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to convince me there is more out there than I had ever thought.”
    “Good enough for me.” I thought briefly about taking her to the Pit and decided that might be too much for the captain to absorb.
    The change in Wysocki truly was incredible. From the disbelieving police captain who’d wanted to kick us off the first Vampire massacre scene, to her growing if reluctant acceptance of the paranorm world, and her willingness to listen, was a huge difference. Her newfound respect for me had been hard won, but I’d earned it.
    I turned to face the horror we had to figure out how to stop from happening again. Snow was already starting to cover the bodies. We needed to hurry and complete our own investigation before Lulu unfroze the scene.
    “Were there any witnesses?” I asked.
    “No.” Wysocki blew out her breath. “However, we did find a couple of cell phones in the snow and a wallet and phone on one of the male victims.”
    In her rubber-gloved hand, she held up a black Motorola wireless. “Made a few calls from the phone that was on the victim who had a wallet and we got lucky on the fifth call.”
    She continued, “A family member said that the victim and his girlfriend, along with two other couples, left together to take a stroll down Cherry Walk. They’d been partying just a couple of streets up on Seventy-Fifth. That means the victim was possibly with five other people.”
    Olivia pointed her finger at each torso. “I only counted five bodies.”
    Adam’s frown deepened. “So we’re looking at a possible abduction, too.”
    “Maybe.” Wysocki must have had a killer headache by the look on her face as she rubbed her temples again. “Judging from the brutality of the attack, I have a feeling we’ll find her body somewhere else in the park.”
    I shuddered. I’d seen my fair share of grisly scenes over the past couple of years, but they still made me queasy every time.
    The snowfall began to thicken and visibility wasn’t as good. “We’d better hurry so that they can get back to their investigation,” I said.
    We were always conscious of not disturbing the scene or impeding the NYPD’s investigation. Minus any paranormal evidence that might require a little cover-up.
    Olivia and I did a quick but thorough search and examination of the scene while Adam tracked the bloody footprints leading away from the slaughter. Wysocki was busy making calls.
    “Not a damned clue beyond what you’ve already laid out.” Olivia came to stand by me. “Other than those prints Boyd is tracking.”
    My gaze followed the trail of prints in time to see Adam jogging back. When he reached us, he said, “No more visible prints after the perpetrators leave Riverside Park.”
    I looked at the captain. “You have my number to update me on whatever you find.”
    Wysocki looked beyond my shoulder. “We’ll finish photographing and processing the prints, along with everyone else, as soon as your princess over there unfreezes the scene.”
    Adam, Olivia, and I turned to look at Lulu who sat on the park bench with her back stiff and straight.
    Olivia glanced at the bodies, then back at Lulu. “Hold on while I borrow a foot.”

 
     
    SIX
     
    After I spoke with Rodán and brought him up to date on the crime scene we’d just come from, I called Tracey, who’d discovered the paranorm murder scene with Robert.
    While I talked with Rodán and then Tracey, Olivia started her search on the Internet. Police reports, media articles, blogs, Twitter, Facebook—whatever form of information she could find that mentioned anything close to what we’d seen earlier.
    “Hi, Nyx.” When she answered, Tracey, a Sânzian˘a—Romanian Fae—sounded sweet on the phone, like she did in person. But like all Sânziene, who were known for their gentle dispositions, Tracey was as deadly as she was sweet. “Rodán said you were going to call on the paranorms we found last night.”
    “Are you positive it was a Vampire attack?” I asked her