Aydin scans the street for any passing cars and quickly crosses it. He jumps onto the poorly laid sidewalk and walks through the small shops and stores and into the alleys. Turkey is Aydin's home. He was born and raised in these streets. Aydin has always respected his father though his business isn't the brightest one, Aydin can see why he does what he does. Some may say that shipping illegal goods around such as stolen guns and vampire blood to 'humans' isn't the wisest thing to do but what he gets from it easily overthrows the risks. His father never deals with drugs, he works his power around other… useful supplies. He's the man who everyone in Turkey is afraid of. They'll do anything for him.

To the people of the small Turkey town, Aydin's an orphan. He has no parents. His father always said that it's better to say little than too much and Aydin follows that saying with basically everything. Besides, he isn't lying completely. Aydin's father is the one who has always been with him from the day he could walk to the day he killed his first man. Aydin's never seen his mother, not even a single picture. All he knows about her is that she's a dhampir. His father doesn't talk much of her but Aydin can tell from his father's eyes who the lady is to him. Aydin sometimes wonders what his childhood would have been like if his mother was around. Would his first have been baba or anne (mother)? Would he have a little baby sister running around or would he have been an only child?

Aydin walks takes a right in the next alley and squeezes through a narrow, stoned passage way to an empty shack that's guarded by two Dhampir men, much older than him, dressed in rags like a beggar. Aydin nods at them and enters the shack. There in the darkness of the large shack is his father sitting under a small candle lit lantern.

"Aydin my son," his father says, his voice tinted with the familiar Turkish accent. He's dressed in his usual colorful suits and a contrasting tie. Today's suit's color is a bright orange and his tie, a dark blue green. His guardian, Pavel who stands behind him, greets Aydin with a small nod. "You're late. Did everything go well? Did anyone give you trouble?"

Aydin smiles and sits down at the table, shaking his head at his worried father. "No baba, everything went well," he says and looks up at Pavel and then back at his father. "I found the man baba and he's just like Pavel described only more dirty looking and worn out. He's eating at the coffee kahvehane (coffee shop) now"

His father nods gravely and looks over at Pavel. "Send the men out after him, I want it to be done quick and with no spectators around."

"Yes master," Pavel says and pulls open a door on the wooden ground that leads to an underground tunnel that his father puts to use for fast communication. His father had started building underground houses in the tunnels that he had made himself years ago where his guardians and men would stay and live without being seen. Aydin and his father also use the tunnels as their homes when they are out and away from their home. "I will go and do that. Master Aydin, watch your father."

His father rolls his eyes at his guardian. "Quite worrying about me and go Pavel. Aydin will watch over me. He's my son after all," he says smiling proudly.

Aydin smiles back and father and son watch Pavel leave, closing the door behind him. Aydin turns back to his father and pushes the bag towards him.

"You must eat baba," Aydin says.

His father takes a pastry from the bag and pushes it back to Aydin. "And you must to. I have been wanting to tell you for a very long time now that I think it's time to take a vacation of sorts. Go back home and just relax. It's been a while since we did that."

Aydin frowns. "Are you sure baba? Johansson turned against your order and is possibly out to get you and there is a chance that he'll stop the boat with the supplies your sending to London."

Abe nods. "I am sure. Aydin, you're a boy. You need rest and a vacation, time for yourself, and if you want, time with me not doing… this all the time. You need to meet girls, go to bars and movies, throw parties, go fishing with your father, you shouldn't be working with me all the time."

"Baba, I want to work with you, you're all I have."

His father frowns and looks down at his coffee. "I know son, and I want you to have more Ay, I want you to have other people in your life."

Aydin takes a long sip from his coffee and sighs. There's no point in arguing with his father so he nods. His father opens his mouth to say something when the door to the shacks is thrown open. Trevor, one of his father's guardians, walks in with an envelope that looks it's been torn open in a rush.

Aydin and his father stand up in shock as a red faced Trevor steps into the small light.

"Trevor what happened?" his father asks.

"There's been a Strigoi attack in the outskirts of Latvia. It's really bad master, the letter says that Strigoi are heading to our grounds," Trevor says.

Aydin's hands ball into fists as his father snatches the letter from Trevor angrily. "Who's it from baba?"

"Danyal."

Danyal is one of Aydin's father trustworthy representatives. It can't be a false claim. Aydin's father controls the dealing of his and other's supplies in large scattered places in Russia and unlike other people in father's rank, Aydin's father gets attached and very protective about the people in his lands.

"Tanrim (my God)…" his father says.

"Baba what is it?"

"They're headed for Baia!"

Aydin's heart sinks. Baia is the most populated area in their lands. It's a small town where Dhampirs and Moroi live side by side with humans but the Dhampir and Moroi population easily overthrow the population of humans. Baia is a Strigoi's perfect buffet.

"Aydin, you must go with Pavel, Hakim, Jordan, Alex, and Danila to Baia," Aydin's father says.

Aydin nods as adrenaline rushes up his veins. "Yes baba,"

"Trevor, make the accommodations with Robin Cruise as soon as you can,"

"Robin Cruise as the Moroi who works at the airport master?" Trevor confirms.

"Yes," Aydin's father says. "I've done business with him before and he owes me a favor. Book the tickets under Ibrahim Mazur."

What did you think? Now you know that Aydin's dad is Abe but who's the mom? And oh no, they're attacking Baia! What's going to happen to the Belikov's?

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