| PART THIRTEEN Posted by Spirk on 5/21/2001, 11:09 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "And now ladies and gentlemen the reason that we are broadcasting live from St. Louis, I would like to bring out the legal Vampire Exicutioner for the area and part of the local triumverate...Anita Blake!" I paused for a moment and forced myself to breathe. One of the assistants nudged me towards the stage and finally I gave up, this was it. I walked from behind the curtain and stopped dead in my tracks. It was my worst nightmare come to life, on one half of the room sat members of Humans Against Vampires, signs and shirts designated who they were. They booed loudly as I walked out and with good reason, I was one of the monsters after all. On the other half of the room sat the biggest gathering of vampires I had ever seen, in their midst sat Malcom so this had to be the deligation from the Church of Eternal Life. I groaned audibly as I walked over to the chair that Jerry offered me. "Welcome Ms. Blake and welcome to the show. Now the reason that you are here is to discuss the love triangle that you have found yourself in and to make a final decision over who you will choose. Let's meet the two men in her life shall we?" I looked around, trying to spot Edward, First I looked up where he said he was going to be, but surprise, he wasn't there. I scanned the crowd carefully and then I spotted him, he was seated in an aisle seat among the HAV memebers and he was looking at me and smiling. I scowled at him and wished for the hundreth time tonight that I had a gun because I would shoot Edward between the eyes with it. "Ladies and gentlemen first let's bring out the Master of the City, the man who calls the shots for the vampires here....Jean-Claude!" I turned as Jerry announced Jean-Claude and my breath caught in my throat, he walked out with a flourish, a black cape over his shoulders that he pulled about him, he looked like a movie vampire and I felt my breath catch in my throat as I watched his fluid movements, his cat-like moves as he sat down next to me. "Now let's talk for a moment Anita, about the relationship between you and the Master of the City." Oh shit, here we go, I thought as I turned my attention from Jean-Claude and back to Jerry. "How did this all come about Ms. Blake, when did you first meet Jean-Claude and how did you become his human servant?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART FOURTEEN |