Part 2

People just didn't disappear. Even the most powerful witches couldn't even make themselves just vanish into thin air. So how did Star Redfern manage it? Her apartment had been totally cleared out of Star's personal items, the furniture had been left there.

"Why are we here again?"

The bored voice of India Galena distracted Caleb Inferno briefly from his close inspection of the apartment. "To look for clues. Something. Anything."

India sighed. "We've been over this place twice, Caleb."

Caleb sighed. He stood in the centre of the living room, not really knowing where to look. "I don't understand. Star and I were going to be married after Christmas," he said forlornly.

"Cold feet? Better now than at the alter," India suggested.

"You didn't have to come, you know. I didn't ask," Caleb snapped.

India shrugged, wrapping a strand of violet hair around her finger. "She was my best friend."

The apartment was just…empty. It looked like a show room. There was no hint that anyone had ever lived there at any time. Caleb just couldn't understand it. Star had never shown any sign she was unhappy with him. There had been no reason for her to disappear. Figuring out why and what happened was driving him nuts.

"All attempts at location spells and scrying for her have failed miserably," India said softly. "Star must have either made some powerful friends, either that or - "

"Don't," Caleb cut her off harshly. "Don't. She's not dead. We'll find her."

He didn't understand. How could you possibly have two soulmates? It just wasn't supposed to happen. Chris couldn't recall a single case of anyone already having a soulmate then a month later, finding a new one in someone totally different.

"And neither of them have a clue?" his roommate Abel asked, shaking his head and grinning as he flipped through a basketball magazine.

Chris lay on his back on his own bed, a pillow pressed over his face. "No. Do you really think I'm that stupid?"

Abel snorted. "I think it might be wise for me to not answer that one."

Chris groaned. "You're not helping."

"What do you want me to do about it?" Abel asked.

Chris shrugged and sat up, his blond hair galling in bangs over his eyes as he crossed his legs. "I don't know," he sighed moodily.

"You got a better deal than the rest of us, make the most of it." Abel stood up from the desk chair he had been sitting in and tossed the magazine aside. "The girls are in different safehouses, both Daybreakers. What more could you want?"

Chris shrugged. Convincing Star Redfern to give up her position to take over the Night World council had been hard enough. He knew some of the other Daybreakers living in the Las Vegas mansion were wary of Star, though he couldn't understand why if they were willing to trust Quinn, who had been Hunter's heir long before Star.

On the other hand, his other soulmate Zandra Rayne was the perfect Daybreaker. She had been born and raised in a Daybreak family by Daybreak parents with two brothers, two sisters, some younger, some older, all of whom were excellent Daybreak agents. Zandra's fair beauty made her sort after by many guys, human, Daybreak and Night World, and she just happened to be Chris's other soulmate.

For any Daybreak guy, Zandra seemed like the obvious choice to go with, but Chris just couldn't give up on Star. She'd given up her past and family and changed her life for him. Star knew her family would never accept Chris as her soulmate and they both knew there was no chance of him ever agreeing to work for the Night World. So it seemed unfair to take Star to Circle Daybreak and then abandon her for a girl who seemed perfect and faultless in comparison.

"Ill trade you Caleigh for Star," Abel offered, shrugging into a full length black leather duster.

"Not a chance in hell," Chris said instantly, grinning.

Abel sighed. "Can't blame me for trying. Catch you later." He left the room.

And here's me thinking I had women troubles, Chris thought , shaking his head. Abel's soulmate Caleigh was a human girl who didn't know about the Night World. Unfortunately, Caleigh was a spoiled snob. Her business tycoon parents spoiled her to make up for never being around. She expected everyone to wait on her hand and foot and Abel to be available at her request.

She sometimes went for days without calling him, yet she seemed to have an uncanny sixth sense for when Abel turned his attention to other girls and would pester him. She was a very jealous person. Chris was immensely glad neither of his soulmates were that bad.

Though it didn't make his situation any easier.