Chapter 54

" And you just had to go without me!" Tamsin yelled at Bo as she threw a towel to the brunette, after they both got out from shower.

" What else was I supposed to do? I couldn't get ahold of you." Bo said, drying her hair, " I thought it must be some intense situation you were in or something. How the hell was I supposed to know that the murderer planned all this?"

" Why didn't you just wait for me to get home?" Tamsin said, staring at Bo. Her blonde hair was still dripping water.

" Well, who knew when you were going to be back? What if Casey died before that?"

" God..." Tamsin murmured, taking Bo into her arms to hold her to her chest. She sighed, because she knew what Bo had said was true, and she couldn't argue with that.

" Damn you fucking..."

" Just relax, I'm fine." Bo said, giving the blonde a kiss to reassure her that everything was fine.

" Well you weren't so fine, when that fucking asshole sucked the shit out of you." Tamsin said, checking the bite wound on Bo's neck. It was gone already, but she just had a hard time shaking the horrifying view of it out of her mind.

" Yeah, speaking of which, what kinda Fae was he? A vampire?" Bo asked, wrapping the Valkyrie with a towel to dry her. She was still a little bit shaky, but those beautiful blue eyes of Tamsin's gave her all the comfort she needed right now.

" It was a Rabisu. They are like vampires. They normally hide in the shadow of a doorway in a house, to ambush it's victims. " Tamsin said, watching Bo as the brunette dried the water from her body.

" He can charm people, right?" Bo asked. She could still remember the powerless feeling she had when with him.

" It's more like a hypnotic gaze." Tamsin said, " That's how they subdue their prey normally."

She subconsciously checked Bo's neck again. " Do you feel Ok right now?"

" Yeah, other than the memory of my neck being sucked by some fucking murderer, totally." Bo said.

Tamsin huffed out a light laugh. She lowered her head and laid a kiss on Bo's neck, then she put her arms around Bo's waist and pulled her closer. " Better now?"

" Well, I would feel even better if you..." Bo whispered to Tamsin's ears, her eyes turning bright blue.

" Not that I'm against that idea, but..." Tamsin said, " Let's sort this shit out first, succubus moves later, Ok?"

" Ok. But can we at least go lie down on my bed, instead of standing in the bathroom, naked, with no hot water?"

Bo tucked herself closer to the blonde, burying them both under the soft, warm blanket. But what was warmer, was the Valkyrie, who held her tight.

" How did you find me anyway?"

" Well, we tried to contact you, but couldn't. Dyson traced your cell, and we went to the wood. Then the police dog named Dyson followed your scent." Tamsin said.

" No." Bo said, " I mean, why did you look for me in the first place? How did you know that I was in danger?"

" Well, I've known you long enough to know that you are always in danger." Tamsin said, " And...I had this feeling, like a panic attack or something. Couldn't breathe, couldn't stay on my feet, all that kinda shit..."

" So you felt that I was in danger."

" I guess you could say that." Tamsin said, " And thank God I fucking followed my instinct."

Bo ran her index finger slowly on Tamsin's lips, her eyes following. " I guess it's a bond thing, that now you have a radar for me?"

" I guess it's the bond. I mean, what else could it be? At that time, I just knew." Tamsin said, nibbling Bo's fingertip gently.

" Funny..." Bo murmured.

" What?"

" When I was in that cave, that man said that he never believed the Valkyrie's bond could grant any more strength to someone. I guess we proved him wrong."

" Sucks to be him." Tamsin smirked, " Price to pay for underestimating the power of a Valkyrie's bond." She watched Bo laying a kiss on her palm. " So he's really the Kitsune killer?"

" Yes. He admitted to me. And everything matched. The cylindrical Godness thing you heard from one of the victims. How he could have lured them to the woods. Why we didn't find any footprints of him." Bo said.

Tamsin laid a kiss on Bo's forehead, to comfort her. She knew the succubus was still a little bit shaky from what happened tonight. " I guess after the tech team confirms that he's the killer, we can finally close this case. Also, you can finally get your answer."

