<div style="text-align: center;">Perfect. Mira was panicking, already losing her grip on reality. This was gonna be way too easy. For a moment, Kai switched back to hs normal voice. <span style="color: #ff0000">"I don't know, Mira. Are you crazy?"</span> He asked before switching back to Chuck's voice. <span style="color: #0000bf">"Babe, what's wrong? It's just me."</span> He put on a face of hurt and concern, but began speaking sadistically, switching between Chuck's voice and his own. <span style="color: #ff0000">"It's just your boyfriend.</span> <span style="color: #0000bf">It's just me. I'm Chuck.</span> <span style="color: #ff0000">I've always been Chuck. There's no such person. I mean, how else would I have known where you worked?"</span> Kai gave up the charade completely, realizing there was no need to drag this out. She was already fragile from the events of the day before, and it had obviously messed her up pretty bad. <span style="color: #ff0000">"Seriously. How else would I have known you were alone last night? And this morning, did you really think that was Chuck making breakfast when 'Merlot' came over? Wasn't it just someone who looked like him?"</span><br/>As he spoke, Kai could almost see the girl's world unravelling around her, and it almost made him feel bad for her. She sunk to the ground with her head in her hands, sobbing, as Kai's ears caught the sound of a car pulling in the driveway. That'd be Chuck. Kai almost cursed, but realized he could work this to his advantage.<br/>He left the room after shifting into Merlot and changing back into his clothes, put on a panicked face, and rushed out to meet Chuck. <span style="color: #800040">"Hey, man, is Mira with you?"</span> Chuck shook his head. <span style="color: #800040">"Fuck, man. I came over to check on you guys, and she freaked. Caught me in the gut and took off. I don't know where."</span> Chuck cursed. <span style="color: #0000bf">"I'll find her,"</span> he said. <span style="color: #0000bf">"You stay here in case she comes back."</span><br/><span style="color: #800040">"Hey!"</span> Kai called in Merlot's voice. <span style="color: #800040">"I found the vampire who bit her. She's with a group of people right now, but she'll  be with the white-haired guy and the pink-haired one."</span> Chuck just nodded, got back in his car, and took off.<br/>Kai grinned sadistically as he walked back in the house, but the grin faded when he found Mira still sobbing. Time for a different tactic. Removing his colored contact and shifting back into his nromal self, he knelt beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder. To his surprise, she didn't pull away. He didn't really know what he was going to say, but he just started talking, and the lie formulated itself. <span style="color: #ff0000">"Mira, listen. I didn't want to do this to you, but...there's an organization in Market City that's been trying to take control by slowly killing the important people in the city. All those deaths people say were done by a man in a red coat? Those weren't me. I would never hurt an innocent person. But when the Organization targeted you just to show they had no qualms about killing an innocent, the PM couldn't let that happen. We had to protect you. I had to protect you. I had to find a way to always know where you were, so they couldn't get to you without revealing themselves to us. Please, Mira. I never wanted to hurt you, only keep you safe. Please, let me keep you safe."</span> Kai wore a pained, apologetic expression. He knew he had her by the expression she wore, like everything was starting to make sense. <span style="color: #ff0000">"Please, Mira. I might have only been pretending to be Chuck, but you really do matter to me. I don't want you to get hurt."</span></div>