuffling paper above me wasn't what surprised me. It was the shoes of the visitor, surrounded by an emerald green skirt. Soon enough another person entered the office, the footsteps sounded heavier. Their hushed voices filled the space, silently I draw my gun from the holder on my leg. I steady my hand before swiftly rolling out from the other side of the desk. I point the gun at the visitors, and as I thought. It was Courtney and Iestyn. They looked shocked to see me and their hands fly up in front of their chests. "N-Nikki? what are you doing here?" Courtney asks nervously, I stay calm and look her in the eyes "the better question is, what are you doing here?" I question. Before either of them could answer, the door to the office slams open. Our attention turns to the swarm of dark fae and demon guards that surround us "drop your weapon" one of them barks, I sigh and reluctantly throw my gun down at his feet. Another guard behind me cuffs me, I look back towards Courtney, she was also cuffed, Iestyn had disappeared. "By the order of the joint dark kingdom, you are both under arrest" someone shouts. "under what charges?" Courtney exclaims, "don't you know who I am?" she screams, a guard smirks "oh yeah we know who you both are. You are both bitches" she laughs. As she laughs, I feel a sharp scratch on the back of my arm before my vision fades to black.

Rhys' P.O.V 

I couldn't find anything, no evidence, nothing suspicious. I think we're in the wrong place honestly. I sigh, 15 minuets had passed, it was time to meet up with Tayanne. I make my way back to the ballroom, I stand to the side and wait. Some time had passed and she hadn't shown up, I look around and something catches my eye, I see some dark fae quickly pass by the windows of the ballroom a flash of purple between them. It had to be Tayanne. Quickly I sprint outside and look around, a large black van pulls away from behind the castle. I watch as the van disappears into the night, a sharp tap on my shoulder pulls me away from my thoughts. Quickly I turn around, it was the guy from before, Iestyn I think. "Nathan right?" he asks, I shake my head, I can trust this guy. "It's Rhys actually, Nathan is just an alias" I explain, he nods. "I understand, I'm guessing Nikki is also an alias? anyway that's not important right now. Courtney and 'Nikki' were placed under arrest by some dark fae and demon guards, I couldn't see where they were going" Iestyn explains. "already taken care of that, I saw their van drive off before you arrived. We can track them down" we both nod in agreement. 

Some time later we make it to where Tayanne lives, I figured that one, she wouldn't mind, two, she's not here and three, this would be a good place to start our side mission of rescuing Tayanne and Courtney. I see Iestyn looking around, "you guys both vampires?" he asks eyeing up the packs of blood in the fridge. Nosy much, "we're both half if that's important to you" I explain as I type on my laptop. I hear the fridge shut and Iestyn comes back into the living room, "what do you mean by half? so you're half vampire and half another race?" he asks rubbing the back of his head, I nod "that's correct, shes half witch, I'm half demon. Found it" I click on a profile, Iestyn remains quiet as he looks over my shoulder at the page. "the van belongs to one of the largest underground embassies, built up of only dark races, so demons, dark fae and mislead vampires. It' most likely that they are linked with the missing vampire scouts that Tayanne and I were investigating" I say reading further down, "you were investigating that too, Courtney and I were also sent to look into it as some werewolves have also gone missing from several of the local packs, a lot of younger wolves from the champion bloodlines too" Iestyn explains " I bet that if we find out where Courtney and Tayanne are being kept, we'll also find out where all the missing vampires and werewolves are too" he continues. I begin to type on my laptop again "you're probably right, luckily" I click enter, the screen pulls up a map and displays a red trail from me to where Tayanne is "I put a tracker on Tayanne a while ago". Iestyn looks at me strangely "isn't that kinda creepy" he asks, I think about it "no, she often works by herself and has needed my help getting out of certain situations before. It's proving useful yet again" I explain, "so all we have to do is follow a map? I guess that's pretty easy" Iestyn says clicking his knuckles. I laugh "yeah easy, sure. You know we're going to the underground right? the closest place to hell without actually going to hell. The place is crawling with demons and other horrible things, one wrong move and we could be killed" I say closing my laptop after transferring the map to my phone "but it needs to be done" I finish. I can't leave her down there any longer.