" Huh?" Bo raised her eyebrows. She was too preoccupied by the soft, smooth skin of the blonde under her fingers to comprehend.

" The fox clan leader, Mei, said that once you find the killer, she would tell you the shit about the Chosen One."

" Oh yeah." Bo said. It was then she remembered that Mei promised to tell her a secret about that. " I guess I should call her now..." She murmured, but she didn't want to move. Not right now, not when being held by the blonde, in her own bed, after a rough night.

" We'll go visit her, after the case is officially closed, Ok?" Tamsin said to her.

Bo nodded. " You know..." She said, " That Rabisu, he also told me something else."

" What?"

" The same thing my father told me. Something about other candidates." Bo said, " He said something like he wanted to kill me, because he wanted to eliminate the competition. But what competition? What could possibly be the thing we are competing against each other for?"

" Damn...I shouldn't have killed him..." Tamsin said, " We could have had the info we wanted by now, if I hadn't... It's just..."

Bo felt the blonde's grip on her tighten. She smiled and caressed the Valkyrie's back lightly. "Shhhh..." She whispered to her, " I'm Ok. I'm fine."

" Having you as my bondmate, is like walking on fucking traps every day..." Tamsin shot Bo a stare, " You could have had both of us killed tonight..."

" Let me make it up to you then..." Bo said, kissing the blonde on her lips. With her hands sliding down to the back of the blonde's waist, she nibbled her bottom lip lightly, running her tongue on it.

" I said succubus moves later..." Tamsin murmured.

" But I'm hungry..." Bo whispered to her, cupping her breasts. The brunette wrapped one of her arms around Tamsin's waist and pulled the Valkyrie closer. She lowered her head, kissing the blonde on her chest.

" Really?" Tamsin grabbed Bo's wandering hands and rolled on top of her, " Then who did I feed in the shower ten minutes ago?"

" That was my appetizer. " Bo said, " Now I'm gonna have my entree, and later..." She said as she raised herself to give the blonde another kiss, " ...my dessert."


" Yo, D-man." Kenzi waved to the wolf when she saw him walking into the Dal. She frowned when she noticed that Dyson was holding something in his arms. It was something furry, with pointy ears.

" Since when do you have pets?" Kenzi asked, staring at the thing. For some reason, she thought she may have seen it somewhere before.

" No, she's not a pet." Dyson said, " Meet your old friend, Casey."

" This is Casey? Casey Casey? The Kitsune bitch?" Kenzi exclaimed, standing up from the chair. It was then she realized that the animal was a fox, only smaller than the regular ones. She poked her lightly, and the thing was too busy purring to react to it.

" Yep. Here." Dyson handed the animal to her. Kenzi let her rest on her lap. Casey covered her ears with her fluffy tail and started to nap. Kenzi pet her gently with her hand, and the fox curled up like a ball of fur.

" What happened to her?"

" She was with the Kitsune killer, and she ran away. I found her hiding in bushes not too far away from the cave where we found the killer. She was all shaking and weeping, probably too scared to change back to her human form."

" So you guys caught the killer?" Kenzi said, moving towards Dyson. The fox let out a low, impatient growl, as if she didn't want to be moved.

" Well...more like, Tamsin killed the killer." Dyson said.

" Weren't you guys supposed to arrest him or something?" Kenzi asked, frowning.

" Yes, but when we got there, he had almost killed Bo. We had to do whatever we could to save her." Dyson said. Then he realized that he was scaring Kenzi, so he added, " She's totally fine now. She's with Tamsin."

" So...those two are like...for real?" Kenzi asked. Even seeing how close Bo and Tamsin had gotten, and how lovey-dovey they were now, she still sometimes found it hard to believe that they were together.

" I'd say pretty real." Dyson said, " You should see how she killed that man. I wouldn't want to piss her off, period."

