A/N: Sorry for the waiting. This story has two parts. I'll try to update part II some time next week.
Chapter 13 - Yes or No? Part I
8:00 pm - The Dal
" What is it with you lately?" Dyson asked Tamsin, who was sitting right next to him with a drink in her left hand and her right hand on her forehead.
" Nothing. Why do you ask?" Tamsin looked at him with her eyes narrowed.
" Something's bothering you. I can tell."
" Ok. Fine. Yes, something's bothering me, happy now?" Tamsin downed her drink.
" Care to share, as one partner to another?"
" I'm...fine." Tamsin poured herself another drink. She held the shot glass in her hand and looked at it. Then she said, " It's not something. It's someone."
" If you need to kick someone's ass, I'm all in."
" No, not that kind of issue."
" Then what is it?"
" God, Dyson, I thought wolves don't do small talk!" Tamsin shot a stare at him and said, " It's just...I'm developing some strong feelings for someone...and I kinda don't know what to do..."
" Oh." Dyson was a little bit shocked, because he never pictured Tamsin as the worrying-about-relationship type. " Does this someone know about your feelings?"
" Maybe, maybe not. Shit! Do I look like a mind reader to you?"
" Well maybe you should tell him then."
" Her." Tamsin corrected him.
Dyson wanted to say something, but before he could, he saw Bo walking in. He waved his hand to her, asking her to come join them.
" If you tell anyone about this, you are so dead!" Tamsin said as she frowned at Dyson.
" Hey, what's up?" Bo asked Dyson as she sat down next to Tamsin.
" There is an undercover job, we kinda need your help." Dyson said.
" Ok, what is it?"
" Two man job, as tenants in one of the communities in the suburbs."
" Two man job? Then why don't you and Tamsin go?"
" Unfortunately the wolf is allergic to this case." Tamsin smirked as she patted on Dyson's shoulder.
Bo was confused. Dyson smiled and said, " It's a case related to vampires. Wolves and vampires never get along, so I can't go."
" Ok. I'll do it then."
9: 30 pm - Tamsin's Apartment
" One day we're definitely going to deal with this you-follow-me-around-everywhere issue." Tamsin said to Bo when she opened the door.
" Ok. How about you follow me around instead?" Bo sat down on the couch, watching the Valkyrie taking off her badge and her gun.
Tamsin rolled her eyes at her. She lied down on the couch with her head on Bo's lap. " Can we discuss the case now?"
" A brief introduction of the case for me first, detective?"
" Found three dead bodies in the neighborhood, vampire fang marks on the neck. We've already spoken to the local vampire leaders, none of them were aware of such hunting in this city."
" So...?"
" We think it's a loner vampire, who hunts illegally in that neighborhood, but we couldn't find him so we decided we should go undercover."
" So we are going to move in together again?"
" Oh yes, and this time, to an actual single family house."
" Emmm...care to tell me what out covers are? Lovers?"
" Yeah, keep daydreaming, you may actually get something useful." Tamsin rolled her eyes, " Just two girls sharing one house."
10:00 am - Suburb Neighborhood
" Nice house. I don't like the color though." Bo stood in the front yard, looking at the house in front of her.
" Maybe you can repaint it later on your own." Tamsin said with a box of stuff in her hand, " Are you gonna help me with these boxes or not?"
" Oh, sure." Bo picked up another box from her truck and followed Tamsin in. " It's already full furnished?"
" My team brought some furniture and stuff yesterday, part of our cover."
2:00 pm - In the House
" So I guess we read through the case files now?" Bo said as she sat down on the couch beside the Valkyrie.
" You haven't read them already?"
" Maybe I want to read them with you."
" Whatever." Tamsin shook her head. Then she lied down with her head resting on Bo's lap.
Bo put the files on the side table and started to read. She unconsciously reached her hand out to hold Tamsin's hand in hers. Tamsin stiffened, but she didn't move, nor did she say anything.
"So, no connections between the victims huh?" Bo asked.
" No, other than the fact they all live in this neighborhood."
" I didn't see anything interesting in the files." Bo said, " Do you want to go visit the crime scene?"
" We are undercover, we can't go into the crime scene. But, we can take a walk around the houses, if you want to."
" Take a walk in the neighborhood? Sounds like a married couple to me." Bo teased the blonde.
" Don't make me divorce you, sweetheart."
2:30 pm - Crime Scene House 1
" I like this house better than ours." Bo said as she stood in the front yard of the house. Clearly no one had mowed the lawn for at least week. The house had been empty since the guy who owned it died.
" You can have it, sweetheart, by yourself." Tamsin leaned close and whispered to her.
