My child doesn't know that she was adopted by those people. I detest being involved in this kind of situation that my wife and I had to do it for my child. But it's the best reason that we could do for them. To protect their child. That's the one I understand but just why is that? I wish I can come back to the past and find the reason that they just handed us like a free donut. Not that I'm complaining because my wife and I struggled to have our own children before we went crazy with our careers. That's the one I dreaded because my wife and I left our daughter behind with her nannies and cooks.
Arriving in the airport of the Boston Logan International Airport, Colin gathered the crew when he reached his black Chevy Suburban in the private parking lot, which was located near the private jet. Frost was impressed with Colin's doing to make sure that they were ready to go back for their case.
Korsak recalled his discussion with his witness but went worried about the case that they thrived in Nicholas Reed's case. It left him suspecting the odds around in Boston. Jane mumbled to herself while being a front passenger beside Colin, who was driving back to the station. Maura was behind her and opened her emails from her crime techs.
Colin took a glance at the rearview and paid attention to the road. He looked at the brunette detective before focusing on the road. The dark blond man cleared his throat and spoke in a low whisper to Jane.
"Jane, Élisabeth is relaying a message to you. She found something that lurked in your city. I think that she wanted to see you in person. Only you. Not Maura and everyone else on this crew. Be warned if Élisabeth sees one of your friends coming with you, and she will leave immediately. Please go see Élisabeth by yourself."
"Why?" Jane was surprised that Elizabeth wanted her to find her, but her mind wrapped everything in one blow that Elizabeth didn't want to let her friends, including Jane, see her. The brunette detective gulped but slowly nodded to Colin for going on with his conversation.
"Don't ask me why. Élisabeth wanted me to give you a message, that's all."
"Where can I find her?" Jane looked over at the window, which was the buildings passing along. Colin glimpsed at her before flashing the left turn on his way to the station. The Boston Police Department was right near the corner, but Colin decided to park farther away from the station. He parked by the cafe shop.
"Élisabeth is in the cafe shop. Go over there after I gather others back to the station. I will tell them that you will go join them shortly."
"Thanks." Jane nodded. The others joined Colin along on the way to the station on foot. Jane waited behind them and evaded herself into the cafe shop. Elizabeth was in the corner in the back and kept her eyes on Jane. The brunette detective came upon the cashier to order the coffee with a smile before scanning on the tables until it reached the dark red eyes. Her coffee was quickly grabbed.
Jane moved toward the table where Elizabeth located herself in the back corner and nodded at her. Elizabeth stroked her palms while waiting on Jane to sit down. The brunette detective double-checked behind her shoulder to see no one to follow her since Colin sent her. The voice creeped her out.
"Jane, I have something to inform you that someone was betting on your friend."
"What do you mean, Elizabeth?"
"Maura. Someone was nosy on her life but found that she was the daughter of the mob boss. But for myself, I don't want Maura to know about it or even Colin either. I prefer not to do that to them, but you are a possible one that I can pass a message."
"Thanks for your vote of confidence in me. But why, Maura? I mean, she is my best friend, and she needs to know about this one too."
"Trust me; she wouldn't get to know about something. But it's about her parents as well."
"What about them? Dr. Isles and Constance. I know them, and I've met them. So, I repeat my phrase. What about them?"
"Not the adoptive parents, Jane. The biological parents."
"Patrick Doyle?"
"Yes, him. Someone was lurking to find him. I'm sure that someone tapped on him for a while. Jane, did you get any information from the federal prison?"
"Not a chance in the federal prison but plenty of information from Lucien Ransley and those guys in the conference room."
"Good, she needed to know about this one too, but they are the good guys. We've been through for years. Anyway, did you know that Lucien was the best vampire leader? He did that before Patrick formed the resistance. So, what about Rondo?"
"Elizabeth, how did you know about Rondo?"
"Your criminal informant, correct? I've been tapping on you for years since I am Maura's bodyguard or watcher, you prefer which."
