Part 11
Scarlet paced around the room, hating not knowing what was going on. She hadn't heard any word from Dathan, Joab or Ara. She was too keyed up to sit and watch TV or even do homework or anything. Loud music screamed from her stereo, meant to take her mind of the plan.
It wasn't helping that she *wanted* something to happen. The sooner she knew for sure the better.
"SCARLET! PHONE!" someone was shouting from downstairs.
Scarlet grabbed her phone. "Anything?"
"We're not sure," Ara's voice said. "Joab saw this girl following Erica and Dathan to the club."
"Have you dealt with her?" Scarlet frowned.
"Joab and Dathan are dealing with her as we weak. Caleb and Ridge are watching Erica." There was a pause then Scarlet heard Dathan whispering softly to Ara.
"You *what?*" she snapped when she worked out what he was talking about. "Dathan!"
"Relax, babe," Dathan drawled. "There was a problem, and Joab and I took care of it."
Scarlet couldn't believe it. She had wanted to be extra careful before she played with Erica in case she made a mistake. Now this. She cursed Dathan mentally. As much as she loved him, he could really be an asshole sometimes.
"Tell Joab to get his ass over here right now," she snapped angrily. "The next time *consult* me before you do something so fucking stupid!"
"Watch it," Dathan's tone was cold and deadly. "Just remember if it wasn't for me you'd be dead by now. Tatania would have had her way with you."
Scarlet shuddered at the name, staring at the phone in her hand. She slowly put it back in the cradle, trying to push away the memories that wanted to emerge.
~Damn you, Dathan~ she thought angrily, pushing away tears that were trying to escape.
There was a knock on her door. "Scarlet?" It was Joab's voice. How had he gotten here so fast?
He came inside and wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug. Scarlet found herself even more surprised he was actually *comforting* her. Just holding her. Maybe there was more to him than she'd thought.
She sniffled. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it. Are you okay?"
Scarlet sniffled again and pulled away. "I'm fine." She looked at him.
He smiled blandly. "It dies with me."
Scarlet eyed him. He was a very strange person. "What happened?"
Joab sighed and told her. "I was just planning on blanking the kid and taking her home."
"But as I put Dathan in charge you thought you should tell him."
Joab nodded. "And now he might have given us even more of a problem."
Scarlet eyed him again. "You fed on her too."
He looked away. Scarlet sighed with impatience. "Great," she muttered, irritated. "What did you do with the body?"
"We haven't done anything with it yet, it's still in the bedroom at the club house," Joab told her. "I said we had to talk to you before we did anything with it."
Scarlet started pacing again. Oh, this was a mess. The kid could be totally innocent. Just a girl who had a crush on Dathan. Or she could have been a vampire hunter stalking him.
"I don't think she was a hunter," Joab said. "I was just being cautious."
"Which is what I asked. I know. You didn't need to kill her right off."
There was an uncomfortable silence between them, filled by Scarlet's screaming music. Joab turned it off. "What are we going to do?"
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Scarlet paced around the room, hating not knowing what was going on. She hadn't heard any word from Dathan, Joab or Ara. She was too keyed up to sit and watch TV or even do homework or anything. Loud music screamed from her stereo, meant to take her mind of the plan.
It wasn't helping that she *wanted* something to happen. The sooner she knew for sure the better.
"SCARLET! PHONE!" someone was shouting from downstairs.
Scarlet grabbed her phone. "Anything?"
"We're not sure," Ara's voice said. "Joab saw this girl following Erica and Dathan to the club."
"Have you dealt with her?" Scarlet frowned.
"Joab and Dathan are dealing with her as we weak. Caleb and Ridge are watching Erica." There was a pause then Scarlet heard Dathan whispering softly to Ara.
"You *what?*" she snapped when she worked out what he was talking about. "Dathan!"
"Relax, babe," Dathan drawled. "There was a problem, and Joab and I took care of it."
Scarlet couldn't believe it. She had wanted to be extra careful before she played with Erica in case she made a mistake. Now this. She cursed Dathan mentally. As much as she loved him, he could really be an asshole sometimes.
"Tell Joab to get his ass over here right now," she snapped angrily. "The next time *consult* me before you do something so fucking stupid!"
"Watch it," Dathan's tone was cold and deadly. "Just remember if it wasn't for me you'd be dead by now. Tatania would have had her way with you."
Scarlet shuddered at the name, staring at the phone in her hand. She slowly put it back in the cradle, trying to push away the memories that wanted to emerge.
~Damn you, Dathan~ she thought angrily, pushing away tears that were trying to escape.
There was a knock on her door. "Scarlet?" It was Joab's voice. How had he gotten here so fast?
He came inside and wrapped his arms around her in a comforting hug. Scarlet found herself even more surprised he was actually *comforting* her. Just holding her. Maybe there was more to him than she'd thought.
She sniffled. "Thanks."
"Don't mention it. Are you okay?"
Scarlet sniffled again and pulled away. "I'm fine." She looked at him.
He smiled blandly. "It dies with me."
Scarlet eyed him. He was a very strange person. "What happened?"
Joab sighed and told her. "I was just planning on blanking the kid and taking her home."
"But as I put Dathan in charge you thought you should tell him."
Joab nodded. "And now he might have given us even more of a problem."
Scarlet eyed him again. "You fed on her too."
He looked away. Scarlet sighed with impatience. "Great," she muttered, irritated. "What did you do with the body?"
"We haven't done anything with it yet, it's still in the bedroom at the club house," Joab told her. "I said we had to talk to you before we did anything with it."
Scarlet started pacing again. Oh, this was a mess. The kid could be totally innocent. Just a girl who had a crush on Dathan. Or she could have been a vampire hunter stalking him.
"I don't think she was a hunter," Joab said. "I was just being cautious."
"Which is what I asked. I know. You didn't need to kill her right off."
There was an uncomfortable silence between them, filled by Scarlet's screaming music. Joab turned it off. "What are we going to do?"
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