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arrival. Doors were opened for her and dazzling lights reflected
off her skin as photographers snapped their pictures. She was at the edge of an
enormous dome shaped room, a series of diamond shaped windows with golden
borders filling the ceiling and sides with a view of the starlit sky. There was
a crowd of well-dressed people, a lot of them vampires, mingling with one
another holding glasses of champagne and appetizers. She was and felt alone, as
she did not recognize anyone present, but there was something safe about the
anonymity. As beautiful as Brock said she was, she doubted she would stand out
in this fashionable assemblage.
    Haley circled
across the edges of the room. Occasionally she thought she might catch a glance
of someone looking at her, but when things came into focus it never seemed to
be the case. She plucked a glass of champagne off one of the trays and slipped
it slowly, still following the circle. Her mind was not at rest.
    And no it
wasn’t the killer’s threatening return that had given her the most trouble.
    It wasn’t
this room full of sharks and predators sizing her up like a sack full of
chocolate syrup they could bite their greedy mouths into.
    Haley had
come to realize things about herself. Where once she had been a problem-solver,
a go-getter of physical magnitude – her former ambitions had been left for
dead.
    It was
nothing recent as well. She hadn’t made the wrong turn days or months back. She
had been living this lie for years, and when the true parts of herself were
reflected back, it took all her strength to not break down in horror.
    That’s what
he had reminded her.
    Not that he
was alive and fine and coming to kill her –
    But that she
had never become the woman she was supposed to be.
    Another
stare.
    Haley turned
again.
    This time,
she could see a waiter approaching her, his face addled with an artificial
grin. His eyes were hypnotic – and the longer she stared into them, she began
to see they weren’t eyes at all, but flaming colorful lights.
    “Madame
Haley?” he asked of her.
    Haley kept
herself composed, tilting her head slowly.
    “Our host
wishes you to try this humbling concoction.”
    The waiter
removed a glass from his tray. On the surface it looked like just another glass
of champagne, but as it moved closer to her, she could see a faint tinge of
silver.
    The waiter
took her old drink while she accepted the new.
    Haley raised
it to her lips as the waiter’s eyes widened.
    “It’s from him ,
isn’t it?” she said in a sharp tone of voice.
    “The answers
to life’s questions, are just another drink away,” the waiter said cryptically.
    Haley
hesitated. “Well of course, they are.”
    She drank the
drink and collapsed.

 
    CHAPTER
TWELVE
     
     
    “Who were you on the phone to, Dino?
Who were you giving all that information –”
    “Nobody!”
Dino exclaimed to his questioning companion. “It was a private matter.”
    “We’re just
looking out for you,” another one of his security friends said. “We don’t want
any leaks coming through that could give away our –”
    “It’s a
trustworthy source, alright,” Dino snapped. “We need all the help we can get.”
    Another two
of his comrades walked over. “You guys find anything?”
    “Nothing,”
another replied. “We’re just standing around. Trying to figure things out.”
    “I don’t know
what faith you put in that skinhead’s gut feeling. Seems pretty bogus to me,
Dino.”
    Dino scraped
the back of his hand along his rough chin. “You ever think maybe I sensed
something out here too? We’re gonna find these fuckers, and if we don’t we’re
going to at least be able to say we tried.”
    There was
some mild agreement.
    “Need I
remind you that they killed my fucking wife,” Dino cursed. “I swear when I get
my hands on them, I’ll –”
    “Over here,
guys!” one the team said running over. “We found something!”
    Everyone
immediately took off down the road in pursuit of