"Yes, he is my CI. Um, he said something about lurking on my case of Nicholas Reed. Two burly men."
"It should be them. They are coming after Maura." Elizabeth nodded at the brunette detective before tilting her head to scan farther away toward the police station. Jane was perplexed on Elizabeth's alert.
"Jane, we have to go. Someone is coming toward the station. I alerted Colin through my telepathic message. Let's go."
The brunette detective nodded before escaping the customers, and she ran toward the station. Elizabeth got there immediately to evade herself toward the morgue so she won't get detected by the cameras.
Maura returned to the office by herself. Colin sent the men upstairs and stayed behind to watch Maura doing on the official reports. The crime techs appeared in her office to discuss the tests that Maura required from her cases. But his alert from Elizabeth was about Maura's safety. He barged in the office and shushed the honey-blonde woman who was startled by his appearance.
"Someone is here, Maura."
"What is it, Colin?" Maura felt scared for the first time and realized that Jane was not with her at this time. It startled her when the noise appeared from the morgue. Colin stepped toward the closed window that faced the morgue and opened into the blinds to peek inside the morgue. Elizabeth was there behind the loading doors.
'Élisabeth, I don't see anyone inside.'
'It's still there. I can feel his energy. Keep Maura away from the blinds. I will take care of it.'
'Élisabeth...'
'Don't let Maura see it, Colin.'
Colin struggled with his mind to get Maura out of the office but stayed behind and waited for a signal from Elizabeth. The honey blonde doctor was not moving at all but watched Colin taking a peek through the blinds. There was a noise repeating inside the morgue. She wondered if the crime techs heard it too but doubted herself that only she could hear it. It's odd that she could hear it very clearly.
The noise was appearing on repeat. Colin was carefully scanning inside the morgue until his red eyes reached the gurney. The black case was rumbling against the table. He asked Maura quickly before sending his telepathic message to Elizabeth.
"Did your crime tech bring the victims here this morning?"
"Let me check, Colin. Just give me a few minutes." Maura nodded to him before scattering her paperwork that her team placed on the desk. She reached the last paperwork at the bottom of the file and checked on the report.
"Yes, Colin. The victim was Samantha Viscardi."
Colin slowly moved his head to look at Maura before bulging his eyes in a wide comic expression. He alerted Elizabeth about Samantha Viscardi. Maura was confused about his appearance but heard a text from her best friend.
'Maura, are you okay? I can't get in your office or the morgue either. The crime techs were not there in the lab. I am worried.'
'Jane! Stay there in your bullpen. I am okay. Colin is with me.'
Colin cleared his throat and asked the honey blonde doctor for a favor. Maura slowly glanced up at him and waited.
"Can you ask jane to find anything on Samantha Viscardi? I think that it is her in the black case. Elizabeth is inside the morgue to hold onto her. Please let me know if Jane finds anything."
"Ok, I will." Maura nodded before passing the message to her best friend from upstairs. She looked up at him and asked.
"Colin, who is Samantha Viscardi?"
"She was the one from the Highest Coven, and it's perilous. Tell me, why did your crime techs bring her here?"
Maura narrowed her eyes at him before reading an official report on Samantha Viscardi until the message caused her to perplex about the events. The honey blonde doctor tilted her head at the name that was familiar to her and spoke loudly.
"Colin, are you familiar with the name - Celeste Viscardi? I met her here a few days ago. She looked familiar to me."
"Yes, I do. Unfortunately, we do. Celeste and Samantha are sisters. One went to the highest coven for her soul, and another one wasn't. On the plus side, we are lucky to have Celeste on our side because she had the advanced skills of a pure vampire. Celeste and Élisabeth are lifelong friends since your father took them under his wing a long time ago. No one found Celeste after they split their paths. They thought that Celeste died, but she wasn't." Colin explained before checking inside the morgue through the blinds.