" Yeah, neither would I." Kenzi murmured.

Dyson finished his beer and stood up. " Ok. I need to get back to work now. Can you take care of the fox for me for a while?"

" Yeah, sure, whateves. Fox bitches always come to mama Kenzi..." Kenzi said as she watched Dyson leave. Then she lowered her head and looked at Casey, who now was nothing but a fluffy ball on her lap. The fox gently scratched her hand with her front paw.

" I'm starting to think you look a lot cuter as a fox..." Kenzi murmured. She knew Bo and Tamsin were probably still at home doing it, and she didn't want to be the one who sat downstairs, wondering when and how the ceiling was going to come down, so she decided to stay in the Dal for a little longer.

" How's Bo doing?" Trick asked her as he polished the glasses.

Kenzi swallowed her drink, weighing in her heart about whether or not to tell Trick about what happened. Eventually she decided to tell him.

" She's fine. She just went to track down the Kitsune killer."

" She did what?!" Trick exclaimed, with his eyes wide open. That was exactly what Kenzi had anticipated.

" Relax, gramps!" Kenzi said, frowning, " Bo-bo's perfy. Tamsin's with her, and I'm sure she's taking really good care of her, if you know what I mean."

" I'm afraid that I'll have to stop you right here." Trick said, " So did she find the killer?"

" Yeah, of course." Kenzi said.

" Oh, Ok, I guess I'll ask Dyson about the details later.." Tricked nodded. Then he frowned at the fox, who was lying in Kenzi's left arm, " You do know that is a Fae, not a fox, right? If you bought it from some pet store, I-"

" Yeah, I know, it's Casey." Kenzi interrupted him.

" Casey? Why did she change to her true form? Kitsunes only change to their true forms when extremely terrified or in a rage..."

" She was with the killer earlier. Scared her pants off probably." Kenzi said, " Poor foxy."

" Ah..." Trick accepted Kenzi's answer, with some doubts, but he had other customers to attend, so he left Kenzi alone.

After a few drinks, Kenzi decided to go home. Holding the fox in her arms, she walked out the back door.

The alley was empty, with the street lamps it didn't look as gloomy as it could have been at this time of the night. Kenzi was humming some sort of Russian song as she patted the fox in her arms. Then suddenly, she stopped. A weird feeling overcame her, like she was being followed. It felt like someone was staring at her from behind, and the stare was giving her the willies.

" Nothing creepy. Nothing creepy." Kenzi turned around, mumbling. Other than her shadow, she didn't see anything. She frowned and turned around, starting to walk again, but after a few minutes, she stopped again. She could swear she had heard something, and she could still feel someone staring at her.

" Yo, perv. Show yourself before I ninja kick you." Kenzi yelled. She slowly approached the dumpster, thinking maybe someone was hiding behind it, but she saw nothing. Although a little bit scared, she looked around, trying to figure out who, or what, was watching her.

Then she noticed something. It was a bird, perched on one of the power lines. Its light amber eyes were glittering in the dark. For some reason, it creeped Kenzi out. The way the bird looked at her, like he was looking at his prey.

" Weird bird..." Kenzi murmured. She held the fox tight in her arms and started to run. She could hear her high heels tapping on the pavement. She didn't know why she suddenly felt so afraid, but she knew she had to get out of there.

The dark alley seemed so long today, that Kenzi felt like she would never get out. She took her phone out and tried to call Bo or Dyson, but she couldn't even dial because of her shaking hand. " Damn it! I knew I should have set up my voice dialing shit..." She cursed. When she was about to press dial, a low, vague growl came from behind, like some sort of large animal. It startled her, and she dropped her phone. It fell on the ground and slid under the dumpster.

" Ahhhh!" Kenzi exclaimed, letting go of the fox, trying to grab her phone. She reached her arm under the dumpster, searching for it, but she just couldn't find it. Her mind was so filled with fear that she couldn't think straight. She saw the fox cowering and shivering right in front of her.

