Scarlet Vampire
A Lonely Hope
Scene 12
In the last scene,
Hanson tried and failed to find evidence to unravel Adrian’s web of blackmail.
Instead, his scheme to lure the mortal police into a direct conflict with Dona
and her followers resulted in death and a near rupturing of the Masquerade so
necessary to keep the vampires safe.
It had been three
nights since the raid, and the city was still on edge. The raid happened near
dawn, and there was little the vampires could do to mitigate the disaster.
They had their allies and their pawns to limit as much damage as possible,
but police officers were dead, and no amount of political pressure would ease
their fury.
Or the media’s
thirst for a good story. And police officers in a gun battle with “drug
fueled cultists” was just too good of a story to be buried in section C9.
Everyone needed their pound of flesh.
So, a pound of flesh had been provided. A few heavily dominated drug addicts and a convincingly appointed “Satanic lair” helped. Some subtle dominate and a hot new story about some teen popstar having an affair with a married movie star got people looking the other way again. But despite all that, the city was on edge. Even the slightest push could crack it. |