Moonlight: Purge

by Goodfella73

In the second of a three part saga based on the television series, "Moonlight," Mick, Beth, and their friends search for the ones in possession of the list naming every vampire in Los Angeles. A young woman returns to the city to ask Mick for help. Beth is provided with the opportunity of a lifetime.

1. Prologue

Prologue

Previously in "Containment," the first of a three-part series based on "Moonlight" and following the events of "Sonata…"

Mick and Beth allowed themselves to submit to their feelings for one another, but almost immediately their plans for the future are interrupted with the unexpected arrival of Coraline Duvall, Mick's former vampire wife. She informed the new couple as well as their friends Josef Kostan and Simone Walker of a list naming every vampire dead and alive in Los Angeles.

Mick and Josef devised a plan: track down who has possession of the list in L.A. while gaining a meeting in Detroit with the Archivist, a centuries-old vampire who records the history of every vampire in the world to find out who orchestrated the theft.

With the help of vampire computer tech Logan Griffen, Mick was able to track down a local private security company that attempted to access records of several vampires, including Josef. But he was surprised to find that the list was sent to Ben Talbot, an assistant district attorney in L.A., and Beth's new boss.

Meanwhile Beth, Simone, and Coraline flew to Detroit to discover that the list was requested by Cynthia Xavier Davis, Coraline's oldest friend. She told Coraline that her brother Lance asked her to find a person in the Archivist's employ to print a copy of the list and send it to Talbot. Lance's goal: to bring about a new "Reign of Terror" that will ultimately destroy every single vampire in Los Angeles.

Dramatis Personae

MICK ST. JOHN, an eighty-plus year-old vampire and successful Los Angeles private investigator.

BETH TURNER, former BuzzWire reporter, currently an investigator for the Los Angeles district attorney's office.

JOSEF KOSTAN, one of the oldest vampires in Los Angeles, and a wealthy hedge fund trader.

CORALINE DUVALL, a vampire of the Renaissance era, and Mick's ex-wife.

BEN TALBOT, a Los Angeles assistant district attorney.

LOGAN GRIFFIN, a vampire and computer expert.

GUILLERMO GASOL, a vampire and medical examiner for the Los Angeles Coroner's office.

LANCE, Coraline's brother and one of the most powerful vampires.

ALEXANDRA SANDERS, founder and president of Sanders Securities.