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climbing off the desk. “And this is our father, Fabian.” Katie looked up at the older gentleman as he stuck his hand out to shake her hand.
                  “Miss Palmer, it is good to finally meet the lady that is helping to bring my son in. It became apparent to me tonight that you may not have received all the information about Paul.” He glanced over at the Director, causing him to bow his head. “So let’s all start over. We are known as the Elders.”
     
                  “The Elders of who, exactly? I mean I already figured out that Paul is neither human nor vampire, so I am guessing that y’all are not either. I mean you have the same silver eyes as he does, so that means it is genetic, also that you are not turned like vampires.” Katie paused to take a breath but Fabian cut in before she could say any more. Katie was relieved more than she was mad when she realized that she had yet again jabbered on when she should have just kept her mouth shut.
                  “So you are not only quicker than my sons, you are also pretty smart. Why don’t you go ahead and sit down, tell us everything you know and what happened last night. That way we can go from there.” He led Katie back over to her chair and waited for her to sit down.
                  Katie took a deep breath before she started to calm her nerves. “Well, honestly I do not know much. All I know is he is a wanted man and what he looks like. Last night it was sheer luck that I ran into him. I was out looking into reports that he had been seen a few days earlier. I had come out of a coffee shop to see him standing across the street.” Katie looked down at her hands. “As soon as he saw me, he turned and ran. I, of course, followed him, but,” Katie paused because she did not want to say it out loud. “He somehow escaped. I do not know what happened. No one ever gets away from me.” Katie looked up at Fabian. “I will catch him. I promise.”
                  Mark walked over and laid his hand on Katie’s shoulder. “It is not your fault, Detective. You were not given all the information that was needed to capture Paul. That will not happen again.” He turned and walked over to stand by the door.
     
                  “Detective,” Fabian caught her attention. “We would like for you to come work for us. We can pay you a lot more than you make here. You would also be the head of investigations.”
                  “You cannot come in here and take my best detective from me,” Director Mole managed to squeak out.
                  Fabian turned to look at him. “I believe I just did. Well, that is if she agrees to join us. You should have fully briefed your detective. She could have been killed.” He turned back to Katie, “If you stay here, I am afraid you will not be permitted to continue looking for Paul. I can no longer trust this with the vampires.”
                  “Well, when you put it like that,” Katie stood, “consider yourself my new boss.”
                  “Good, here is the address,” he handed her a card with the address and a phone number. “Be there at seven in the morning.” With that, all three men turned and walked out, leaving her alone with the Director.
                  “Look, Katie, I was only trying to protect you. I never wanted to put you in danger. Just promise me that you will stay safe.” Director Mole looked his age for the first time since Katie had started working for him. It was like he aged twenty years in the past hour.
                  Katie did not know what else to say, so she simply said, “I promise.” She then turned and walked out of his office and straight to her desk, quickly cleaning it out. She wanted to get out of here before the day shift arrived. She may not have made many friends here, but she did not want to explain what was going on