Blood Domination by Connie Suttle

Author:Connie Suttle [Suttle, Connie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Connie Suttle
Published: 2011-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The girl was bound with handcuffs for the interview. Compulsion had already been laid for her to be respectful. That didn't keep her from leveling a threat, however.

"You are all dead," she giggled hysterically. "You have no idea what Xenides is." The girl was Spanish but spoke in English, with an accent. It didn't matter; all presiding over her questioning spoke fluent Spanish.

Wlodek barely lifted an eyebrow. "And what is Xenides?" he asked. "You will tell the truth."

"I went looking for vampires. Thought it would be fun. Used to dress up, you know, in the costumes? Xenides doesn't allow that. I found vampires," she repeated.

"What has he done to make you think this?" Wlodek watched the girl carefully. Charles was already tapping quietly on his computer.

"He killed one of the two girls he had before he found me. He made me kill the other one. He forced me to drink her blood. He taunted me. 'You wanted to be a vampire,' he said. He laughed. 'Be a vampire,' he said. I drank some of her blood. It was hot and sticky."

"Have you killed anyone else?"

"I killed a vampire. Xenides gave me a stake and told me where to find him. I killed him. He turned to ash while I watched." The girl giggled again.

"Did you know the name of this vampire?"

"Aubrey Wallis," the girl replied. Gavin shifted a little in his seat.

"Where did you kill him? Do you know why Xenides asked for his death?"

"Aubrey was in Barcelona, at a villa outside the city. Xenides forced the gardener to give him a key to the house. I used that to get in."

"Why was he killed?"

"Because Xenides heard that someone named René is hunting him. Xenides said he was giving a warning to René."

"How long were you with Xenides?"

"Less than six months. It seems like an eternity."

"Did you commit other crimes?"

"I stole some things—money, some jewelry. I also robbed Aubrey's villa and killed his housekeeper. She was a nosy bitch and wanted the money back. I stabbed her with her own kitchen knife."

"What else did you take from there?"

"Gold. More jewelry. I tried to get into the safe but it was locked and I didn't have the combination. I had to leave it."

"Did Xenides ask you to rob Aubrey or kill the housekeeper?"

"No. I was attempting to get away from him, so I made those decisions myself. I didn't know he was preventing me from escaping. He laughed at me when I was compelled to return to his side."

"And how did you come to be separated from Xenides?" Wlodek flipped the gold pen in his hands.

"He wouldn't let me travel with him. He said my image would be displayed on a security camera outside the villa after I killed the housekeeper. He didn't want to be arrested with me if the police came looking. He told me to meet someone named Llewellyn at a bar. Llewellyn was to take me out of the country. I thought that man was Llewellyn." She pointed to Gavin.

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