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“Like fro silence on the other end of the line before Vance said, “Sure Hang on”
Savanah prayed she rong, but it was the only answer that le, no bloodstains on the floor, no knife wound, no gunshot wound Thus far, the coroner hadn’t determined the cause of death
“You there?”
“Yes” She took a deep breath “Is there…?”
“The coroner’s report said there was very little blood left in the body The only injuries he found were a shallow cut on the back of the deceased’s…” Vance cleared his throat “On the back of your father’s head, and two small puncture wounds on the inside of his left arm, just below his elbow” Vance muttered an oath “You don’t think the Supernaturals are at it again, do you?”
“I don’t know I hope not”
“Me, too I was just a teenager back then, but I remember those days My old lady wouldn’t let me out of the house after dark Sure put a crah realizing that levity was out of line at theelse I can do for you?”
“No Thanks, Vance, you’ve been a big help”
“Don’t , “Have there been any other suspicious deaths in the last ot back to work a couple of days ago Hang on and I’ll check”
Savanah heard the faint tap of computer keys, then a lohistle
“Damn! We’ve had five deaths similar to your father’s in the last three weeks, and two cases where the victims were mutilated”
Savanah frowned Seven suspicious deaths in the last three weeks and she hadn’t heard about them? Why had their deaths been kept fro on a minute, Vance?”
“Sure, quiet as a tomb here Oh, sorry”
Savanah carried the phone to her computer It took only a few minutes to call up the newspaper’s files “Vance, there were only three deaths listed in the obits during that tie, Bart Mattheho died in a car accident, and Marlynn Steffner, who passed away after a heart attack There’s no mention of any suspicious deaths”
“Maybe because they were all strangers in town”
“All of the furiously “Four of thee kids from back East Their bodies were sent horants with no ID One was an antique dealer fro up, then sat there, feeling numb Her father had been killed by a Vampire Why? The war between the Vao She had been a child then, hardly aware of as going on in the world beyond her home and school She kne that her parents had shielded her from the worst of it They hadn’t watched the nehen she was in the roo her froht have upset her, or prompted questions they didn’t want to answer When the war ended, the Supernatural creatures had all just sort of faded into the ork Savanah had no idea which side, if any, had won the battle for supremacy, or why the war had abruptly ended Life had returned to norotten
She blew out a sigh Even if a Vampire had killed her father, why now, after all this ti to the information in the books, the last time a Vampire had been destroyed in Kelton had been shortly before the war between the Vampires and the Werewolves ended The hunter credited with the kill was Barbara Gentry Her mother had been killed by an unknown Vampire six months later Since then, hunters had destroyed a few Vampires and Werewolves in other parts of the country,cities, but there hadn’t been any paranormal activity to speak of in Kelton
Until Rane came to town