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There was a lull in business at Nelson Investigations. Nothing requiring Coreen's specialized attention anyway. There were at least for hours left before she could go. What is a girl to do? Browse her friends on Facebook!

Ashley was going to the Rabid Thieves concert that night. How had she gotten her hands on some tickets?

"Damn!" Coreen lamented, "So jealous…"

Thad and Daegonna would be at the club… maybe she could stop by after work. A thought occurred to her. She wondered if Vicki had a Facebook page… Nope. Mike didn't have one either, though that hardly surprised her.

Just then, she received a notification that Justinia had attacked her level 4 werewolf with her level 2 zombie. Her werewolf had kicked Justinia's ass, of course, earning her some much needed werewolf bucks.

"Ha! Take that, you undead flesh-bag." Coreen muttered, under her breath.

That was the moment Henry entered the office with a teasing grin, "Careful, Coreen. You never know who might take offense at such comments."

"Henry! Hey…" Coreen said, startled, "Sorry. But my friend's zombie just got handed a world of hurt by my werewolf."

"A werewolf vs. a zombie?" the prince considered, "No contest. Is Vicki in?"

"Not at the moment. She stepped out to check a pawn shop for our client's wedding ring." The young goth explained, "She thinks her husband has been gambling again and is selling their stuff for emergency cash."

"Ah, I see." Henry exclaimed. Walking around to her side of the desk, he leaned in to see what she was working on. "Any research you need help with?"

Coreen couldn't help but smile at his proximity. He always smelled so damn good! "Nope. No new cases yet." She replied, wearing flirty grin. "Maybe you could give me some points on werewolf vs. vampire battles? You earn more points battling vampires." Coreen explained, making to attack another of her zombie friends.

Smirking, Henry straightened beside her, "I am afraid that is a very closely guarded secret, Coreen. If I told such a thing to an outsider, my membership card would be revoked." Henry moved towards the outer door, turning to ask, "Have Vicki call me when she gets in, would you?"

"Sure thing. Bye…" she replied, already intent on her next attack to zombie kind.

Four days later, Coreen found herself at her desk with not much to occupy her time…again. She was IM'ing with Thad when Vicki emerged from her office, "I'm going over to the station for a while, Coreen. Did Mike sound pissed when he called?"

Tilting her head to the side and trying to recall the detective's tone when they last spoke, Coreen decided, "No more than usual."

Sighing, Vicki waved at her assistant, calling behind her "I'm on my cell!" as she disappeared out the door.

"You've got mail." Her laptop informed her.

She looked in her mailbox and found that she had an application invitation on Facebook. Signing onto the site, she saw 3 notifications waiting for her: Thad added her to his Top Friends, Justinia had attacked her werewolf again… and there at the bottom… she saw it.

Dear victim, you have been bitten by Henry Fitzroy! Click the 'Start Biting Chumps' button to become a Vampire and start biting and fighting other chumps!