To Cry Ophelia
Part four
The harsh ringing of his phone dragged Sonny from his bed and into his shadowy living room. Snatching the phone from it cradle he looked at his watch. Just after ten in the morning.
"Yeah?"
"It's Frank." Came the rough voice on the other.
"Yeah Frank?" Sonny stretched as his partner briefed him over the phone. "She awake?"
"The doctors say the injuries weren't enough to make her unconscious. Just to her hurt." Sonny heard the flip of paper as Frank checked his notes. "One of Cash's people found her not far from the club."
The Kindred sighed and knew where this was going. " I don't think one us did Frank."
"Just the same I want to ask Lilly about it."
"Come on Frank," Sonny snapped and forced himself to breath in. " You just won't leave her alone will you?"
"How many crimes have happened in her area?" Frank countered. " Too many for comfort. First it was Starkweather, then it was Zane and then-"
"Shut up Frank." Sonny closed his eyes a moment. " Let me get dressed and talk to Julian. I'll meet you at the Haven later."
Slamming down the phone, he got dressed and went to his Prince. As he drove onto the grounds he felt it. Something had happened. Running into the house he saw Cash sitting on the stairs. His head in his hands and a cloud of misery around him.
"What's going on Cash?" He asked as he looked around the foyer and saw nothing out of place.
The man lifted his head as red tears went down is cheeks. "It's Sasha, someone...She might die."
"What?" Sonny looked up at the second level and shook his head. " When did this happen?"
"Late last night." Cash stood up and put on a brave face. " According to Cameron, an unidentified man broke into the compound and attacked her. The security cameras didn't pick up anything that could be used to identify him."
"Where's Julian?" Sonny asked quickly, " Does he know?"
"Yes, Cameron brought her here so that Dadelus could try and help." Cash nodded to the conclave room and shook his head. " I have never seen him so angry, not even when...when Eddie had her embraced. Cameron is pleading innocence and there's nothing to say he did it."
Sonny approached the doors, behind them he could hear the raised voices of angry men. Pushing open the door he stepped in and closed them. Lilly sat in her chair and glanced at him, there was a panicked look in her blue eyes.
"I warned you in the beginning," Julian shouted. " This will not go unpunished."
"Glad to hear it." Cameron returned the harsh tone, " But I had nothing to do with this. I keep telling you that I wasn't even in the compound. I was at the Haven when the attacker broke in."
Julian shot a look at Lilly and she met his eyes. "Was he there?"
"Yes." Was all she said.
The Prince looked at the Brujah and noticed Sonny over his shoulder. " What can we do for you Sonny?"
Stepping forward he glanced at Cameron who spared him a flicker of eyes. " Frank thinks that a recent attack on a human was committed by a Kindred. He wants to talk to Lilly about it since it happened a few blocks from her club."
"That man is more a nuisance then he is of use to us." Cameron muttered, casting a look at Julian. " Who do you think he blames this time?"
Lilly lifted her head. " Did he say who it was?"
"From the sound of it, the girl was one that he and I talked to a few days ago. Her sister was put in hospital and Frank thinks the girl was in on it. We couldn't find the boyfriend. It is possible that he followed her to the Haven and then waited for her."
"This happened when?" Julian asked as he sat down in his chair at the end of the table. " Just after sunrise according to the doctors."
"Has she said anything?" Cameron asked.
"Something about a mystery woman and brightly blue eyes." He glanced at Lilly and saw the woman take a breath. "Know anything about it Lilly?"
Part four
The harsh ringing of his phone dragged Sonny from his bed and into his shadowy living room. Snatching the phone from it cradle he looked at his watch. Just after ten in the morning.
"Yeah?"
"It's Frank." Came the rough voice on the other.
"Yeah Frank?" Sonny stretched as his partner briefed him over the phone. "She awake?"
"The doctors say the injuries weren't enough to make her unconscious. Just to her hurt." Sonny heard the flip of paper as Frank checked his notes. "One of Cash's people found her not far from the club."
The Kindred sighed and knew where this was going. " I don't think one us did Frank."
"Just the same I want to ask Lilly about it."
"Come on Frank," Sonny snapped and forced himself to breath in. " You just won't leave her alone will you?"
"How many crimes have happened in her area?" Frank countered. " Too many for comfort. First it was Starkweather, then it was Zane and then-"
"Shut up Frank." Sonny closed his eyes a moment. " Let me get dressed and talk to Julian. I'll meet you at the Haven later."
Slamming down the phone, he got dressed and went to his Prince. As he drove onto the grounds he felt it. Something had happened. Running into the house he saw Cash sitting on the stairs. His head in his hands and a cloud of misery around him.
"What's going on Cash?" He asked as he looked around the foyer and saw nothing out of place.
The man lifted his head as red tears went down is cheeks. "It's Sasha, someone...She might die."
"What?" Sonny looked up at the second level and shook his head. " When did this happen?"
"Late last night." Cash stood up and put on a brave face. " According to Cameron, an unidentified man broke into the compound and attacked her. The security cameras didn't pick up anything that could be used to identify him."
"Where's Julian?" Sonny asked quickly, " Does he know?"
"Yes, Cameron brought her here so that Dadelus could try and help." Cash nodded to the conclave room and shook his head. " I have never seen him so angry, not even when...when Eddie had her embraced. Cameron is pleading innocence and there's nothing to say he did it."
Sonny approached the doors, behind them he could hear the raised voices of angry men. Pushing open the door he stepped in and closed them. Lilly sat in her chair and glanced at him, there was a panicked look in her blue eyes.
"I warned you in the beginning," Julian shouted. " This will not go unpunished."
"Glad to hear it." Cameron returned the harsh tone, " But I had nothing to do with this. I keep telling you that I wasn't even in the compound. I was at the Haven when the attacker broke in."
Julian shot a look at Lilly and she met his eyes. "Was he there?"
"Yes." Was all she said.
The Prince looked at the Brujah and noticed Sonny over his shoulder. " What can we do for you Sonny?"
Stepping forward he glanced at Cameron who spared him a flicker of eyes. " Frank thinks that a recent attack on a human was committed by a Kindred. He wants to talk to Lilly about it since it happened a few blocks from her club."
"That man is more a nuisance then he is of use to us." Cameron muttered, casting a look at Julian. " Who do you think he blames this time?"
Lilly lifted her head. " Did he say who it was?"
"From the sound of it, the girl was one that he and I talked to a few days ago. Her sister was put in hospital and Frank thinks the girl was in on it. We couldn't find the boyfriend. It is possible that he followed her to the Haven and then waited for her."
"This happened when?" Julian asked as he sat down in his chair at the end of the table. " Just after sunrise according to the doctors."
"Has she said anything?" Cameron asked.
"Something about a mystery woman and brightly blue eyes." He glanced at Lilly and saw the woman take a breath. "Know anything about it Lilly?"