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chapter 3
Spov
I finally made it to my hotel, I was exhausted, of course I was worried for Hadley but what good would it do searching for her while I was tired, I would miss something that way, so I unpacked my bag and put my phone on charge I took a shower letting the water cascade down the aching muscles of my back,
I put on my jammies and went to bed it didn't take me long to fall off to sleep and dream about Eric but this wasn't like the dream I had before that was one of my normal sexy dreams this one was totally different
I was standing in grans back yard and it was night time, Hadley was standing beside me holding my hand and the Eric appeared and stood behind Hadley caressing her throat, Hadley paid no mind to him then another woman appeared impeccably dressed with flaming red hair and that's when Hadley's eyes lit up and she ran to this other woman as soon as she was in this other woman's arms the red head smiled and showed fangs (fangs great shepherd of Judea), Eric grabbed my hand and whispered into my ear "its her choice" the redhead bit into Hadley's neck , Hadley was still smiling as the light died in her eyes.
That was when I woke up to the sound of my phone alarm
I got dressed and left my room in a hurry to go in search of Hadley, I normally don't take notice of dreams but this one felt too real to be a dream and I was worried I would start with her landlord.
Epov
After seeing sookie off safely I took to the skies again hoping to get to New Orleans before sunrise, I had to be fast if I was to make it.
I did make it just it was about 20 minutes to sunrise I was whisked through security by rasul (a great vampire by my standards) and shown to my room, rasul told me before he left that I would get an audience with the queen the following night as Sophie Anne had retired to her day chamber with her pet.
That was unheard of a pet spending the day while a vampire was in day death, she must really trust this Hadley and I hope for the queens sake that Sophie annes trust in her was valid.
As I lay on my bed waiting for the day death to take me my thought drifted to sookie I hope she had made it to her destination, I felt the sun come up and died for the day.
Spov
When I got out of the hotel I put my shields up just to drown out the cacophony of sounds, New Orleans was certainly a busy area during the day, while I asked questions I would just tune into the person I would talk to, that way I wouldn't get a headache.
I set of in the direction of Hadley's apartment to meet her landlord gran had called ahead to let her know I was coming, I found it in no time at all. And waited this Amelia to turn up.
I didn't wait long within 5 minutes she was shaking my hand and offering me coffee in her apartment which was just below Hadley's.
She came out of the kitchen with a tray with two mugs and a hot pot of coffee and sat down to talk to me she told me that Hadley had not been in her apartment for more than two weeks and all her stuff was gone that much I already knew.
I'm not a police officer by any means but I do know how to ask the right questions to get people to think about the right things and that's what I did.
"Have you known Hadley long" I said
She told me that Hadley had contacted her via her realtor about the apartment being free, the next night Hadley had moved in, what she didn't tell me was that Hadley had paid her in cash and had a full deposit and 3 months rent in advance, that much I gleaned from her mind, that didn't sound like Hadley at all, Hadley spend money like it was going out of fashion, something was very fishy but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what it was yet.
I asked a few more questions but with Amelia she was a clear broadcaster so what she said was what she was thinking so pretty much a dead end.
Amelia was sweet she gave me her personal cell number and told me she had to get to a Friends of the Earth meeting but she said that she would call me later if she had any other information.
So once again I was on my way.
I spent the rest of the day sitting at various coffee shops scanning newspapers looking for the reports of missing people and hoping that I didn't come up with a report of a young murdered girl just when I was going to give up I noticed a full page add for real estate, it was of a woman holding up a sign saying "sold" it wasn't the advert that was particularly interesting it was the woman in it, it was the same woman in my dream it was the red head but this time she showed no fang, I pulled out my phone and dialed the number on the ad a woman answered,
"SA LeClerq Real Estate Paige speaking how may I help you" the woman said cheerfully
"I would like to make an appointment to see about purchasing a holiday home for my family"
I could never afford a home in New Orleans but she was not to know that
"Certainly" Paige said "we have appointments for tomorrow night if you are available, when you come in for your first visit you will be speaking to the head realtor about all of your needs and then we can see about getting you a home here in this beautiful city"
I thanked her after she gave me the time and address of the office and then hung up, I ate dinner and went back to the hotel at least now I had a lead. (Funny that it was at night they must be very busy to stay open late.)
I called Amelia just before I went to sleep to let her know that I had found a few things out and we agreed to meet for lunch tomorrow. So we could discuss tactics.
After she hung up I fell asleep it was a blissful dreamless sleep
Epov
I awoke with a feeling of apprehension I would be meeting the queens new pet I showered and got dressed and made me way to the queens day chamber, when I got there I was waved through by siegbert and wybert they reminded me of the film dumb and dumber, I suppressed a chuckle as I was lead through the doors what they lacked in brains they certainly made up for in brute strength.
As I entered the room I was assaulted by the scent of sookie her smell was everywhere, did she know of us already but the scent was slightly off, as I looked around the room the queen greeted me
"Ah Northman I see you admiring my day room its beautiful isn't it"
"Yes your majesty it's a sight to behold" feigning awe
"Well I will show you another sight to behold here is MY Hadley"
A young blond woman entered the room I had to do a double take as I was sure it was sookie but when she looked at me I could see that it wasn't but the scent was the same as sookie's, how could sookie tie into all of this. I did not know but I would find out
"Your majesty surely it is dangerous to take a pet so close to the great reveal"
I was trying to urge the queen to let go of Hadley so it would not come to a war with the fae but she rose from her seat,
"Northman how dare you question me" she spat out angrily
"My apologies you majesty" "I never thought"
"That's your problem Northman you don't think" she said icily
"Of course you would get Andre to glamour her"
"No Northman I didn't the thing is that she is impervious to glamour, but she is still safe I have given her every opportunity to leave even after she found out about our kind and she has no desire to even step outside" I was shocked in more ways than one.
I decided to not to question any further and stood there waiting for the conversation to start again on civil terms, Hadley whispered into the queen's ear.
The queen spoke to me one more time telling me to enjoy the palace and to feed as a donor would be waiting on in my room she also told me that she wanted me to see one of her other businesses tomorrow night so I was stuck here another night at the queens pleasure, and I couldn't call Niall from here as walls had ears.
I went back to my room to find the donor sitting on my bed, she wasn't glamoured the queen was certainly lax in her security here
"What is your name girl?"
"Piper sir"
"Where do you come from?"
"New Orleans sir"
"Do you know what our kind are?"
"Yes sir you are Vampires"
Well she wouldn't be remembering me
I fed off of her I only took a few sips, that was all I needed at my age
And glamoured her into thinking she wasn't chosen for tonight and that she spent the night in her quarters.
And with that she left my room.
I left my room to see what the palace had to offer.
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