" Go, girl! Run! What are you looking at right now?!" The petite Russian girl lowered her voice.

But the fox didn't move. She was too scared to run away, or do anything. She was just frozen there, staring at something right behind Kenzi.

It was then that Kenzi noticed the huge shadow that was cast over her. Something tall, big, and alive, was behind her. She could hear it breathing, swallowing, and mumbling. Horror seized her heart, and she couldn't breathe. For a moment, she just froze there, wondering if she should turn back and see what it was, or just forget about it and maybe that thing would go away.

Eventually Kenzi turned back. She saw a dark silhouette, with two big, pointy things on its head. They looked like horns, or antlers of some kind. Kenzi was having a hard time telling whether it was an animal, or a human. It smelled like an animal, and sounded like one too, but it did have arms and legs, or at least those parts of the silhouette looked like such. One thing that Kenzi was sure of, was those bloody red eyes definitely didn't belong to human or Fae, at least not someone harmless.

Kenzi was too scared to run away, or even scream. She watched in horror as the thing grabbed her, and then it knocked her out. Her vague moans were drowned out by the night wind.


Bo chuckled when she ran her finger on the flushed skin of the Valkyrie. " I guess you enjoyed that, detective..." She whispered to her.

" If you are referring to the begging I heard, oh yes." Tamsin smirked at her, " I definitely enjoyed that, succulette."

Bo was about to say something, but the ringing of her cell phone interrupted her.

" Five bucks says it's the annoying wolf." Tamsin said, lying on her stomach and resting her chin on her hand.

" One day I'm so gonna kill him..." Bo murmured. She let the blond roll on top of her when she answered the call. " Dyson, I'm fine. I'm really fine. If that's what you want to know..."

" That's not why I called, but glad to know you're fine." Dyson said, " Just thought you two may want to know, the tech team matched the DNA of that Rabisu with some blood we found in the crime scene where Hailey and Amy were held as prisoners. And I'm sure when Casey changes back to her human form, she will be our eye witness too."

" What do you mean by when she changes back?" Bo asked, " What form is she in right now?"

" Her true form, as a fox." Dyson said, " You haven't seen her?" He sounded surprised.

" No, I haven't. Why?"

" Nothing. I thought Kenzi and the fox would have been home by now."

" Oh, no I haven't seen her since I took off to find Casey. Maybe she's in the Dal or something."

" No. I'm in the bar right now, and she's not here anymore."

" She's not home..." Bo said, " Have you called her?"

" Yes, I called her a few times, but she's not answering her phone." Dyson could tell that Bo sounded worried. " You think something's up?" He asked.

" I don't know...but after the Inari, and the serial killer thing, she doesn't usually..." Bo said as she checked the time, "...stay out till this time of the night..."

" Hmmm..." Dyson hummed. He thought they might just be too over sensitive, but a small part of his heart was telling him that something might have gone wrong with the girl.

" I think we should look for her." Bo said, " Could you ask around, see if anyone knows when she left the Dal, or where she might have gone to?"

" Yeah, of course. Better safe than sorry, right?" Dyson said, " I'll ask around."

" And we are coming to you right now." Was the last thing Bo said before she hung up the phone. She pulled two t-shirts and two pair of pants out from her closet, and threw one set to Tamsin.

" Your pet's in trouble again?" Tamsin asked when she started to get dressed.

" Let's hope not." Bo said, dialing Kenzi's phone, but no one answered.

" Want me to trace her phone?"

" Yeah." Bo said," And now I'm starting to get nervous...After the Inari thing, we have this agreement, that she always keeps her phone with her..."

" Maybe she's just somewhere very loud and noisy..." Tamsin said.

" I hope so." Bo said, " I don't want to deal with the whole Inari situation again."

" Me neither." Tamsin smirked, " Dragging you around in the woods again? I don't think so."


A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! You guys are the best! Being super busy lately because of all the school work and stuff, hopefully I can update this story more often later.