See Love Die

Chapter 8

Friday came around and the school day passed fairly quickly.

It was full of anticipation for the mission they had set out, the liklihood of the team they'd put together, getting along and the dread that it would all be for nothing.

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Harry and Cheryl had successfully crammed a good few l****s of the sticky red liquid into the large cooler and had it in the boot of the new BMW X3 Harry had purchased in order to provide them anonymity.

She had it parked near the back exit of the Palace and had smuggled not only the blood, but some clothes that the girls could run and fight in.

Cheryl had decided on some leggings and hoodies and Harry on some jogging bottoms and tank tops with zipper hoodies.

They both wore trainers and had packed fresh underwear, bottled water and snacks.

Of course, they packed some luxuries like make-up, hair products and some dressy clothes for the times they'd spend enjoying themselves on the side.

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Their plan was to travel to the closest spots and find places along the way to sleep when it got too late to question people and they got tired, they would venture out in the best order to get travel done as quick as possible.

They only had 10 weeks to get this done before school started again, they couldn't miss it as it was graduation.

The girls set off, with their music playing as usual and headed to the meeting point they had in Mystic Malves.

Upon arrival to the massive McDonald's car park, they spotted 5 blacked out SUVS and pulled up along side them.

As quickly as they had all arrived, Conrad pulled off followed by Chase and the rest followed behind them.

They moved in sync and kept close, looking like royal guards themselves as the 6 big cars moved graciously to their first interrogation point.

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Chase had the idea of walkie talkies, and throughout the journey they discussed how they would approach the delinquent group of drugged up Vampires that had been seen arguing with King Patrick not long before his disappearance.

Chase's car alongside Connors would pull up, so Ben, Chase, Connor, Zia, Jamie and Hardin would question them alone.

As not to alert anybody to the arrangement they had in place before they got far enough away to be reprimanded.

The 4 other cars sat back 1/2 a mile down the road, and Jamie was ordered to stay in the car to alert them if they need back up.

Some people stayed in the car, Eli's friend Lucas was rerouting his Satnav to the next location, which would be their last of the night as they all met at 5pm and it was now 6.30pm, if nothing could be found from their first lead, they would drive 30 minutes to their next and hope for something there.

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Chases POV:

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Ben was stood beside me, as we carefully pulled the heavy shutter up.

The others were stood behind us, covering the entrance with firearms.

"Clear" shouted Connor.

We entered cautiously, me with a walkie talkies strapped to my hip I'm case of an emergency.

There was a door to the back of the garage, and using the same positions before, with the guys right behind me, I opened it slowly and Ben peaked to see who was on the other side.

He held 3 fingers up, to indicate that there was that amount of people in sight.

I gave him a quick nod, and we all stormed in, holding our weapons up.

The three men instantly threw their hands in the air and Zia and Hardin moved over to check for any weapons they may be holding.

"What's going on?" asked a short guy with curly blonde locks.

"We're here to ask some questions" I replied.

"About King Patrick"

"Ah f**k" mumbled the guy I could only describe as the nerd of the three.

He had thick glasses and spoke in a squeaky pitch.

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"We don't know anything, man" said the first guy.

"So why did your friend here look and sound so guilty?" I prodded, pointing my semi automatic rifle toward him.

He flinched a little and I could smell the discomfort from the 5 meters I was away from him.

"We had a little trouble with him" he squeaked.

"Drugs man, that's all"

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"Drug business or usage?" I scowled.

"Uh.." He scratched his head and looked toward the other 2 men.

I released the safety on my gun, to intimidate him.

It worked.

"Using bro I swear" he gulped.

"What do you know about the Kings disappearance?" boomed Connor, bow pointing his pistol at them, his facial expressions showing how frustrated he was.

None of us believed this lead would grant us much information as these guys were often found stoned or completely out of it around the Malves but we were following every single lead until we located the King.

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"Nothing, we're lucky he's not around because we get free reign on our lifestyle but I swear bro, we know nothing about it.

We were all laying low until we guessed he wasn't coming back, but we have no reason to hurt the man"

"Yeah man, we just wanna chill, none of us even know how to get passed a soldier let alone get to the king directly" he pointed out.

His point was valid, they were all unarmed and completely shaken by our little visit, not the kind of men able to pull off a kidnapping.

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"Apologies for the intrusion, make sure you keep your head down now. The king might not be here to reprimand you but you're on our radar for a reason boys.

Stay on your own turf, especially when you're using"

I made a quick search of the premises with Connor while Ben and Hardin kept the men at gun point, and I rummaged through paperwork and old takeaway cartons in the garbage whole Connor looked through their laundry and cabinets to find any traces of evidence to connect them to the kidnapping in anyway.

