POV: Callum Brennan
Location: The Rookeries
Time: Two Weeks After Release
The package arrives at Derek's flophouse addressed to me. No return address. No indication of who sent it.
Derek hands it over. "Package for you. Came by courier. Paid delivery."
I take the package to a corner and open it carefully. In the Rookeries, unexpected packages are either opportunities or traps. You never know which until you look.
Inside is a manila folder stuffed with documents. The first page is a handwritten note.
"From someone who keeps records. Use wisely."
I flip through the documents. What I'm seeing makes my heart stop.
Bank records. Real bank records. Showing transactions from Cormac's personal accounts to offshore accounts. Payments to Mrs. Blackwood, the vampire accountant. Payments to w
