She motioned to a hallway. “Why don’t we go sit in the office.”
In my experience, any time someone wanted to talk in an office, it meant that the conversation wasn’t going to be a nice one.”
I nodded and followed her to an office down the hall. She shut the door behind me when I walked in. “Ms. Collins.”
“Agent Collins, actually,” I corrected and sat down. “I’m just currently on vacation.”
She smiled a little bit, but it wasn’t really a nice one. “And on your vacation, you work for the King of Vampires?”
“Yes. Sometimes he needs people who can walk in the daylight and work a scene.”
She sat down. “The little girl you found, what do you know about her?”
“Nothing. I know she’s dirty and she has something to do with the big white house in that ghost town, but that’s it. She said she didn’t have a name.” I wasn’t going to give away anything that could have been important to the case, like the fact that she knew the vampires were in the basement.
She raised a brow. “That’s it? Most children that age would have been crying for their mother or father.”
“That’s it. She was wandering around the ghost town by herself. I can’t disclose what we found at the scene of the crime, so you’ll just have to move forward with what information I can share.”
She looked at me and then folded her hands on the table. “Agent Collins, if she was your daughter —”
“She wouldn’t have been wandering around a ghost town,” I cut her off. “I don’t have children for a reason. My job is dangerous. My life is dangerous. And whatever that little girl has gone through must have been horrible for her to be willing to trust two strangers who drove into town.”
She nodded. “Very well then, the state will take care of her from here.”
There was part of me that wanted to demand getting updated on what happened to her, but unless something came up in the case, I probably wouldn’t be seeing her again.
She stood and left me alone in the room. I waited for a moment before I stood and walked out of the hospital.
I pulled my phone out and called Simon.
“Abby, everything okay? Travis told me your car disappeared.”
“Mm, I’m okay, but I’m at the hospital because of a case. Can you come pick me up?”
There was a pause. “You’re not hurt?”
“Nope. Promise, not a scratch on me. We had to bring in a victim, and I rode back to town with her.”
“Okay, I’ll see you in a little bit.”
He disconnected the call, and I found a sunny little spot to sit and wait for him to show up.
My peace didn’t last long as my phone rang again.
“Abigail,” Levi’s voice sounded tired. “Ten vampires?”
I took a deep breath. “That’s what they told me. I didn’t go down into the cellar to find out.”
“And a child?”
“She’s not a vampire. I’m not sure if she’s anything supernatural at all.” I sighed. “I don’t think they’ll let me know what happens to her unless it pertains to the case.”
“Mason will keep me updated if he can, so I’ll let you know. Tonight, I want you with the pack, and do not leave their grounds.”
I frowned. “I was already planning on being with the pack. Simon is picking me up from here. What’s going on.”
“I can’t tell you right now. If you need to know, I will inform you. Just stay with the wolves tonight.” He disconnected the phone, and I glared at it.
I thought when I became Princess, he’d let me in on more of his secrets. I was wrong.
I shoved the phone back in my pocket and sighed. I had a feeling that his secret today had something to do with Samuel because currently, that was the only thing he skirted around telling me.
I’d get my answer eventually, but chances were, it would be when he was forced to give it to me.
Closing my eyes, I let the sun warm me while I waited for Simon to arrive.
Simon pulled up in his truck and honked at me, bringing me out of my peaceful meditation in the sun.
He grinned at me through the window. “Need a ride, sweetheart?”
I rolled my eyes at his attempt at a cheesy pickup line. “Yeah, but I’m waiting for my boyfriend.”
He snorted. “Get in. It’s time to head up to pack lands anyways.”
I pushed off the wall I was leaning against and climbed into the truck. “It’s beautiful out. The weather should be nice for a run tonight.”
“Yeah, it will be.” He twisted his hands on the steering wheel. “I have strict instructions to not let you off pack lands tonight…”
My phone rang, cutting him off. I cringed. “Sorry, let me grab that, it’s Mason.”
He nodded, and I answered it.
“I’m sending men out to check that other location you received from Liz.”
Part of me wanted to go with him. I glanced at Simon, and he glared at me.
“Strict instructions,” he whispered.
In Levi terms, ‘strict instructions’ usually included a death threat.
“Okay, let me know what you find. There wasn’t anything magical around the first house, so hopefully it’s the same at this next location.” I pressed my lips together. “If you can do it after nightfall, take one of Levi’s people with you if he has any free. Just in case there are more vampires.”
“Let me know if you hear any more from Liz.” Mason disconnected the call, and I leaned back in my seat. “Strict instructions, huh?”
“Until noon tomorrow, you’re not allowed off pack lands. He didn’t say why, but I have a feeling something or someone dangerous is in town.”
Interesting. Typically, Levi told Simon what was