" I remembered that the files said there was no signs of forced entry of any kind. Does that mean the victim knew the vampire?"
" You would think, but no. Vampires can easily glamour humans, faes too, if they want to, so you just let them in." Tamsin said.
" But the report says they found no evidence indicating there was a second person in the scene..."
" Exactly. They didn't find any."
Bo looked around. Then she saw a cat walking by. The cat stood there, staring at them for a while. Then she just walked through the kitty door right into the house.
" Wonder if there is a way to talk to the victim's cat..."
" Yeah, they tried. The cat didn't see anything. She was outside playing."
" There is someone who can actually talk to cats?" Bo exclaimed.
" You are so adorable." Tamsin scrunched her nose at Bo.
2:45 pm - Crime Scene House 2
" So two people died here...Did your people interview the dog in this house too?" Bo pointed at the dog door on the door.
" No. The dog ran away months ago." Tamsin said. Her phone rang and she took it out to check for message. " We need to interview a local vampire clan leader tonight." She said.
" Ok. I haven't really met any vampires before anyway."
Tamsin looked at the address. " Oh, night club, just your type of place." She grinned.
8:30 pm - Night Club
" It feels weird in here." Bo said as she walked in the night club with Tamsin.
" Why? Too much sexual energy to keep whatever it is in your pants?" Tamsin lowered her head and whispered.
" No. The sexual energy in here feels...fake, like they are somehow hypnotized."
" Well, well, aren't you an expert on sex related stuff?" Tamsin smiled, " The vampire's glamour is like chain reaction in a place like this. It helps with their business."
" So who are vampires in here?"
" Anyone who works here. The customers are mostly humans." Tamsin said, " Enough for the vampire 101. Come on, let's go talk to this vampire guy."
8:50 pm - Private Room
Bo walked into a private room on the back side of the club with Tamsin. Two guards outside the door stopped them, but the guy sitting inside waved his hand to them.
" Ahhh, my nine o'clock appointment is here." The man said. He was sitting on a very old style couch, sipping some dark red drink which Bo didn't want to figure out what it was. A few half naked men and women were lying on the couch or on the floor. They looked like they were high, or drunk.
" Well, a Valkyrie, and the unaligned succubus, what a surprise." The man stood up and moved closer to them, kissing their hands. Bo shivered when he touched her, because his skin was cold, like a reptile.
" Come, sit down. Would you like something to drink? Shall I call my pole dancers in?"
" As much as we enjoyed the hospitality, no." Tamsin smirked, " You know why we are here, right?"
" Yes, of course. The vampire victims. So, what can I do for you today?"
" Just want to know if you know anyone who might hunt like this in your clan, or any other clans." Tamsin sat down in front of him.
" No. My clan has been feeding cleanly for a long time now. We have plenty of supplies. Even if someone decided to feed somewhere outside...our comfort zone, no members of my clan would leave dead bodies like that. At least he or she would hide the body." The man grinned, showing his fangs.
Tamsin wanted to say something, but her ringing phone stopped her. She went away to take the call, leaving Bo and the vampire inside.
Bo felt a little bored. She looked around, staring at those half drunk people on the floor. Most of them had a bite mark on their necks, some even looked fresh.
" They found three more bodies, the mother, the father and the daughter." Tamsin said as she walked in. She handed her phone to Bo and said, " Here are the pictures."
Bo looked at the pictures. Suddenly she noticed something. She held the phone in her right hand, and reached her left hand out to check the bite marks on one of the half drunk person.
" Don't play with his food." Tamsin whispered to her. The vampire laughed.
" No, Check out the bite marks on these people here." Bo pointed at the people lying on the floor, " The fang marks has canine teeth bite marks next to them... but on our victims, there is no canine teeth bite marks..."
" Yes, most people think our fangs are our canine teeth. They grow out when we feed, but that's a typical misunderstanding about us. Our fangs are a separate pair of teeth. They grow out when we feed." The man opened his mouth a little, showing Bo what he was saying. A pair of fangs grew out just beside his canine teeth, then they drew back.
" Yeah. You are right." Tamsin checked the photos, then she compared the bite marks with the ones on the people in the room, " This is not a vampire feeding gone wrong. Something else is hunting these people."
11:30 pm - In the House
It was almost midnight after they got back from the vampire night club and reviewed the brief files of the latest crime. They didn't find anything useful, but they confirmed the fang marks on all victim's neck were not from a vampire.
They decided to call it a day, waiting for more details of the new deaths from the precinct while getting some rest.
" I guess we each take a bedroom?" Bo asked Tamsin.
