Letters to Romeo.

”Then that only means that the place is clean,” said another hunter. 

”That only makes me feel more suspicious. How many times has the officer been changed when handling the area? Not even one man of ours has been appointed there, and we have been brushing it aside,” said an old man who had a salt and pepper beard. “And Jack has something about the university.” 

”What is it about?” questioned one of them while Conner, sitting with his father, quietly listened to them. 

The man named Jack turned to the whiteboard displayed with the projector turned on. He clicked on something, and Conner’s mouth turned dry on seeing the image. 

”You see this man here?” asked Jack, and everyone looked at the person, who wore a black coat of fur. “The image was found in one of the libraries, and it was stored in one of the old books. The book was published in regards to the wealthy families who came from the seventeenth century.”

Conner watched Azazel Donovan’s picture being displayed for everyone to see. Then the hunter clicked on the remote of the projector, and he showed the picture of the next person, the blonde Elder vampire, Luciano Sterling. 

”Conner, have you seen these people there?” came the direct question from the hunter, and Conner felt like he was going to burst into water because of the perspiration forming on his skin. 

Conner shook his head and acted like an innocent person, “Never. I am always locked in the room with the art materials, I never came across them.”

”Well anyways, the reason I know they are there, is because there was a recent sighting of these men near the town of Veteris,” explained Jack. “I am sure there are more than the two of them,” he clicked the remote one more time, and the next image looked like Donovan and Luciano, who were in the same attire, only that they were spotted together this time. 

”Look how furious they look, these old vampires, they will kill humans in a blink of an eye,” said the old man in the group. “This is the faces of the killer.” 

Conner wanted to tell that it wasn’t that they were going to hunt humans, but they were quarrelling as usual, and the blame went on Luciano, who looked angry at Donovan. 

”What are we going to do? We cannot go and attack a random university if there are no vampires in there. We’ll only come under light and trouble,” explained Mr. Davis, who had already visited the university. 

”Maybe our last check wasn’t good enough,” murmured Mrs. Davis, and she said, “Maybe we can send someone to take a look into it, and if we spot things, we can go and kill them.”

The people around agreed, and the old man waved his hands at three people in the room. He said, “You shall go tonight and check it. See if you find anything out of order and report it immediately.”

Conner pulled his phone, ready to leave a message to Julie and Melanie about what he had learned. But before he could even type a word, the old hunter man called him, “Come here, boy.” 

”Me?” asked Conner, and he got up from his seat while locking the phone and placing it on his seat. He walked through the chairs before coming to stand in front of the man. 

”Yes, you. Who else is the youngest here?” questioned the man with a deep frown on his face, and he then asked, “How long have you been studying in Veteris now?” 

”Three years,” replied Conner, not knowing what this man wanted from him. 

”Alright. Go with George and draw out the basic map of what comes where, so this way it will be easier for them to sneak inside. Oddly, there’s no new map available on the internet,” said the old man. 

Conner wanted to protest and say that their security was good, but it would only raise questions.

”Go now! Get to work,” the old man jerked his head. Conner nodded, ready to go back to his seat and pick up his phone, but the man placed his hand on his shoulder. “Where do you think you are going? You can take your phone later. Now go with George.” 

And before Conner knew it, he was in another room with two other hunters, explaining where came what in Veteris. 

Mr. Davis turned to look at his wife, whose watch beeped. “Everything alright?” he asked her. 

Mrs. Davis stared at her watch and then nodded, “Yes, it’s just an alarm checking if we have an outbreak in the house. So far everything looks good.” 

And while the hunters were discussing their plans of baiting and killing the vampires, far away from Veteris and the hunter’s house, another plan was being set by Joaquin and his brother Enoch. 

Joaquin brought the sketch that had previously been made by one of the men, who had come from the past. He stared at the girl’s face, before showing it to the human hunter, “You sure she is the one?” 

”I am,” replied Doughlas, “I grew the witch as my own under my roof.”

The vampire stared hard at the human, before his eyes switched to look at the girl’s picture. He then said, “The house that you so mentioned,” Joaquin’s voice drawled. “There’s no one there. No relatives of yours are living there anymore. The girl was not found.”

”Maybe she’s living in a friend’s house?” asked Enoch. He then turned to look at one of the servant’s and demanded, “Did you find her location yet?” 

There was a murmur of no, and Enoch rolled his eyes at their incompetency. 

Joaquin gave it some thought and said, “Find out her friends, and try to track her down.” She shouldn’t be too far.