The phone beeped to let Maura know about the findings of Samantha Viscardi. Maura looked down at the texts from Jane and read aloud.
'Samantha Viscardi - 27 years old from Norfolk, Massachusetts. DOB - 12/3/1897. DOD - 9/12/1924.'
'On the information of her death, she drowned herself in the sea of Cape Cod. Her body had never been found.'
"Samantha's body hadn't been found since 1924. Now, this time... they found her body." Colin mumbled to himself but carried to Elizabeth's telepathic mind. Maura heard him but didn't say anything and continued to read some information about her.
"But how?" Maura asked out from her mind. Colin looked at her and shrugged. The noise halted in the morgue as others looked up at the window. The lights were still on. Elizabeth knocked on the window to let them know that they are safe for now. Colin nodded at the honey-blonde doctor before opening the morgue door. Maura came upon him and took a look around. Elizabeth was sitting on another gurney and panted for a few minutes. Colin approached her and checked upon her.
The honey blonde doctor noticed that the black case was damaged, and the paperwork was scattered on the floor. The doors that faced the labs were broken. Maura gasped at the look of the big dent that shaped the wall. Jane, Korsak, and Frost hurried downstairs to see them, and it was a perfect time when they saw the big dent on the wall.
"Damn, that was huge," Frost said. Korsak gaped open before looking at Elizabeth and Colin. Jane quickly strode to her best friend and embraced Maura in her arms. The honey-blonde doctor smiled while holding Jane in her arms tightly.
"Maura, are you ok?" Jane asked before the honey blonde doctor nodded. Korsak indicted the dent and looked at Elizabeth who panted with deep breaths. Others looked at her for an explanation. Colin slowly looked at his friend and waited for some answers.
"Samantha escaped. We fought each other but one of the burly man appeared in this room and pushed me away. So, they perished quickly before I held on to her arms. It got worse when the burly man dodged inside the morgue when I was focusing on Samantha. Sorry about that, Maura."
"That's fine. We can get someone to fix it up. So, what did he look like, Elizabeth?" Korsak said. Frost nodded before recognizing the black case that was damaged and inspected inside it.
"One muscular man with a scar on his eyebrow."
"That's what Rondo described on this man. Do you see anything else on him?" Jane exclaimed. Maura slowly looked at them.
"Yes, he held something on his hand but I'm not sure what exactly he witheld. Again, I didn't recognize his face but I am truly sure that Boss can. I can't guarantee you that for sure." Elizabeth confessed with a sad smile. They nodded at her but Colin tilted his head to use his hearing.
"Someone is coming to see you. Élisabeth, we have to go."
"Right. We will get you to the place later. Jane, take care of Maura. Korsak and Frost, shut down everything you have researched on the victim - Samantha Viscardi. I think it is going to be a major case for you." Elizabeth explained before tugging Colin out from the morgue doors. The men nodded quickly before heading upstairs to get rid of every trace. Jane sighed before embracing Maura in her arms for a few minutes.
In the evening, Maura arrived at her house with Jane dawdling along behind her. It was a long day but weird for them. The brunette detective finally entered in the kitchen and grabbed the beer from the refrigerator. She thought that it was nice of Maura to stock her favorite beer brand and gathered the wine glass including the wine which it was in the refrigerator.
Jane poured the Moscato wine in the glass before handing it to her best friend. They sat down on the couch in the living room and stared at the fireplace. The silence took over for a while before Bass the tortoise crawled out from under the table. The ladies looked at him for a minute before looking up at the fireplace again. Maura wondered how impossible it was for her to absorb everything in a day since they arrived in the FBI headquarters.
"Everything is changing, Jay."
"Yeah. Korsak and Frost tried to do their best to clean up and get rid of everything we have been worked. They didn't see Lieutenant Cavanaugh today, Maur."
"What do you mean?"
"Someone told me that he was out for the emergency. I don't know what's going on but I'm truly sure that he knew it was a lock down since we left to see the evidence video that Patrick Doyle escaped from the prison."
