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</div></div><br/><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">When the young man didn't return, Luca forced himself down the stairs to the lower level. In the open room ahead of him, he spotted tables full of weapons and large pots that gave off an awful smell of thick blood. It took no time at all to realize that it was his blood in those pots and his stomach twisted. He pressed the back of his hand to his mouth and fought the urge to retch. Weapons laid out across the tables next to the pots. These hunters were storing his blood for use against vampires. Though Luca wasn't really opposed to the idea, it was how it had been done that pissed him off. He found his phone amongst the litter of things laid out on a separate table and pocketed the device.<br/>
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A soft voice filled the air and Luca looked around for the kid. His voice trembled as he spoke almost too rapidly to make out the words. As Luca moved carefully, he spotted the youth crouched down behind a table, a phone pressed against his ear. "H-he killed Jaden, Tony, and Ray!" The young male managed to sputter amongst his terrified words of how Luca was insane and free and running rampant. Luca slapped the table, making the kid jump horribly, throwing his phone in the process. Luca stared down at the device before he turned to the other. <br/>
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"Who is that?"<br/>
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"A-Alex..."<br/>
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Luca gave him a smile. "Good. You can tell him I'm coming for him then. I'll find my own healing drought. And if I were you, I wouldn't follow me."<br/>
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The young man shook his head as he pressed himself against the wall. If he was trying to be a hunter, he was a long way from it. Young and easily scared. Luca wondered idly if the kid had ever seen a vampire up close. <i>Probably not. If he did, he wouldn't be working here,</i> Luca mused as he made his way to the door and stepped out into fading sunlight. He glowered at the sky before he started for the city. His first stop was a hunter facility -just barely making it as the sun dropped behind the mountains and pitched the town into darkness. The few hunters there didn't question Luca on his condition, only gave him what he needed and offered a bed for him to rest. He took it, but sleep didn't come easy as he fumed over the situation he was in, and worried for Aries. At the first sight of dawn, Luca dressed himself, careful of the wound in his thigh that was still healing. He felt like shit, his body hurting as he moved, yet it wasn't enough to stop him. Luca made his way to the weapon shop and gathered a variety of knives and blades. It had been along time since he'd been fully armed and it felt good for once. <br/>
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He payed and left the store. As he entered the street, he coughed hard, leaning against the wall for support as his lungs threatened to tear open. Once he could breathe normally, he took a deep breath and reached into his pocket for his phone. He pulled up Aries' number and called it. Luca knew it was a long shot, but he was hoping that the vampire would answer. As it rang, he started down the street. He needed to get some tips on where that asshole had gone. If he stayed in town, he had to have been seen. And Aries was rather recognizable. He'd start asking around, get an idea of where they had gone and go from there. <i>Maybe the hunters can help me too... if I do it right. Descreetly,</i> he thought and turned to head for the hunter headquarters to do just that. Luca would do anything to get Aries back. The sooner the better.</span>