Damien
Lazarus has some nerve to kidnap my Clara in her father’s territory. What on earth is he up to this time. We don’t have a good history, I must say but I don’t want to have anything to do with him in my present because as far as I am concerned, Lazarus never has any good intentions. He has never had any in his dead life and I don’t think he had any desirable intentions when he captured Clara.
Lazarus is also a rogue but he is a bloodline Vampire. That is why he has been able to survive even after he was banished from the Ventrue clan because of his good for nothing deeds.
He has Obfuscate – The ability to conceal oneself and others from detection. That is why he has the audacity to come back and capture Clara.
How did he know Clara and I know each other? Has he been spying on me? How on earth did he know Clara and where she lives.
Fuck this! If he dares to hurt her in. any way I won’t think twice before ending his doomed existance. Having banished him was not enough so he has come back for more.
If he has come back for revenge then he should face me and not use a defenceless female. Lazarus was part of the Ventrue council but he used his abilities to enslave his disciples. He couldn’t be trusted with the leadership so I asked for him to be banished. He should have been beheaded for all I care.
I have enough problems on my plate now: Clara has been kidnapped, there are rampant cases of humans being turned and we don’t know who is behind it. If Fabian finds out that Clara is missing and it is because of me, I don’t know how that will end but all I know is that it will involve losing Clara and never getting the chance of being with her again.
Luther and I went back home after realizing that Lazarus has taken Clara. We have no idea where Lazarus is so we have to ask if someone at home knows where we can find him.
“Did you find her? Is she alright?” Victoria inquires from us when we enter the house.
“No, but we know who has her,” Luther replies.
“What do you mean ‘you know who has her’? What on earth happened to her?” she asks, her face breaking into both concern and shock.
“Lazarus kidnapped Clara,” I tell her and her mouth goes agape.
“Lazarus!” Raul exclaims from the other side of the room towards the kitchen.
“Where on earth did he come from? I thought he was banished from this town,” Raul inquires while walking towards us.
“He was. At least that is what we thought. I think he has been around for some good time. Otherwise, how did he come to know who Clara is and where she lives?” the thought still confuses me. Could he have really been spying on me?
“Maybe he has a grudge on Fabian,” Victoria suggests.
“I don’t think so. I think he is after me because I got him out of the council and he was banished,” I tell them.
“What are you going to do now?” Victoria asks me.
“I have to go find her before Lazarus does something stupid. I just want to know where he is,” I reply.
“We haven’t heard from Lazarus for a really long time. I don’t think there is anybody here who knows where where he is,” Raul says.
“Maybe we should ask everyone here. You never know someone could give us a clue on where we can find him,” Luther says.
We spread around the house asking if there is some one that has any information that can help us.
“Lazarus?” Orpheus looks really disgusted by what I tell him.
“Why would he do that? What game is he playing at right now?” he inquires.
“I think he is targeting me. I have to go to there a rescue Clara so that she can be out of this. I don’t want her to get into any kind of danger because of me,” I say.
“Well, I don’t know exactly where he is but there is some kind of inn at the end of the town. There are so many vampires there. If he hasn’t been around for long then we could look for him there. I know the owner of the place. They give very good accomodations and privacy. Many Vampires actually live there,” Orpheus says.
“Okay, let’s go check it out,” I say.
I feel like we don’t have enough time to go looking at the whole town for Lazarus but he never left any clues behind on how I will be able to track him down. That is the advantage of his Obfuscate abilities.
The sun has already set by the time we reach the inn. Orpheus was right when he said that there are so many vampires in here. I think there are only Vampires here. I can’t even pick out a human being.
How can I help you gentlemen?” a busty grey haired female on the receiption asks us with an amused smile on her face that gets me wondering what is amusing on us.
“We are looking for someone. His name is Lazarus. He is a vampire,” Orpheus tells her.
“There are so many vampires in here. I haven’t seen anyone called Lazarus. Maybe you can check around. You never know you could run into him,” she says.
“Okay, thank you,” Orpheus says and we walk into the inn.
This place is more of a bar than an inn. The lights in here are really dim, but thanks to my Auspex abilities, I am able to see really well.
We decide to spread out and look around. I use my high sense of smell to trace Clara’s scent but I can’t find it. It doesn’t take us long to have finished searching every corner of the inn thoroughly.
“He is not here,” Raul says when we meet after the search.
“Maybe he never came here or he could have left a long time ago,” Orpheus says.
“Do you think we should inform the council about the matter?” Luther asks me.
“No, we shouldn’t. The council is already handling enough cases of the turned humans. We shouldn’t bother them with this. I think I should handle this on my own,” I tell them.
“You can’t handle this on your own. We are coming with you and we are going to help you get Clara back. Don’t even think of sending us away,” Victoria tells me.
I don’t want to put my family in any kind of danger but they are very stubborn. They are very firm and determined to come with me and save Clara.
“Where do we go now?” Katherine asks. They are showing no signs of leaving me on my own.
“Did you find him?” the woman at the reception asks us on our way out.
“Unfortunately, no,” Orpheus replies.
“Oh, I am sorry. I wish I could have been of better help to you,” she says with an apologetic smile.
“It’s okay. We are heading out to go and look for him,” he tells her.
“Good luck,” she tells us and we head out. If I am not mistaken, the way Orpheus and that female were exchanging looks was really communicating a lot. If I wasn’t tangled in this mess, I would have teased him about it. But we have to go. It is getting dark. Clara might be really scared.
I know that it has been long since Clara was taken away but maybe I can be able to trace her scent from the woods with my Auspex abilities. The scent must have started to fade by now but I might be able to truck it with my enhanced senses.
When we reach the woods, the night has started to take over. I start to search for her scent. It is very faint, but I can smell it. I follow the trail carefully through the woods and the others come behind.
Her scent is so relaxing, I can’t wait to hold her in my arms again. Although there is also the foul stench of the vampires that captured her, hers is stronger and mouthwatering.
The trail of her scent leads us out of the woods, to the hills beyond the large forest. There are also woods surrounding the hills. I should have known Lazarus had chosen such a secret place to live in.
There is a big old building on the hill. That is where Clara’s scent leads me. She is in there. In this horrible looking house.
“Are you sure about this?” Raul asks me when we stop infront of the old house.
“Yes, I am sure. This is where the trail of her scent leads to,” I reply.
“I hope she is in there. She is probably really scared having been in there all day,” Katherine says.
The door to the house is open. We just walk through and enter the house. The lights are dim inside. From outside, I never imagined a bright inside for such a house anyway.
A female, way too short for my height stands in the middle of the room in front of us. She is also a Vampire. Her scent is similar to the ones that were mixed with Clara’s scent back in the woods. She must have been among those who captured her.
“Where is she?” I ask her.
“Who are you talking about?” she inquires with an idiotic smile on her face.
“Don’t act damn with me right now! Where is the girl that you kidnapped?” I yell at her, finding no need to restrain my fury. I can feel the adrenaline rush through me, at this moment I don’t want to tolerate any nosense.
“Oh, Damien! I see you made it,” Lazarus says while entering the room with a devilish shit-eating grin on his face. I fist my hands in anger ready to strick a blow if he says something stupid. The rest stand behind me to let me know that they have my back in case things get ugly.