Chapter 4
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Wesley considered Virginia's request. The taking of a life, even one like Magnus Bryce, did not come easy to him. But she had a valid point. He had tried to sacrifice one child to a demon, there was little to suggest he wouldn't try again. And Wesley believed Magnus was a sociopath. Magnus didn't try to kill Virginia in a fit of rage, he planned to murder her for over 20 years, pretending to love her the whole time. While Wesley contemplated what to do, he planned to defeat this Belia worshipping cult. If nothing else this would delay Magnus Bryce's plans, and stop the cult from sacrificing any other innocents down the line. Wesley located where the cult was holed up, an abandoned apartment building, the basement. He counted no more than eight cult members, but they were likely fierce fighters. Wesley loaded the recently blessed holy water into the pipes, and hoped the sprinklers were still functioning. Then Wesley noticed something from his surveilance. Five more vampire cult members, their numbers now totaled 13. Two were bringing in a woman who had a sack over her head. This might be Janey, not that Wesley would know her face if he saw it. Another was bringing in a baby. Could Janet have already had her baby? If so the cult was getting ready for the sacrifice immediately. There was one other human with the cult, a male who seemed to be cooperating. From a distance Wesley couldn't tell if it was Magnus. He wasn't wearing a suit, he was wearing low-cost clothing that had tears in it. Perhaps Magnus was undercover, making sure noone human could testify he was murdering his new baby. Whoever this was it was clear he was helping a vampire cult murder a baby, and Wesley was not going to let that happen. Either the sprinklers would pour holy water on these vampires, or Wesley would personally kill as many vampires as he could before he was himself killed.