" No. You stay with me."
" Really?" Bo was surprised. " Finally you realized that I'm irresistible?"
Tamsin rolled her eyes at her. " What if, whatever this thing is, comes in at night to prey on you the Soucouyant did last time?" She said.
" Oh, Ok." Bo said. She crawled up to the bed and lied down beside Tamsin. The Valkyrie was reading the new case files. Then she realized that Bo was staring at her.
" What?" Tamsin raised her eyebrows.
" Late night snack?" Bo leaned close, almost topping her in the bed.
Tamsin sighed. " You can't ask me for that every night." She said.
Bo didn't listen to her. She pressed her lips on Tamsin's. She was not completely lying. She was actually hungry.
Tamsin realized that too. She let Bo feed off her for a while, putting the things she was holding down beside her and then cupping Bo's face.
Bo moved her kiss down to Tamsin's neck. She heard the Valkyrie moan. Then she stopped. " Promise me one thing." She said.
" What?"
" That this time you won't push me away." Bo said.
" What are you talking about?"
Bo sighed. She laid her head on Tamsin's shoulder and closed her eyes. " You know what I'm talking about, Tamsin. Every time we get close, you push me away afterwards."
" Well maybe because you are annoying." Tamsin said.
" Ok." Bo raised her head and stared at Tamsin, " Then let me ask you something."
" Shoot."
" This has been circling around in my head for a while now, but... I guess I'll just have to be blunt." Bo said. She took a few deep breaths, as if she was too nervous to continue.
" If you don't speak in next five seconds, I'm gonna go back to reading." Tamsin said.
" Tamsin." Bo held her hands in hers, " Do you have feelings for me?"
The Valkyrie was startled. She immediately wanted to run away, but with her hands in Bo's, she couldn't move. The warm, brown eyes of the brunette were staring at her, with burning desire and sadness at the same time.
" Come on, Tamsin. It's just a simple yes or no question. Do you have feelings for me or not?" Since she had finally popped this question out loud, Bo thought she should just keep pursuing until she got an answer from the Valkyrie.
" I don't know." The Valkyrie sighed, " I don't know."
" It's not really a good time to play the card of ambiguity..."
" Shit! I don't know, Bo! You're a succubus! Everyone has feelings for you. Do you not realize how many people get mind wiped out when they see you? Do you not realize that you can make people fall in love with you just by touching them? Not to mention your blood can make people enthralled to you."
" I'm not talking about everyone else, the only one person I care about right now is you." Bo said, " And I never pulled my tricks on you, Tamsin. You know that." Seeing the Valkyrie sitting on the bed in silence, Bo sighed. She pulled her closer to give her a hug. " Tamsin, I've always thought that there was something between us, that you have feelings for me, just like I have for you. Now it would be a really good time to tell me, if I am wrong..."
For a moment, Bo stayed quiet, waiting for an answer, but they Valkyrie gave none.
" Come on, Tamsin. Just tell me, yes or no." Bo felt like if the Valkyrie kept staying silent, she would finally lose the courage to ask her ever again.
" Damn it, Bo! Do you really need me to say it out loud? Did I tell you no?" Tamsin almost yelled at her.
" You didn't tell me yes either."
Tamsin sighed. " Can't you just deduce it by yourself?"
" So it's a yes?" Bo cupped her face and gazed into her eyes.
The Valkyrie looked away, slightly nodding her head.
" That's all I want to know." A joyful feeling exploded in Bo's heart. She laid her lips on the blonde's, kissing her hard. With her hands on the blonde's waist, she knew she would never let her go.
12: 30 am - In the House
Tamsin sighed when she buried herself closer to Bo after their love making.
" What's wrong?" Bo asked. She was afraid that the Valkyrie would pull away again.
" Now I have nowhere to run." The blonde murmured. She hugged Bo tight, as if she was trying to grab onto something.
" Yeah, you are stuck with me." Bo held her tight to her chest.
" I knew I should have stayed away from you..." The Valkyrie complained.
" Well, I'm glad that you didn't." Bo chuckled as she laid a kiss on the blonde's cheek.
" Can we go to sleep now? I have a murder case to solve, in case you haven't noticed."
" Whatever you say, detective."
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N: I am not so sure about the vampire's fangs actually. I think there are just too much legends and stories about vampires out there, that every author has his/her own ways to interpret it. For example, in some stories the vampires couldn't stand the sun light, cross, or garlic, but in others they could; in some stories they could be killed by silver, in others, they could only be killed by decapitation. So I kinda made up the part where the vampire bite marks has both fang marks and canine teeth marks, just so the story could go on.
