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Chapter 28: You Know What?

' Grandfather?'

' Hello Madison, how are you dear?' Madison took a deep breath and steadied her voice,

' I'm fine thank you, how are you?'

' Very well dear, I hope your friend is feeling better?'

' Oh yes she is, I've moved on from hers, I have a lot of friends to catch up with'

' Well I hope you haven't forgotten your old granddad and my offer to show you around my workplace?'

' Of course I haven't, where are your offices?'

' In New Orleans, when should I expect you?'

' I'm heading that way in a week, shall I call you with a definite date?'

' Lovely dear I look forward to hearing from you' he hung up briskly and Madison exhaled the breath she'd been holding through most of their conversation, she texted Rodrigo to tell him about the phone call, when he didn't reply she changed and curled up in bed.

Her phone buzzed against the nightstand and she swatted her hand at it annoyed, she looked up groggily and read her text,

"I'm coming over see you soon x"

She fell out of the bed in shock, she jumped up, ran a brush through her hair and upon looking in the mirror, realised she hadn't removed her makeup, she ran a face wipe over her face letting her mascara remain in tact, she pulled her jeans on, grabbed her black knitted jumper and a coat. She crept downstairs with her boots in her hand, the lights were all off, she stood by the window and watched, she saw him waiting at the foot of the steps and pulled her boots on. She crept quietly down the stone steps and he waited at the bottom for her, she noticed straight away he looked worried,

' What's wrong?' she eyed him with concern

' Promise you won't panic?'

' What's happened?' her voice was sterner

' Miles is missing, and with your grandfather calling you tonight when it happened I'm concerned, what if he's been in London just as long as you and he knows you were playing him?'

' No he can't be, when he phoned it was an international number, maybe he's paid someone to take Miles?'

' He must have, but they'd have to be strong to take Miles down'

' What do we tell them?' Madison looked up at the dark silent house and back at Rodrigo,

' I'll tell them he's missing, you don't mention that your grandfather contacted you, if they know they'll put two and two together and they'll keep you under lock and key, what did he say to you?'

' He was asking if I wanted to go to his lab/office'

' What did you say?'

' I said I would be in town in a week and I'd contact him with a date'

' Well that buys us some time, Madison I'd rather you stayed at my house, if he comes back to your parents and sees you here we've got no chance of finding out whether he's got Miles'

' How do I explain that to them?' she nodded her head towards the house to indicate she was talking about her family,

' I'll handle it, we'll sort it tomorrow, I'll come by make sure you're ready to go, I want to move you fast'

' Ok, but will they be ok?' the fear showed in her tone but she didn't care, her brother had been taken what would stop them taking her parents or Noah?

' I will have some of a local pack watch the house constantly, I'll inform your father he may invite some of his vampire acquaintances to stay' she nodded as the wind whipped at her face ferociously,

' You're cold and you're tired, go inside I'll see you tomorrow' she nodded as he held her hand to help her up the steps, her hand tingled after he let go.

She wasn't sure how he did it or what he said but her parents agreed Madison would be safer under his watch, even Noah agreed, they were all visibly shaken at the news of Miles' disappearance, the news had sunk into Madison and now she joined them in their concern. Madison packed her bags and left the house that evening, she clung to her parents and Noah not wanting to leave them so soon, she felt like a kid again refusing to let go of her mothers leg at a birthday party because of fear, she followed Rodrigo out of the house after saying goodbye to them and the two of them climbed into a black Mercedes that was parked out front. The drive was quiet, Rodrigo watched her constantly, he knew this was causing her pain and he didn't quite know how to stop it, he hadn't allowed human emotions to affect him in a very long time and now hers swept over him like a wave, he felt bad for her, she hadn't had the greatest life and it only seemed to get worse,

' Madison?' she turned from staring out of the window to look at him acknowledging him,

' Where have you always wanted to go? If you could pick somewhere in all of the world, where would it be?'

' Paris, I've always wanted to go there'

' When this is over I'm taking you to Paris' she smiled weakly at him,

' Why?'

' Because I want to'

They pulled up outside his Notting Hill house and he showed her upstairs to her room, she unpacked her things and changed into jeans and a loose sweater and walked downstairs, a luscious smell drifted from the kitchen and she followed it hungrily, Rodrigo was cooking, his black shirt clung to his body and she couldn't help staring, he turned and smiled as she raised an eyebrow smiling, he smirked,

' What you've never seen a man cook?'

' Actually…no' she smiled, and looked at what he was cooking,

' Looks good'

' Yeah human flesh cooks up real nice' she looked at him and he smirked,

' Relax Madison I eat like a normal person, human flesh is an occasional treat'

' Well that puts me at ease' she said sarcastically, he handed her a glass of wine and she took it gratefully, she felt completely at ease with Rodrigo as they ate and he managed to improve her mood by telling her some of the funnier and slightly ruder stories from his past, she laughed hysterically on the floor,

' Oh dear Madison we have a problem…' she looked up in surprise ' I'm afraid you're terribly drunk'

' You know what?'

' What?'

' You may be right' he smirked as she laughed again, he grabbed her hands and pulled her up, making sure he supported her and took her upstairs, he managed to get her to her room where she collapsed on the bed still laughing, he moved her so he could pull the covers over her, he was leaning right over her, his face right next to hers, he noticed she'd stopped laughing and looked at her, she was staring at him, he didn't need to read her mind to know what she was thinking, he moved closer and she moved closer, he cupped her face in his hands and her silky lips brushed gently against his…