74. Wrath

Genre: Paranormal romance, drama

Type: Series

Characters: Krimsyn, J.D. Lily, Beau, Bianca, Jacqueline, Steven

Prompt: 91. Wrath

Word Count:  880 +

Warning:  nudity, coarse language, violent scenes, blood, 

Rating:  M- (coarse language, adult situations, nudity. N.B-Applies to the whole series)

Summary: Krimsyn makes a shocking discovery

91. Wrath

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Holding my last breath

Safe inside myself

Are all my thoughts of you 

Sweet raptured light,

It ends here tonight. 

My Last Breath-Evanescence

Bridgeport, present day...

“I don’t see why she couldn’t pick up Lily!” J.D. was still fuming when they pulled into Jacqueline’s driveway. The good doctor had just returned from a medical conference in Al Simhara and she'd insisted they should drop off Lily. She wasn't impressed when Krimsyn informed her Krisis had gone to Barnacle Bay to bring Leigh back home.

“We’re here now, so let’s not let her ruin our day okay?” Krimsyn pecked him quickly on the cheek before they jumped out of the car. She opened the backseat door and lifted Lily from her car seat.

“I’ll be back in a moment." She blew her fiancé a kiss and quickly made her way to the house. The front door was ajar, but she knocked anyway, and waited for Jacqueline or her butler, Steven, to let her in.

Minutes passed. No answer. And she rang the bell again. Slowly she pushed the door, and stood just inside the entrance hall.

“Jacqueline, we’re here to drop off Lily!” She yelled as loudly as she could, and stayed where she was. She had no desire to venture further than she already had. The sooner she dropped Lily off, the better. Jacqueline gave her the creeps and if it wasn’t for her niece, she would have no dealings with the vile witch. She still couldn’t believe Krisis was once involved with her.

“Help!” Steven’s faint cry for help came from the living room, and she ran inside, with Lily still in her arms.

She regretted it moments later as she stood in numb silence, unable to think or react, trying to process the scene before her. The first thing she noticed was the blood coagulating on the gray, wood floors. It seemed to be everywhere. She bit back her horrified scream when she saw Steven,  flat on his back, not too far from the fireplace, lying in large puddle of blood, a knife protruding from his chest.

The most gruesome sight though was Jacqueline. If she hadn’t seen the knife still stuck in Jacqueline’s heart, Krimsyn would have thought the doctor was sleeping.  She looked like an angel, resting peacefully on the dining table, her long blond hair flowing around her head like a halo.

“What’s taking you so long?” Her fiancé’s impatient voice snapped Krimsyn out of her trance, and she let out a blood curdling scream, Lily began to squirm and cry in her arms.

Krimsyn’s petrified cries were met by shocked silence as J.D. stood mutely beside her. He knew he should get her out of the house, get Lily as far away from the place as possible, but his legs were paralyzed by shock and fear.

He  felt like he was trapped in a nightmare, unable to wrap his head around the fact that the good doctor was dead.

Lily wailed again, forcing his attention back to his fiancée. He was about to usher them out of the house and call for help when he saw the note on the table next to the flowers. A chill settled in his heart when he read it's contents. What appeared to be random numbers at first quickly became his worst nightmare coming to life.

Dazedly, he stuffed the note in his pocket, wishing he could forget the numbers, wishing that horrible date was not firmly entrenched in his mind. The note could have been meant for anyone, a clue to the cops, or it might just have been the killer's signature. But J.D. knew, in his heart of hearts, who the note was meant for. The date of Vladimir's death said it all.

This carnage wasn’t a random act. Jacqueline and her butler were collateral damage in the grand scheme of things. The message was loud and clear...

Within moments Jacqueline’s neighbors were out in full force. The mansion was secured as all sorts of law enforcement agents descended on the crime scene. Krimsyn and J.D. couldn’t leave; they were star witnesses in the double murder case…

News of Dr. Jacqueline Steinberg’s death shook the nation; the vampire community was instantly thrown into utter despair and devastation, they’d lost one of their finest, Bridgeport’s first vampire doctor.

At the heart of town, in a dingy motel room, Beau welcomed the sad news with a lot of enthusiasm, switching between news stations, eager to see the results of his wrath, relishing his mastery. Now that he’d seen how creative he could get, he was suddenly eager to move things along.

“Why? Why did you kill Dr. Steinberg, and that poor man? How could you do such a thing?” Bianca asked from the doorway. When he said they were returning to Bridgeport to reclaim what was rightfully theirs, she’d had no idea he was planning such carnage.

 “Dr. Bitch was just a warning shot, and sadly for her, fucking Krisis and then helping him to conceal my brother's death decided her fate in the end.” Beau replied, ignoring her question. “The Frosts haven’t seen anything yet.”

Jacqueline, as creative as he had been with her, was a rushed job. But with the ultimate trophy, he’d take his time and have some fun with her first. Better yet he’d make Krisis watch while he fucked his bitch right there on his fucking dining table before gutting her like a pig, and serving her for his last supper.

Bianca covered her mouth with her hand, trying to bite back her bewildered screams, as she slowly made her way back into the tiny bedroom. She plopped on the bed, and watched the room, along with her life, spin out of control, feeling as if the rug had been pulled from under her.

She felt sick to her stomach as she thought about the man she thought she knew. She couldn’t bear to spend one more minute in his company.

Lord she loved him, loved him dearly. But what he’d done, she couldn’t live with…She couldn’t turn a blind eye. She had to do something…

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Credit: the Sim portraying Dr. Jacqueline Steinberg's character was created by Karima. Thank you Karima for all your awesomeness.