CHAPTER TWO - Spying Eyes
Outside on the street,
sinister eyes watched the old Halliwell manor from all sides. Jared had been set to watch the front of the
house, and he lurked in the shadows, reluctantly diligent to his task. Jared wasn't a demon, but he was hoping to
become one. Never a foolish man, Jared
could see the way the tides were turning, and he knew when the Mayor first
disappeared that trouble was brewing. Then when the bridge collapsed with no warning and the crime rate of
entire neighborhoods suddenly tripled, he was sure that something dark had
taken control.
Always one to play for the
winning team, Jared had finagled his way into a circle of "people"-at least he
thought they were people-who had gained some power in the city, and had been
lucky enough to be appointed as one of the sentries set to guard the former
Halliwell residence. He didn't really
know why he was watching, or what he was watching for, but he did know that for
some reason this old run down house was important to his bosses.
Every night for the past
month he had been set to watch the house. Nothing exciting had ever happened, just that old woman and a few other
people coming in and out all the time. Tonight though, that exotic looking brown haired woman had opened the
door for a minute, looked around and seemed to look right at him without seeing
him, then shut the door again. He
thought it was a bit strange, since no one else had been at the door, but he
sniggered to himself, a hot woman looking outside for a moment wasn't something
to be alarmed with. It certainly wasn't strange enough to report. Jared sighed and shifted his feet to find a
more comfortable position. He hoped
that if he were good enough he would be given a better assignment; this one had
no action at all.