Chapter 6

The Proof We Need

I could only stare at the screen as a million thoughts went through my head. Pam came into the room and I pointed at the screen. She leaned over me to read it and when she finished, she was hissing. I got up, allowing her to continue scanning through the rest of the documents and she came upon another letter, this one from De Castro dated two just weeks ago:

This is to inform you that the shifter will be marrying my telepath in two weeks' time. I want you to remain in your Bon Temps residence on that day. Do not attend the wedding. I know that I previously told you to confirm the marriage but I have decided to have the shifter contact me the following night to confirm. I have reconsidered this believing that your attendance will, indeed, upset Miss Stackhouse as you were not given an invitation. I do not want anything to interfere with these nuptials as they are my only current chance to obtain and claim the telepath as my own. Be prepared to take her the following night as I do not wish to wait longer than necessary. I gave my word to the shifter that it would happen immediately and once they are wed, he can move into her house without her brother having any say. I will have my private jet waiting for you. Be there at midnight. Do not be late.

Regent of Nevada, Louisiana and Arkansas"

This was precisely what we needed to help in getting Eric out of the contract Appius had shackled upon him. I picked up my cell phone and called Mr. C to see if I could arrange an appointment with him. After a couple of rings, a young female answered speaking quite rapidly who I immediately recognized as Diantha. I barely understand what she said.

"HiSookiehowhaveyoubeenmyuncleisinameetingaskedmetoanswerthephone," She greeted.

"Hi Diantha! I'm well. How are you? I'm calling to see if it would be possible to set up an appointment to meet with Mr. C as soon as possible," I replied.

"Hecanseeyouintwohoursinshreveportifyoucanmakeit," she confirmed when she came back to

"I can make it, just tell me where," I told her.

"ThecoffeeshopdownthestreetfromFangtasia," she said.

"I will be there. Thank you, Diantha! It was nice talking with you," I said with

I hung up the phone, looked at Pam, and she just nodded her head. I opened the top draw, pulled out a flash drive, and handed it to Pam to save all the files. I walked to the closet where I knew he spent his days and crawled into the back to see if he had hidden anything else in there. Inside his coffin I found another flash drive and some disks. I grabbed them as well as the laptop beside them, and then crawled back to where Pam was waiting. I handed her the items and we left the house and headed back to mine. When we got there, Karin and Thalia were sitting on the sofa with bloods in their hands. Thalia looked better and she was wearing a pair of my jeans and a t-shirt. She looked pissed. I sat in one of the chairs as Pam dropped the computer and files in front of Karin and sat on the arm of my chair. We waited while Karin and Thalia read through everything. I heard Karin hiss, then she got up and ran out the front door. A second later, I felt the ground shake and I was pretty sure she had just ripped a tree out of the ground, but I waited since nobody else moved. She came back in and sat back down as if nothing happened.

She looked to me and I explained that I had a meeting with Mr. C in two hours and that someone would have to stay and guard the house so that our prisoners wouldn't get away being as I didn't have enough silver to wrap around all of them. Kim and Thalia decided to stay, so Pam and I went to get ready. A few minutes later I had my sneakers on and found a duffel bag for the laptop, flash drives, and disks that I wanted to show the lawyer, and we got into the car to head toward Shreveport. Since it was only an hour drive when doing the speed limit, with Pam driving it took us only half an hour that included a stop at Fangtasia where she scheduled a few meetings. That took only few minutes so I sat on her new couch and waited while she finished her business. When she was done we still had forty five minutes to wait so we went to the bar to see how everything was running and I was amazed at what I saw. Pam had done a great job on everything and although the uniforms were still not something I would ever wear, they were better to look at than before. As I sat in what used to be Eric's old booth, a waitress came up to me and told me nobody was allowed to sit there; it was the Master's booth and held for his return. Only his progenies and the true wife of the Master could sit there. I dropped my shields to listen to what she was thinking... "Stupid bitch thinks she can sit wherever she wants because she came in with Pam. She has a lot to learn. I don't know who Master's wife is. I never met her, but I know that if I ever did, I would do anything in my power to get her to the King. That's why I was sent here in the first place; get cozy with the Sheriff so she is willing to tell you all that is going on in her Area, keep her distracted so she doesn't figure out what I have planned for the telepath, and inform me immediately if the telepath ever shows her face in the bar. Those are easy orders and I make sure to stop anyone from sitting in this booth so that the telepath has to identify herself as his wife in order to sit here." I stared at her for a minute, and then walked up to the bar and waited for Pam to come and get me. As she did, I whispered everything I had heard so that only the Vampires closest to us could hear. I recognized many of them from the war with Victor Madden and I knew they were on our side. Pam nodded her head, and then walked toward where the waitress was taking an order from a vampire I didn't recognize. They disappeared into the back Employees-Only area. We headed to the coffee shop down the road and arrived there at the same time as Mr. C. and Diantha pulled in so we went in together and took our seats in a booth toward the back of the shop. After all of the greetings, Mr. C. got right to business by asking why I wanted to see him. I lifted the bag onto the table and told him everything that I discovered that night, and then went on to show him the letters on the laptop, and sat back to wait for him to tell me how to proceed.