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putrefying flesh, and shards of bone. ‘Goodbye my friend,’ I said and turned away from the remains.
    “After Bane, I vowed to never turn another vampire, and I must continue my restraint or risk losing another friend to the madness.”
    “I would never do that,” David said and leaned back in his chair. “I think Bane had always had it in him to kill and torture, but that’s not me. I care about life, and I would continue to care even as a vampire.”
    “I believe you,” Antony laced his fingers together thoughtfully. “But I will not change you. Now be a peach, will you; and dispose of this body?”
     

2.
     
    “I have a big surprise for you tonight,” David said the following night as he followed Antony out of the dark bedroom.
    Antony turned to face David and waited patiently for the surprise.
    “I found you a baby killer.”
    Antony’s eyes furrowed. “Who else?”
    “A couple of killers, but those we’ll have to collect in the wild. I didn’t have a chance to nab them.”
    “A hunt?” Antony turned and continued down the hall. “I’m up for that.”
    David drove him to hobo row, where a homeless guy had been nabbed for killing two tourists but released due to a mix up at the evidence locker. The killer was dumped right back onto the street. Antony strolled up behind the man and spun him like a ballerina, dipped him in a dance of death, and then sunk his teeth deep into his unshaven neck. The decapitated body was dumped into the canal where it sank into the muck, never to be found.
    Next David drove Antony to the other side of town where the second target’s apartment complex was located.
    The target wasn’t home. In a panic, David searched through his notes until he found another suitable blood bag for Antony. The next man lived alone. Antony to enter his house and took him as he slept. When the man was dead, Antony opened the front door and allowed David entry to dispose of the body.
    The extra time put Antony in a hard spot. He needed his third transfusion quickly, or risk letting the blood sickness make him go insane with blood lust. If that happened, even David wasn’t safe.
                  In the passenger side of the Toyota Rav4, Antony said, “What are the details for this…baby killer?”
    David glared at his companion. After a moment, he explained.              “Her name is Maggie Owens. Her daughter was killed—murdered. This isn’t crib death and an outraged community. The baby died by being shaken. The mother went on trial but was acquitted because of lack of evidence.”
                  “Are we sure she is the killer?”
                  David turned to Antony, shocked that the vampire would question his investigation skills. Antony had to point back to the road to remind David to turn his attention back to the task of driving.
                  “The baby is dead because of injury and she was the only person in the house. She was suffering from postpartum depression.”
                  “Why was she not found guilty?”
                  “She claimed the baby’s daddy killed the girl, but although Daddy couldn’t be found—no proof he had even been in the picture since the birth—the jury sided with her. Reasonable doubt. She killed that baby and got away with it. I’m sick of these baby killers getting away with their vile crimes. It’s time for a little payback, right?”
                  Antony ignored the diatribe.
                  David pulled up to the curb outside Ms. Owens’s apartment building. He told Antony the apartment number and floor.
    “              Baby killers are difficult to confirm,” Antony said before getting out of the car. “So many are accused but were not guilty of the crime, only accessories after the fact. That is not good enough. I could wipe out the entire human race if I fed on every person who knew about a