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about it. At least it added a light-hearted element to their often-somber business activities. Like tonight.
    “Show me,” Mathias said to Luke, gesturing to the van.
    Luke hauled open the back doors. The team congregated behind him and Mathias.
    Mathias cursed and ran his hands through his hair in distress. Inside there were shelves lined with hundreds upon hundreds of test-tube sized vials full of a luminous blue liquid.
    “This is the only shipment that has left the research facility. As you instructed, we have a couple of cameras monitoring all traffic coming in and out.”
    “Some good news at least,” Tanya said.
    “Silver lining,” John mumbled.
    “Good work,” Mathias told the team.
    He reached inside the van and withdrew two vials.
    Everyone stepped back.
    “Whoa!” Thomas exclaimed, holding up his hands.
    Mathias saw the fear on their faces. “Relax. I need some samples,” he said as he placed the vials into his inside jacket pocket. “Besides, you’d have to feed off a human with this in their system for it to kill you.”
    “Samples?” Luke asked.
    “I need to take this to someone who knows what they’re doing.”
    “You’re thinking of creating an antidote?” Luke asked, impressed.
    Mathias nodded. “ If it can be done my contact will know.”
    “How about the van?” John asked.
    “Burn it. Tonight . If anyone got hold of this, especially Immortalia, it could be catastrophic.”
    “Consider it done,” Luke said. He gestured for Thomas and John to drive the van outside.
    “I’m going to head to my contact tonight. It’s a couple of night’s drive. As soon as I arrive, I’ll contact you. Lay low until you hear from me. Do not engage with Immortalia under any circumstances. If anything changes with the research facility let me know.”
    Luke nodded.
    “Let me take a look at that wound before you leave,” Tanya said.
    Mathias smiled and took her hands in his. “Anything to get your hands on me, huh?” he joked.
    He kissed her on the top of her head and then stepped back.
    He and Luke exchanged a smile. Mathias leaned into him for a hug and whispered, “We go to war.”
    Luke nodded silently. They both knew there was no other way. They had to take down Immortalia.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER SIX
     
     
    Mathias left the butcher’s with a large paper bag containing packages of animal blood. He walked across the parking lot. As he pulled out his keys from the back pocket of his jeans he eyed his Hummer parked in the corner. He was surprised to see a young attractive woman lounging on the hood with a duffle bag beside her.
    As he reached the car she smiled coyly and jumped down from the hood. She slung her bag over her shoulder and eyed him coolly. Mathias dropped his groceries beside the passenger door and looked her over. Decked out in brown cargo pants, a white low cut tank and a worn out brown leather jacket, she radiated toughness. He long brown hair cascaded freely about her face, highlighting her striking emerald eyes. A thick leather choker encircled her neck. He noted the butts of two stakes holstered at her hips, along with a dagger strapped to a holster at her lower right leg. Black tactical gloves with Kevlar knuckles protected her hands.
    She was a warrior.
    He stepped uncomfortably close in an attempt to intimidate her. But she didn’t flinch. And that was when he felt it.
    Her heartbeat.
    “You’re human,” he spoke, finding himself taking a step backwards.
    “You thought I was another one of your vamp sluts? One of your groupies,” she snickered. “Sorry to disappoint you. I don’t do vampires. Not even the legendary ones—like you.”
    He eyed her curiously. She was fierce. Feisty. Instead of putting him off, it intrigued him. He hadn’t encountered a human like her for a long while. As he scrutinized her it suddenly dawned on him. The realization of what she was hit him. He kicked himself for being so slow to realize.
    “You’re a