chapter 2

“We’re killing him.” Roman said immediately as he stepped into the small house he, his brother Remus, and their best friend Patton were staying in.

“He hasn’t killed anyone.” Patton pointed out, “There haven’t been any vampire attacks in an over seventy five mile radius of here. If he were killing, I’d agree, but he just sits around at Starbucks and glares at people who walk too close.”

“Maybe he has a dungeon full of humans for him to feed off of!” Remus interjected excitedly.

It was a dumb suggestion, Roman knew that, but any excuse to kill the vampire they’d seen for the fifth time that week was good enough for him, “See?! That could be it.”

“Or he could have gone on a diet of animal blood.” Remus mused, only to yelp as Roman swatted his ear, “Hey, what’s your deal?!”

“We aren’t killing him, Ro. What if that just makes other vampires angry? We can’t just kill him because you don’t like him.”

“Well, we promised Delos vampire blood, and we haven’t gotten him any yet.” Roman pointed out, “And he said he needs it as soon as possible.”

Remus looked up from where he was scrolling on his phone, “Just texted him, he said it’s fine and that he’ll figure out something else until we can get it for him.”

“Remus!” Roman groaned, “Come on, we’re supposed to be hunting, not letting any leech who doesn’t commit a murder in front of our eyes go! We can take the Brit out tonight!”

“We’re being safe, Roman.” Patton said softly as he grabbed Roman’s hands, “Listen, do I need to remind you about what happened to Logan? It’s been almost six months and we still haven’t heard back from him since Ontario. We can’t risk losing another person because we’re being hasty.”

Roman looked up, feeling his heart break just a little as he saw that Patton’s eyes were damp with tears.

“For this family, will you please listen to me?” Patton pleaded softly, “I can’t lose another one of you.”

Roman finally nodded, “Okay, I promise. But the second he hurts anyone, we take him out.”

“You know I’d never disagree with you on that.” Patton said as he pulled his hands away, looking around the tiny house with a sigh, “We should go shopping. This place is empty, and another night of takeout probably isn’t a good idea.”

“While you two do that, I have some Netflix to catch up on!” Remus giggled, sprawling out on the couch.

“Call us if you need us?” Roman asked.

“Yeah, yeah, course.” Remus waved a hand, attention on his phone screen as the opening credits of a tv show started up.

Patton gave Remus’s hair an affectionate ruffle, then headed out the door with Roman, “Love ya, kiddo!”

“Love you too!” Remus called out as the door shut behind Roman and Patton.

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