Zaphira's Flame's

Walking into the den, everyone is there waiting for me. Well except for Rolf, I guess he’s not back yet.

“Hello.” I said, sitting down next to Alex. There’s a tray of Coffee on the table.

“You must be Zaphira. It is lovely to meet you.” “Z this is Leah, she is the best party planner in the city. She is also a water Demon.” Smiling at her. “Nice to meet you.” Shaking hands, we got to work. “Well now. What would you like for the party?” “I’m not really sure. I’ve never really had to experience something like this before.”

She nodded, setting some books on the table in front of us. “Well we’ll start with the food.” Handing us several menus to choose from, we picked one of them, it sounds amazing, and continued on. “So flowers. What would you like?” “Roses, red and white also some calla lilies.” Raphe said, it surprised me him saying that. She nodded, righting it all down in her large notebook. “Excellent choice for. Now the guest list. I know with everything going on, that we have to be careful. But I do need some kind of number.” Raphe and Alex both nodded, each handing a list over to me.

Looking them over, I know a few of the names, but others I have no idea. “What about Zack? I really want him there.” Raphe Alex and Nick exchanged looks with each other. “Alright. He can come for the party, but right after he has to go back.” I nodded a huge smile on my face. “Thank you. So we’re inviting vampire’s, werewolves as well as the other types of demons? Don’t you think that could be a little risky?” “Not at all. When there in my house, they obey the rules of my house.” standing he said. “Alright let us see the room where we are holding it. Everyone follow me.”

Going down to the main floor, he opened a door I’ve never noticed before.

“You have a ballroom?” He nodded. “Yes. I had one put in when I had this place built. But it doesn’t get used very often.” “Wow. This room is perfect. The party is Saturday May 2end. You will have the perfect party.” “Thank you. Remember I need background checks on everyone attending this party.” She nodded. “Of course. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some work to do.”

She bowed and left, leaving us standing there. “Thank you Raphe. This means a lot to me.” giving him a hug. “There’s something I think I should show you all.” Walking to my office, Rolf walked in. “Perfect timing. You should be in on this as well.”

Unlocking my office. “Now don’t be mad at me, but I’ve been working on this for a couple days now. Welcome.” Turning on the light, showing them everything I’ve put together so far. “Wow. You did all this on your own?” I nodded. “Yeah. I just couldn’t sit back, and let them destroy my city.”

The guys started looking at everything I have put together so far.

“So I narrowed down, where they might be hold up; I don’t think that they could be hiding in the city, the attacks are too far spaced around the city.” Alex nodded. “I think you might be right about that.”

“But the real question is, where are they now?” Raphe asked looking at one of the photos I got a hold of. “So you think that all these people were attacked by vampires?”

I nodded. “Yes. I don’t know why I never thought about this before. Before all this happened to me, I knew about this world, but I never put the connection together that they may have been committed by vampires.”

“You were a young cop, you were right to assume that they were committed by humans, and nothing more.”

“Well what do we do now?”

“I will call some friends, and have search parties formed and start searching the woods, for any signs of them.” “I want to be involved in it.” Everyone shook their heads. “No. You will not be anywhere near this. You were almost killed by them, several times. I won’t let that happen to you again!” “You can’t stop me. I will be there, one way or the other. Whether you like it or not.” Alex took hold of me. “No you will not! We will not lose you.” Shaking my head. “You won’t lose me. And I will not lose my city.”

Nick put his hand on Alex’s shoulder, calming him down.

“You can’t stop her. If she goes, we will all be there, and I can have some of our men there as well, to keep her safe.” “Fine. But if there is even the smallest hint of danger; you are getting out of there. End of discussion.” I nodded, wrapping my arms around his neck. “Thank you!” Setting me down, Raphe hung up his phone.

“They are gathering forces as we speak. We are moving out first thing in the morning.”

We nodded, and continued going through everything else I have, that I haven’t gone through yet.