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Chapter 7
Vicki's P.O.V.
Once Henry left the office, I sighed. I knew he would get annoyed but I couldn't worry about it. Once of my flaws are that I always put my work before relationships. That's probably why me and Mike's relationship worked so well; we both were dedicated to work, and being at the same job made things easier. This flaw was something that Henry would have to understand.
25 minutes passed, and Henry still hadn't returned. Now I was becoming annoyed. If he let his feelings interfere with this case, we were going to have a problem. Just then, Dawn walked in with Henry right behind her.
"Am I late?" Dawn asked, hanging up her coat.
"No, you're early." I said as they both came in.
"So what's new?" She asked, sitting down.
"We went to Deborah's house last night and Henry found the vampire who is responsible." I explained.
"Vallium." Henry and Dawn said in unison.
"Yes, we believe that Vallium broke into Deborah's room and abducted her." I continued, ignoring Dawn's psychic outburst.
"I see. So what can I do?" She asked.
"We need to know Vallium's location, and I brought an item from Deborah's house with Vallium's scent on it." Henry answered, holding a ripped piece of a bed sheet.
"I'm not some psychic guard dog." Dawn said with a chuckle.
Henry smirked.
"Just smell it. You might get something."
Dawn looked skeptical for a moment, but took the cloth anyway and sniffed it.
Both Henry and I watched her as she stared blankly for 2 minutes, and then blinked. She looked confused.
"What did you see?" I asked.
"Have any of you heard of a place called Crave?" She asked.
I shook my head and looked at Henry.
"It's an exclusive strip club for vampires." He answered.
"You've been to a vampire strip club?" I asked in surprise.
Henry cut his eyes at me before returning his gaze to Dawn.
"It's not a strip club. It's more of a human slave trade disguised as a stripper's paradise." He continued.
"So where does Vallium come in all this?" I asked.
"I saw him inside Crave surrounded by 3 vampire strippers, and I heard him say 'Welcome Henry, who's your new pet?'" Dawn answered.
"That must be our next plan. We go to Crave, and I'll have to be your…human pet." I replied. I felt awkward about having to do it. The whole human pet thing seemed so degrading.
"No." Henry said.
Dawn and I both looked at him in confusion.
"You can't go as my human slave. As soon as you walk through the doors, every vampire would sense your powers. Dawn has to do it." He explained, his eyes never leaving mine.
I glared at him.
Henry was right about the vampires sensing my powers, but that wasn't his only reason for objecting. He was still upset with me.
"Hang on, one of my clients are calling me." Dawn said, pulling out her ringing cell phone and leaving the office.
"You're impossible." I hissed.
"Am I? You're one to talk."
"Don't start pointing fingers now, Henry. I am only doing what needs to be done for this case." I argued.
"You expect me to believe that? That you have so much going on so you don't have time for me, then all of a sudden you jump at the chance to be my human slave, with the excuse that it pertains to the case? I don't think so." He snapped angrily.
"Damnit, what do you want from me?!"
Just then Dawn returned, stopping our heated argument.
"Sorry about that. Where were we?" She asked.
"We need to plan what day Dawn and I go to Crave." Henry answered, his expression normal once more.
It infuriates me how he can mask his emotions so well. It almost seemed like he didn't even care about our argument.
"When is the best day—I mean night?" Dawn asked.
"Well today is Thursday, so we should probably go Saturday night, to give us plenty time to prepare." Henry answered.
"Then it's settled." I replied getting up. I grabbed my coat, keys, and left without another word. Henry's glares were really getting to me, and if I had stayed in that room any longer I would have lost it.
Broken: Wow...don't really know what to say here.
Dawn: There's going to be tension in here for a long time I bet.
Henry: I don't know what you're talking about.
Vicki: ...
Henry: Oh so now you're the one being quiet now?
Vicki: Oh shut up!
Broken: Hey! Just calm down you two. Its midnight and I don't have the energy to break up a fight.
Dawn: I guess it's my turn to close...Review Please!
