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Visitor
"Do you have something in need of finding?" I asked slowly.
I was sitting across from a young red headed vampire who, from what Russell told me, was Bill Compton's progeny. When I didn't know how to continue my work I figured I'd go back to the Compton house.
The first time I came to the house I found two very interesting things. One thing was a dossier hidden (poorly) in a dresser. It was all about Sookie Stackhouse and her family, I figured it was made when Compton was still a procurer for the queen of Louisiana. The second thing was not as interesting but I thought it would be useful so before I made my way to the house again I took it with me as a trump card.
"Bill Compton," Jessica answered after a short pause, "He's been gone a few days. I can't even reach him on his phone."
I wasn't surprised to hear that Bill wasn't around. I assumed Russell had sent his wolves to retrieve him sometime that day (it would explain the sound of wolves I heard when I was sleeping). I also didn't expect Jessica to admit to what to what I was hinting at that easily, still I decided to try again.
"I was thinking of somebody else," I said softly, "Know think hard. Has anyone else gone missing lately."
For a second it looked like she was going to tell me everything, but instead she just looked down and shook her head weakly. I felt sorry for her, so young and innocent, she really should not have been a vampire in the first place.
"Okay then," I sighed, "Maybe this will jog your memory." I reached into the paper bag I had brought with me and pulled out my trump card. It was a rotting, bloodless, severed head. I was holding it by the hair. When Jessica saw it she shrieked, covering her face while she panted heavily. I couldn't help but smile, she did look kind of funny.
"So you do know him?" I asked teasingly. Jessica uncovered her face, still breathing heavily.
"No, it's a head. How do you expect me to react?" I almost laughed, even with the truth plain as day on her face she tried to deny it. I wished I could have gone on playing this little game, but I had already wasted to much time.
"You killed him didn't you?" I asked bluntly, "You probably hadn't planned to kill him, you started drinking and couldn't stop, is that how it happened?" It was obvious by how the man was drained and how sloppy he was hidden that she really hadn't murdered him intentionally.
Jessica blinked quickly a few times then small crimson tears started falling slowly down her cheeks. I felt bad for her, I remembered what it was like for me when I was a baby vampire. Not knowing what to expect from the world of dark creatures, how I seemed in control one second then wild the next, being in constant fear of what I was capable of. Whenever I would look back on these times I always was thankful for Thalia being there to walk me through my worse moments, knowing that without her I wouldn't had survived. As I watched Jessica cry softly I became overcome with emotion and, dropping the head, I went and wrapped my arms around her.
"It's alright, it's okay," I whispered quietly into her hair, "You shouldn't blame yourself."
"It all happened so fast like a blur," she said between sobs, " We were kissing and I just bit him, I couldn't stop."
"Compton should have taught you how, it's his fault." I muttered angrily. I didn't care one way or another for Bill Compton, but at that moment I hated him. He turned this young girl against her will to save his own skin and couldn't even bother to teach her how to feed without killing someone? I didn't even have to meet him to know that he was a selfish, irresponsible, bastard because seeing Jessica was proof of it.
Eventually Jessica stopped crying and wiped the blood from her face. I completely forgot that I had came there to get information from her, why is I get easily distracted when it comes to young woman?
"You shouldn't stay here alone, isn't there anyone you can spend the nights with until Compton comes back?" I asked thinking of Sookie and figuring she wouldn't mind letting Jessica stay with her.
"I don't think so. Sookie left to go to Jackson and she asked Tara to house sit. I don't know much about Tara, but I do know she doesn't like vampires."
"Well that's too bad," I snorted, "How about this, I'll walk you to Sookie's house and I'll talk Tara into letting stay there with her."
Jessica looked incredulous, "From what I've heard Tara isn't the kind of girl to fall over through sweet talk."
"Who said I would 'sweet' talk her?" I smiled, and Jessica smiled too. I don't know why but it made me fill warm to see her smiling. I took her hand gently and we walked out of the old Compton home towards Sookie's house, completely unaware of what waited for me there.
To be continued...
