Chapter 7: Chapter 5

Recap:

‘As soon as I arrive to the clearing that I had only been at half an hour before, everything looked the same. The trees were swaying to the side in the breezy air, the grooves on the muddy floor that shows the body was dragged here and the blood trail that followed. Everything was the same.

Apart from the body…’

Chapter 5:

~ Miss Pateman’s Pov ~

I had a rough day today. There was too many students who were so irritating. They just don’t stop talking. And there was this one girl. She’s new. Cleo.

I’ve always been cautious of that name. Rumours go around in the hunting world that that’s the name of the daughter of King Tatum and Queen Emily who died in 1771 as hunters got to their carriage and killed them.

The hunters were Pateman’s as well. Good on them! It is said that the daughter’s body was never found so everyone assumed that she burnt to ashes or somehow got away.

My ancestors found tyre tracks a mile away from the fire and drips of blood. That is all we know of her escape. She must have had people to help her.

Anyway, back to the task on hand. I always look out for people with that name just to be sure it could be her, even if the accident was 243 years ago (and yes, I do count.) Also, there are no paintings of the King or Queen that I could refer to which was infuriating. I could look for facial features or blemishes on her sun-kissed skin of hers.

But this girl, Cleo, she looked human, acted human and hell she smelled human. So I thought I would let it slide as a human could be born with the same name. It was just by chance wasn’t it? No.

She challenged me, with her eyes. I saw it and I saw the determination in her hazel pupils. Why would a student do that? See, now I think I am on to something. I’m still working on how she changed her scent. Maybe it’s a power of hers?

I tell my fiancé, Jordan about my day, and her. You see he is also a hunter. Level 9 as well! I don’t know how he fell for me but I know that he loves me and I love him. My mother would be proud.

‘’I think that we should keep an eye out and see if she does anything else that seems peculiar’’ he says.

‘’Ok well I will see what her next move is...’’ I reply

‘’Hey honey, look at the news! It is that vampire again!’’

As I turn on the television, I think that all of this can’t be a coincidence. ‘’Hey Jordan, don’t you see the connection between all of this? It’s Cleo! She is the one. I overheard her saying that she is new to this area, and she lives near the woods. She was asked by her friends. That has to mean something doesn’t it?’’

‘’Very likely. But don’t jump to conclusions. We don’t want a human finding out about the vampire world without being sure they are a vampire. You don’t want to do anything rash now do you?’’ he questions

‘’No I guess not. Let’s go check it out before something happens.’’

I hear an ‘’okay’’ in the background.

~

We gear up and start the van. We found the crime scene easily as we have enhanced senses. We notice that someone had been here and it wasn’t the police.

Jordan sniffs. ‘’Two scents do you recognise one of them?’’

I took a deep breath in and focus on my surroundings. I smell two scents. I don’t know how long they have both been here for as my senses only stretch that far. One smells of a supernatural and the other, it smells just like a girl I know.

‘’Cleo’s been here. I can smell it.’’ I state.

‘’Yet she still smells of human?’’ he counters. I shrug.

‘’I have no idea how she does that. I haven’t worked it out yet. But she was here and so was a supernatural.’’ I say.

‘’Ok well you scout the area whilst I take the body to my lab for further examination.’’ Jordan replies.

I nod and start heading where the trail leads. I can’t catch the scent of Cleo very well as it is getting dark, I’m tired from my days work and I only have slightly better senses than a regular human as I am a level 2 hunter which sucks (Obviously not literally

I hear a rustling sound in the distance as I automatically tense and become on guard. The scent is getting stronger. Just my lucky day. Hear she comes, back for more blood I assume. Well she has got another thing coming. I try to jump at her when she zooms past but I miss time my jump and fall flat on my face. Ouch.

I try again when I find her looking for the body in the clearing. But it’s not there as Jordan has taken it for testing.

This is the perfect chance to catch her. I sneak up behind her, quieter than a mouse and put chloroform infused with vervain over her nose and mouth. I see her eyes give up on her as they start to shut. She relaxes her muscles as her body can’t hold her weight anymore. She drops to the ground. I don’t make any attempt to catch her.

I do a happy dance as I think of what an achievement I have made. I stop my dance, think of the task in hand and drag her lifeless body back to my house as I shove her in one of the cupboards and lock it with a key that I put on a shelf.

Night night my little vampire, see you in the morning!

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