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(Soundtrack: "Radar" – Britney Spears)

"London, here I come!" Aurah muttered to herself as she looked out of the window of British Airlines' business class.

From the adjoining seat, Richard leaned forward to see the ground.

"There is the London Bridge. Have you seen?" He pointed a finger.

"Beautiful," said Aurah, watching the impressive scene in bird's eye view.

"I can take you to Madam Tussauds and Greenwich if you please." He caressed his grandchild's hair.

"We'll do what we gotta do, first!" Aurah said with stability."If we have some time left by then, we may go see a place or two."

"Understood!" Richard laughed up his sleeve, thinking how his grandchild is similar to him in character. Once she's made up her mind, nothing can hold her back from what she wants to do.

After the plane had landed safe and sound, Richard and Aurah hit the road to Residence Inn where Richard had booked a room for two beforehand.

The hotel was one of the most luxury ones in central London. The room was as big as a studio apartment. Aurah threw her back bag to the floor and threw herself on the bed.

Richard laughed silently. "Jet lag, baby girl?"

"I guess so." Aurah yawned.

Richard took his mobile phone out of his hand bag. "We'd better call Angelina before she calls to yell at us."

"Is she still mad?" Aurah bit her lip.

"I hope she's not!" Richard heaved a sigh as he hit the button on his mobile.

After the third ring, the call was taken.

"Dad," Angelina spoke with a callous voice in tone.

"I just called to say that we arrived to the hotel. And everything is fine."

"For now!" She replied sharply. The phone made a creaking sound.

"My Angel, this is just a happy grandpa & grandchild vacation. After we watch George Michael, Aurah's favourite male singer, on Saturday night, we're both coming to New York. Why are you acting like it's such a big deal?"

"Because I feel that you two are after something else. I'm not stupid!"

Aurah came to her feet. She caught Richard's eye and mouthed "give me the phone."

Richard waved the phone at Aurah and listened attentively to this interesting mother'n daughter conversation.

Aurah spent long 10 minutes on the phone to convince her mother that the only reason why they came to London was to see a George Michael concert. Although Angelina's feelings were so strong, she was unable to find a valid reason for them to go to London. She had spoken – argued- with Samuel on the phone about this yesterday. Samuel was becoming way too naive when it came to Aurah. She had an incredible talent to persuade Samuel. But for Angelina…She had to work a little harder.

Angelina finally gave up and said "Have fun at the concert!" even though she still felt that something was going on.

After Aurah had hung up, Richard's smile yanked the corners of his mouth.

"I'm afraid, we're gonna get in trouble when we go back!" He said.

Aurah shrugged. "I don't care."

Richard's eyebrows flew up. "Since when have you stopped scaring of your mom?"

"I'm still kind of scared of her. But I'm not going back before I find the real murderer!"

Richard sat next to Aurah on corner of the bed. He put his hand on hers.

"Baby girl, you haven't told me, yet about this friend of yours whom we traveled 12 hours to purge," he said mildly.

Just when Aurah opened her mouth to speak, the door was knocked:

"Room service!" A young man spoke from the outside.

Richard opened the door, let the bell boy in to serve the lunch and gave him gratuities before he left the room.

"Mmm… These smell so good," Aurah said, smacking her lips.

Richard raised an eyebrow. "Better than blood?"

Aurah blushed. Did he know? Angelina might have told Richard about the night Aurah had spent in Ben's house?

Richard examined her face and grinned. "You're frozen? You have no response to that?"

Aurah tried to play the fool. "I didn't understand what you mean."

Richard took a sip from the tea. "Baby girl, did you know that you're not persuasive one bit when you try to look like a fool?"

Aurah paused.

Richard put his forefinger under her chin. "Hey, don't make a face! I'm your grandfather. I'll never judge you!"

Aurah leaned forward and wrapped her arms around him.

"His name is Ben," she said after they'd been eating for a few minutes. "I first met him in local Alpha's house. He was arrogant and rebellious… You know I'd like to mess with such people until I make them cry!"

Richard burst out laughing. He took the napkin to cover his mouth. "I know you would! Okay. Then?"

"Then one night, Samuel got an emergency call from the hospital. And I was commended to Ben's care."

"Since your father trusted him with you, he must be relying on him very much."

Aurah's face blushed like a tomato once again. She knew, if she lied, Richard would read it on her face easily… He and Angelina are the only people whom she's unable to cheat.

"Sort of," she murmured.

Richard frowned. "Aurah, details, please!"

"Well… Samuel wanted to call his bitch,"

"AURAH!"

"Okay okay!" Aurah rolled her eyes. "Samuel wanted to call his girlfriend for help, but I said "No!" And I didn't want to stay in Alpha's house, either. Therefore, Samuel was a little bit desperate."

"And he had to accept your will…"

"Yes." Aurah continued after she'd taken a bit from her fish. "I had my first menstrual period there. I lost blood and I borrowed some of his blood. He didn't get mad. He almost cooperated with me."

"Sounds like you escaped lightly! Werewolves go insane in such cases."

Aurah's head was raised automatically. Her eyes smoldered. "Grandpa, I didn't yet mention that he was a werewolf!"

Richard coughed. "Well, you mom already did!"

"I knew it!" Aurah laughed.

"Because you drank his blood, you felt guilty and decided to do him a favor, did you?"

"Not exactly!"

Richard waited for Aurah to tell more. But all she did was study her half-empty plate.

"Aurah, do you have feelings for him?"

"I don't know," she replied without looking him in the eye. "He's just…something else!"

Richard extended her hand and caressed her hair. "Baby girl, don't get me wrong, but werewolves and vampires are no good match."

Aurah gave a bitter smile. "Since I've drunk my first blood, am I officially a vampire now? She asked, trying to sound funny.

"Officially!" Richard cracked a smile.

"Grandpa, when I drank from him, I saw some parts of his past. I saw that he had been blamed for those murders in London. But he was innocent!"

At that instant, a text message was received in Richard's mobile phone. When he read it, his face enlightened.

"Good news?" Aurah asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Yes!" Richard smiled. "I was searching for the phone number of London pack's Alpha. Thanks to my old cronies, I've got it now!"

"That's great!"

"I'm going to call him to request an audience," said Richard and dialed his number to speak.