When we concluded there was absolutely no way they could be involved, we left and told Jamie to let the others know to start on their way to the next location, and that we'd meet them there.

They weren't far away so we'd likely catch them in sight after a small amount of travelling as the next location was around 30 minutes away.

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The next lead was a dead end too, Chase's team were being thorough and searching for everything they could to eliminate the leads one by one.

While the guys were with leads, the others were waiting and searching for nearby hotels.

Harry had given Lucas her credit card to book enough rooms in a hotel in the next town.

The images on their website made it look pretty decent, it had a restaurant, bar and a breakfast included.

It was a human town, so they would make out they were on a road trip, although this many guys with 2 girls probably made Harry and Cheryl look pretty sketchy.

They decided they were pretending to be looking around for car exhibitions as it wasn't that common for girls to join on them, and would make others less likely to assume they needed to alert the authorities.

The guys were fairly nice, but some did look a little rough and ready.

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The drive to the hotel was around 40 minutes, and they decided they would shower and get ready before heading down to the bar for a little while to relax after the uptight experience of the day.

Harry felt worn out and she hadn't even got involved yet, but the driving and anticipation, the worry for the guys etc was stressing everyone out.

It was going to make for a long few weeks.

Cheryl took a shower first, and Harry followed, indulging in her buttermilk and almond body wash, rinsing it off with the hot water and feeling it relax all of her muscles.

When she had finished, Cheryl was working on her eyebrows.

"You okay?" She questioned.

"Yeah, much better after that" Harry replied.

"And looking forward to a stiff drink" she added.

"Same here, are you sure you don't mind me leaving you in the room alone tonight?" Her puppy dog eyes eating into her best friends face, guilt clearly chasing her lust.

"No don't worry, you deserve to get some alone time with the man of action" Harry winked, "He's doing a great job, I hope he knows how grateful I am for it"

"He does babe, and he wants this just as much as you, so don't start feeling like a burden okay? I know what you're like!"

Harry giggled, she really did.

"Thankyou"

"Start getting ready, sloth" Cheryl winked and laughed at Harry's sprawled state across the bed, still in her towel.

"It's the best way to dry off" she stated, matter of factly before getting up for get dressed and sort her hair and makeup out.

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The girls kept it casual, only packing minimal dressy clothes.

The plan was to search through the night soon, but they had to get used to the techniques and the areas they had to search at first, gave them no way to do so as it was all residential.

They did have some very sketchy places heading out further where they would have to camp and work through the night to reach certain locations and find the people they were looking for.

The girls headed down to the bar, and found all of the guys laughing and joking around.

Harry felt slightly out of place with so many wolves, Cheryl had Chase and she didn't wanna third wheel so she stayed close but didn't force herself into their conversations.

She ordered a Whiskey and coke and sipped it slowly, enjoying how the cold liquid heated her insides up, making her feel somewhat alive again.

She missed that feeling, of being warm.

Of feeling her body temperature rise when she was nervous or had worked herself out too much.

The perks to being a vampire were quite cool though, she could run faster.. much faster, and would heal almost instantly.

She could hear better, see better and would never put on weight or lose any.

She could gain muscle, but it would take a lot of work and take much much longer than humans.

She noticed a human guy looking her, and looked down at her glass filled with golden brown liquid.

When she looked back up again, his eyes were still on her.

She didn't know how to feel, it was complimenting but creepy.

A few of Conrads pack would eye her up occasionally too, but after Conrad caught Jack red handed and reprimanded him, they all stopped.

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She liked how respectful he was and how he acknowledged hers and Chase's friendship enough to reflect protectiveness toward her.

The auburn haired guy was now getting out of his seat and looked to be heading toward her, but before she could nudge somebody for help, Cory was sat next to her staring the creepy guy out to a point that he turned sharply on his heel and headed back to his seat.

"Thankyou so much" she giggled in Cory's direction.

"A friend of Conrad is a friend of mine" he smiled.

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They were chatting briefly and as Harry tilted her head back to drink she noticed Conrad watching them intently but he averted his gaze when her eyes met his.

He then proceeded to do his own thing.

He was taking the protective thing seriously, she thought.

Or maybe he was concerned for Cory, as a Vamp and wolf combo was highly frowned upon.

Harry started to feel tired after downing her drink, so she grabbed a bottle of water from the bar, alerted her friends she was heading to bed and had Cheryl and Chase walk her up to her room.

She was concerned about the weird guy who had still been sneaking glances at her, and didn't want to take any chances.

She felt uneasy in bed alone, in a strange and unfamiliar place but the alcohol took over and soon she was fast asleep wrapped up in the massive duvet.