Skins
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AN: Sorry this is a short chapter, but the next one will make up for it.
Ch. 10: Connecting the Dots and Laying Bait
ChPOV
The holidays were over with and it had been time to get back to work. Renee and I decided to give marriage another try, this time on our own terms. We were married on New Year's Day and honeymooned at her vacation home in Nova Scotia. It was a long distance marriage, but since Bella's Ordeal, our budding relationship had worked. She needed to get by to Arizona to finish up her Spring Collection. I'd fly out and spend a week over Valentine's Day.
Carlisle, Shawna and I were ensconced in my office. The attacks had started up again on January 4th. Ben Cheney had been mauled to death and his girlfriend was possibly worse off. Sweet Angela Webber had deep claw marks over ninety percent of her body that would leave horrific scars. To add insult to injury, the sadistic fucking Skinwalker raped her while still in animal form. Needless to say, the DNA was useless.
After reviewing all the case files, we hadn't needed the DNA. All of the students that had been killed had one thing in common. At various points, according to Bella, they had all pissed off Mike Newton for one reason or another. Looked at the adults, eventually we found they were all connected to Newton's father. The banker had refused to give him a loan. The single mother had claimed they had an affair and he was the father of her kid, and the others were all business competitors from the surrounding communities.
The three of us attempted to come up with a plan to get solid evidence. So far, everything we thought of would be inadmissible in a Court of Law. After a couple of hours, we decided to adjourn and gather our entire Clan at Shawna's place. Dana had made some Chicken Creole and dirty rice for dinner and we humans were starved.
Everyone arrived at the Roberts' place in short order and the humans happily ate the piping hot meal. When the food was gone, I explained everything that we had learned and opened the floor for suggestions on how to proceed.
Bella cleared her throat. When all eyes were on her, she took a deep breath and spoke, "There is only one way to draw these sick bastards into the open. We need to offer up some bait. If Mike is one of the Skinwalkers, and so far, all roads lead to him, then we know he's interested in me. Therefore, I will be the bait."
To say that Alice was upset would've been an understatement. After an intense shouting match, the pixie like vampire acquiesced but nobody was fooled. They would continue the argument when they were alone. Tentatively the plan was to dangle the bait in front of the Newton kid in two days.