Chapter 3

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Note: Previously, in "Hunter's Moon," Damon and Elena take a bath together to take their minds off their meeting with Katherine and relive the bath they took the night they first had sex.

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Precinct House – 1 Week Later...

Damon and Elena sat across from Captain Forbes' desk, holding hands. They were here to give her some heads up on the progress of their case so far, which included the details of their meeting with Katherine at the prison. They didn't have to wait too long, however, because Captain Forbes herself walked in shortly after the two detectives arrived.

"I apologize for keeping you waiting," she said. "I had an urgent matter that needed my attention." She sighed. "So, tell me, did you manage to get any useful information about Silas?"

"Katherine told us a few things that she knew about him," said Elena. "She even told us the method in which he kills his victims. I believe her words were that if they hadn't been driven to suicide by the end of the mental torture, he'd take a weapon that he either purchased on the Internet or manufactured himself to kill them."

"And she knows this how?"

"According to her, she hears things from the other women in the prison," said Damon. "We don't know how accurate the information they gave her, but it's the best we've got for now. We told her we'd visit when we needed more."

Captain Forbes nodded and noticed how uncomfortable Elena was getting as they talked about Katherine. Then, without looking at Damon, she said, "Damon, could you give us a minute? I'd like to speak with your wife in private."

Damon didn't need to ask why, because he saw how uncomfortable she was too and, not about to disobey his boss, he walked out of the office to give them their privacy. Once Damon was gone, Captain Forbes cut right to the chase.

"Elena, I can tell something is bothering you. I'm not going to force you to tell me because I know it's not my business, but I'm not saying this as your boss, I'm saying this as your friend and your sister-in-law's mother."

"Well, it's Katherine," said Elena. "I didn't exactly enjoy reaching out to her after spending a great deal of my life trying to forget about her. She's my sister, yes, but she's also a criminal that I put away. I also didn't like the way she was flirting with Damon the whole time we were visiting her. I told her twice to back off."

"I know that seeing your sister again is hard on you, but I wouldn't have assigned you to the case if I didn't think you'd be able to handle it," said Captain Forbes. "Elena, you've handled cases a hell of lot rougher than this one."

"Yes, but they weren't personal," said Elena. "This one is personal. I was reluctant, but I tried to tell myself that I'm doing this for my children. I want to be able to give them a world that they'd feel safe in. I don't want them to have to worry about evil men like Silas."

"Then, keep focusing on that," said Captain Forbes. "Focusing on the well-being of your children should be helpful. I would know, being a mother myself." Smiling, she changed the subject. "Speaking of, how is Caroline?"

"She's great," said Elena, grateful for the subject change. "She helped us celebrate the twins' birthday not too long ago. Everyone had a great time." She sighed. "Thank you for the talk, Captain. I appreciate it. I don't know what I'd do without you. Hell, I don't know what I'd do without Damon. He's been wonderful throughout this whole thing too."

"Which is why you make a great team. No matter how difficult things get, you have each others' backs," said Captain Forbes. "Now, are you up to getting back to the case?"

"Yes, ma'am," said Elena. "Damon and I aren't going to rest until this case is solved. Even if that means going to see Katherine to ask her for her insight."

That being said, she got up and exited the office, where she found Damon waiting for her, a concerned look on his face. "The captain just wanted to find out what was bothering me. I feel better after talking to her."

Damon nodded. "That's good. I know just how difficult things have been for you because of the case." He then heard his cell phone ring. He took it out of his pocket and looked at the screen. "It's from the District Attorney's office. Wonder what old Ric wants to talk about?"

"Answer it and find out."

Damon nodded again and, placing the phone to his ear, he pressed "SEND." "Salvatore."

"Is this a bad time?"

"No, Ric, it's not," said Damon. "In fact, we were wondering why you never call us anymore." He ran a hand through his hair. "Anyway, to what do we owe the honor of this call?"

"I wanted to know about the Silas case," said Alaric. "Any solid leads so far?"

"Not yet," said Damon. "Though, Elena's sister has agreed to cooperate with us. She did, however, have some requests in return for said cooperation."

"Such as what?"

"The usual things a prisoner would ask for," said Damon. "A reduced sentence or a possible early parole. We told her that before we could consider giving her those things, she had to help us with Silas. Of course, it didn't exactly help that she was eyeing me up like I was the only dessert at the buffet table. If you ask me, she was only doing it to get a rise out of Elena because she knows we're married."

"Well, as long as Silas continues to roam around free, killing innocent people, she stands as much chance of getting a parole as a snowball does in hell," said Alaric. "In any case, you and Elena do your damndest to catch Silas. If I have to hear about one more victim, I might just take a gun and blow my brains out."

"I promise, Ric, Silas is as good as caught."

Elena studied Damon's face as he hung up and said, "What did Ric say?"

"He wants us to do our damndest to catch Silas." I don't think she needs to hear the part about him wanting to blow his brains out, even if it was meant to be funny, he added in his mind.

Elena nodded. She had a feeling that Damon wasn't telling her everything, but decided to take him at his word for now.

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