"Yes, Jay. I think that they knew that we are investigating on the cases related to our first case with Nicholas Reed. Is it possible for this one?"
"Maur, they are going to find you. I'm sorry. I had a conversation with Elizabeth. She suspected that someone came to take you away to somewhere else."
"Highest Coven. Colin told me that Samantha Viscardi was the member of the Highest Coven. Did I tell you about Celeste Viscardi?"
"No, Maur." Jane shook her head with a perplexed face. Maura nodded before figuring it out in her head like a genius experimented the science chemicals in the lab.
"Celeste was a sister to Samantha Viscardi. The reason why I knew Celeste when we met at the parties back in Europe with my adoptive parents. Anyways, Celeste was a member of my biological father's army. Elizabeth was her lifelong friend. What's important is that they were going to find my father, Patrick Doyle but not me."
"So, they are planning to use you for navigating Patrick Doyle to bring him back?"
"Yes, Jay. That's what I think. But, we have to wait for Elizabeth or Colin to get us there." Maura sipped her wine before nodding. Jane tilted her head before hearing the landline phone ring. The ladies frowned before the honey-blonde doctor handed off her phone and answered.
"Hello?"
"Maura! I'm happy that you are ok." Dr. Arthur Isles was relieved on the line. Maura was surprised that her father called her out of the blue. Jane raised her eyebrows at her best friend.
"Father. What's going on?"
"I'm afraid that you are going to be taken but I'm relieved that you are alive. Your mother is in New York City right now since she got a call from me this morning. So, please make sure your mother is safe. I'm worried."
"What do you mean, Father? I'm with Jane. We just arrived from work a few minutes ago." Maura shook her head as she didn't know why Father was worried about her. Jane was confused at the statement before seeing Elizabeth coming in from the side door undetected.
"Maura, be safe. I have to go. Veronica is taking me away to the safe place. Don't worry about me. Be safe, my child." Dr. Arthur Isles hung up on the line and Maura was confused before placing a phone back on the hold. Jane got up from the couch and tilted her head at Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth, what do you get?" The brunette detective asked.
"We have to go now. Do you have an overnight bag?"
"Now?" Maura asked. Elizabeth nodded. The ladies looked at each other before running upstairs to get their clothes in the small bags. They were in hurry. Bass clack on the floor while he was going through the kitchen. Jane came downstairs with the bags. Maura gathered her toiletries in her big bag. Elizabeth made a face at the honey-blonde woman.
"What? I want to be refreshed." Jane chuckled at her best friend before looking at Elizabeth.
"That's so Maura. Let's go."
"What about Bass?" Maura pointed to her pet. The ladies looked at him before shaking their heads. Maura was pouting before Jane tugged her out to the Toyota Prius car.
"Jane and Maura, we can use your Mercedes. It is faster than Prius. Who bought Prius? It is a crap."
"Hey, I bought it." Maura scolded her before putting her bags in the trunk. Jane rolled her eyes and flicked her wrist to hurry themselves. Elizabeth nodded before getting in a driver's seat. Maura was sitting in the backseat. Jane was in her passenger seat. They finally left the driveway and Elizabeth sped up before losing everyone on the sight. The brunette detective rose her eyebrow at Elizabeth.
"I know, I shouldn't speed up but time went out. Let's get safe quickly before someone catch us."
"Yeah, you owe me a ticket." Jane made a deal with her before Maura slapped her best friend's shoulder with a scold.
"Nah, I favor a spar with me. You look like you need one, Jane."
"Deal." Jane nodded before smirking at her best friend who glared at her. They drove out of the city for a safe haven. Back in the city, Colin gathered Korsak and Frost in his car and drove away to meet others. Elizabeth and Colin knew about the safe haven that Patrick reserved for his Resistance army and his lifelong partner. Also, it is part of their safety and a hidden gem from the Highest Coven.