Keller heard the news through the bars of her cell, they weren't going to beat her for a while now, she was sure of it. To hurt her anymore would be to kill her, and they said it themselves, she was no good to tem dead, even though it was quickly proving that she was no good to them alive either. They thought she was knocked out, earlier, they had come to give the rest of the Drache family something to send them to sleep, but they hadn't given it to Keller. They hadn't known she was conscious seen as she couldn't even gather the strength to keep her eyes open, but now she heard every word.
"Ma'am, we went to the Circle Daybreak mansion intending to find Galen Drache, as you commanded."
"Yes. So where is he? The sooner we can get this whole family out of the way, the better." The female vampire's voice was impatient, she obviously didn't like to be kept waiting.
"well, we went to the Circle Daybreak headquarters and we infiltrated the top half, our soldiers killed almost every guard and the humans, most of the vampires and witches weren't there. We don't know why, probably looking for his family."
"And…?"
"we got to Galen Drache's floor, but Illiana the Wild Power blocked our way, we thought it might be best if we took her too."
"So, have you got Galen Drache or NOT?"
"No ma'am."
"And why the hell not? I should kill you right now for disobeying my orders, I told you to get him, not the Wild Powers, I don't care about the wild powers."
"Illiana started screaming," the other vampire went on, and Keller found herself straining to listen. She knew how painful Illiana's screaming could be, she had probably made all the vampires go deaf, "And Jez Redfern heard her. We don't know how it happened, one moment Rich was holding a stake to Redfern's throat, and the next second she was slaughtering us all single-handedly." He paused for emphasis, "we're lucky we got out alive…"
"Yes, lucky," the vampire who looked like the Jez Redfern in question made her voice a purr, "Lucky I'm not going to kill you. Do you think I give a damn about your miserable lives? I need GALEN DRACHE – do I need to burn that into your thick skull before you understand?"
"Uh, no ma'am. We'll get him next time, ma'am."
"Yes, do, and bring my niece – that bitch Jez Redfern. It's about time she and I had a little…chat."
There were the sounds of footsteps against the heavy metal this building seemed to be constructed from, and Keller quickly closed her eyes lest she be found eavesdropping and…punished…
She only wished there was someway to give this information to her friends.
