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Night Vengeance

Chapter Thirteen

Half an hour later, Justin and Rae stood in the shadowed alley across the street from the one hundred and first precinct. They watched as policemen and women entered and exited the building.

Rae looked up at him, "How are going to get passed them to search? There are too many cops coming and going," she said in a frustrated tone.

Justin chuckled and squeezed her hand. "My love, you are a vampire, you have the ability to be undetectable to others. Can't the witch part of you do this?" he asked curiously, there was still some much he didn't know about her witch abilities.

Rae shook her head, "Some of my kind can, but I never learned. Remember I told you my uncle raised me. He was human, not an immortal witch like my mother and father. He taught me what I needed to survive after he was gone, everything he knew, the rest I learned on my own through the centuries," she said.

"How did you learn the rest?" he asked.

Rae shook her head again, "Not now," she said. "I'll tell you all you want to know later, after we've gotten the manifest and have rid ourselves of Salazar. Now tell me how to become undetectable," she imperiously commanded.

Justin's eyebrows rose at her commanding tone, she truly was incredible, he thought.

"Alright, what you have to do is visualize you body becoming insubstantial, merging with your environment. Become one with shadow and light, allowing thought and light to pass through you," he said. He watched as she closed her eyes and concentrated. She shimmered but he could still see her. "Think of yourself as a glass window, that reflects nothing, so while you can see people, they can't see you. But you must always remember, that the slightest emotion, or unguarded thought will expose you to others."

Rae began again, she imagined herself as a window everyone could see through, shimmered and winked out of sight.

"That was quick," admired Justin.

"I've always been a fast learner," quipped Rae as she reappeared.

She looked at him with an impish light in her eyes and he couldn't resist bending down to kiss her only to be foiled by her face covering. Undeterred, he hooked a finger in the soft material, pulled it down beneath her chin and melded his lips to hers, kissing her hard.

Raelynn responded by raising her arms and circling his neck. Her tongue battled with his until breathless, Justin lifted his head and leaned his forehead against hers.

"This isn't the time, but I promise you before the night is over I will finish this," he whispered breathing heavily. He straightened and stepped away, "Are you ready?" he asked.

Raelynn couldn't speak so she nodded as she replaced her face covering with shaking hands, so only her eyes showed, still glazed with passion. She took a deep breath and imagined she was a window, walked out of the alley and into the precinct. Justin did the same and followed her in. They stood just inside the bustling precinct and listened at all the talk around them.

"I'd like to report a missing dog," said an old lady to the desk sergeant. "She answers to Josephine and is white with a pink ribbon on the top of her head."

Rae heard Justin's chuckled in her mind when the desk sergeant sighed as they walked passed them and continued their way further inside the precinct.

"We need to find Detective Cooper's desk," said Justin. "He's the one who got the Alvarez case."

"Okay," replied Rae. "You take the left and I'll take the right, give a shout when you find his desk," and they separated.

As she passed a good looking cop she couldn't resist and pinched his bottom. She had to contain herself from laughing out loud when the cop who'd just taken a drink of his coffee, spewed it out all over the suspect handcuffed to chair in front of him and whirled around to find another cop standing behind him.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" he hissed.

"The other cop looked at him blankly, "What? I didn't do anything!" he whispered back.

"You can play later Rae," Justin growled in her mind after he witnessed her actions.

"Spoilsport," she growled back,"I was just having fun," and resumed reading the nameplates on the desks.

"Well fun is over, Detective Cooper's desk is over here and he's still sitting at it, so get your cute little behind over here," Justin ordered.

Rae weaved her way over to him and stopped at his side. Detective Cooper was a young man, somewhere in his thirties, with short, light blond hair, blue eyes and a scar along his left cheek. He was really quite handsome, thought Raelynn, as she looked him over, not an ounce of fat anywhere.

"There's no need for you to look at him like that my love," Justin petulantly said.

"Jealous are you?" replied Rae.

"Of course not," Justin denied.

Rae chuckled, yep, he was jealous alright. "Don't worry," she said softly, "you're the only one I love," and she caressed his buttocks then gave it a little tap.

"Hey! Cut that out you little minx," said Justin and he moved to stand behind Detective Cooper to look over his shoulder.

"Do you see the manifest?" Rae asked.

"No," replied Justin as he saw the pile of papers on Cooper's desk. He realized their search wasn't going to be easy.

"Well, get him to move the papers around," she suggested and waited.

Justin bent down to the Detective's ear, "You want to open the Alvarez file," he whispered, putting a compulsion to do his will behind it, then he straightened and waited.

Rae watched as the whispered words had Detective Cooper shuffling files around until he came to the Alvarez file. She moved to stand next to Justin as Cooper opened the file and all three began to read the manifest.

Oak Coffin, shipped by: Rest Haven Funeral Home, Ireland
Deliver to: Mr. George Leeds
Delivery Address: Hanger 4.

Post Note: If Leeds not present, contact at 1410 Cedar Springs Road, 555-3675.

Rae and Justin looked at each other, smiled and left the precinct.

 

©2006 Romance at Heart Magazine.

©2000 Angel Young.

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