Part 21
She couldn't believe it when she saw him. At first she hadn't recognised him purely on sight, but later, looking at the name on the register - how many Cassanova Redferns could there be?
The witch remembered the snobby vampire from the enclave she had once lived in. She had been one of the lucky ones able to escape the enclave.
Anyway, she had heard rumours about a Cassanova Redfern supposedly in love with one of the human slaves, even stupid enough to try changing her.
She had been at a party in the nearest town once, and a friend of a friend had mentioned his ex-girlfriend had met an unfortunate end with a vampire hunter. He seemed to think that was very funny. The joke, apparently, had been that he had hired the vampire hunter.
The witch's friend had asked for the name, for future reference. The name had been Maria Pullman.
And that had also been the name of Cassanova Redfern's human.
Ironically enough, guess who had been at the party showing off his latest conquest, Tyche Drache? Getting in tough with Tyche was easy enough. The witch had another friend, Helen Mandrill, who knew Tyche. A third friend had known how to get hold of Maria and sent her to Tyche.
How pissed would you be if you were a slave to a vampire, who knew it was illegal to change you, but went ahead and did it anyway *then* abandoned you when he got caught?
She had disliked the way women were treated in the enclave, which was why she had sneaked away. She liked humans even less. And seeing Cassanova with a new human - it didn't take a genius to figure out what he was up to.
The witch just couldn't imagine anyone was dumb enough to do it again if they'd screwed up the first time.
Anyone who was *that* stupid deserved what they got. So if all had worked out, then Maria would be on her way to take care of the bastard for good. And his little human too.
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She couldn't believe it when she saw him. At first she hadn't recognised him purely on sight, but later, looking at the name on the register - how many Cassanova Redferns could there be?
The witch remembered the snobby vampire from the enclave she had once lived in. She had been one of the lucky ones able to escape the enclave.
Anyway, she had heard rumours about a Cassanova Redfern supposedly in love with one of the human slaves, even stupid enough to try changing her.
She had been at a party in the nearest town once, and a friend of a friend had mentioned his ex-girlfriend had met an unfortunate end with a vampire hunter. He seemed to think that was very funny. The joke, apparently, had been that he had hired the vampire hunter.
The witch's friend had asked for the name, for future reference. The name had been Maria Pullman.
And that had also been the name of Cassanova Redfern's human.
Ironically enough, guess who had been at the party showing off his latest conquest, Tyche Drache? Getting in tough with Tyche was easy enough. The witch had another friend, Helen Mandrill, who knew Tyche. A third friend had known how to get hold of Maria and sent her to Tyche.
How pissed would you be if you were a slave to a vampire, who knew it was illegal to change you, but went ahead and did it anyway *then* abandoned you when he got caught?
She had disliked the way women were treated in the enclave, which was why she had sneaked away. She liked humans even less. And seeing Cassanova with a new human - it didn't take a genius to figure out what he was up to.
The witch just couldn't imagine anyone was dumb enough to do it again if they'd screwed up the first time.
Anyone who was *that* stupid deserved what they got. So if all had worked out, then Maria would be on her way to take care of the bastard for good. And his little human too.
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