Chapter 19

Aaron and Jill came over as quickly as they could. Jill wrapped Kayla up in a blanket and took her out on the patio while Aaron and I covered up the bodies.

“Who would do this?” I asked.

“Had to be another vampire.” Aaron said.

“How do you know?” I asked.

Aaron pointed to the spot on the floor that was underneath Rose’s body.

“What?” I asked.

“Look at this.” Aaron said, kneeling down. There was a hole in the floor, directly under Rose’s heart.

“From the knife?” I asked, incredulously.

Aaron nodded.

“Someone staked her so hard that the knife went all the way through her and stuck into the floor underneath. It would have taken a vampire to do that, and a really strong one.” Aaron explained.

“Stronger than you?” I asked.

“Close. There doesn’t seem to be much of a fight. Someone just jumped on her and staked her. One hit”

I shuddered.

“Why?” I asked.

Vampire on vampire violence was not unheard of, but it was extremely uncommon. Generally it was a fight about territory or food. I’d never heard of random vampire vendettas.

“I don’t know. We’ve got to clean this all up and get them out of here before the police show up.”

Unlike the movies, vampires don’t actually turn into ash when they die. They have bodies just like humans do. When we killed Steve and his bodyguard, we took their bodies outside of town and burned them.

We wrapped up Rose and Christine’s bodies in sheets and carried them down to my car. Dawn was beginning to break and we had a very small window before humans would begin to wake up.

“I’ll take care of them. You take them home, OK?” I said.

Aaron nodded.

Kayla jumped up from the couch and wrapped me in her arms.

“Who did this? What’s going on?” She asked, breaking down again.

“I don’t know. We’ll figure it out though.”

“Promise?” Kayla asked.

“I promise. I got to go now. Go with Jill and Aaron. I got to get them out of town.”

Kayla nodded and slowly released me.

I got in the car and drove out of town as quickly as legally allowed. There was a large, wooded area down a long highway that I was aware of, so I headed that direction. I pulled down another side road and shut off the car.

I opened up the trunk and realized that I didn’t have a shovel.

“FUCK!”

Hours later.

“Kayla, I’m home.” I called out as I opened the door.

My entire body was completely spent. I was covered in dirt and blood, but Rose and Chrissy were put to rest. I shut the door behind me and stripped off my clothes, afraid that Kayla might melt down if she saw the condition I was in.

“Kayla? Are you asleep?” I called out, lowering my voice as I walked up the stairs. I poked my head into the bedroom, finding it empty.

“She’s probably at Jill’s.” I thought to myself.

I climbed into the shower. The warm water felt fantastic on my sore body. Digging two graves with your bare hands was no easy job, even for a vampire.