Let’s Meet Sarah- Alsie POV-
I finally reach the station. I park my brand new 2025, black Range Rover, in the parking garage. I look like FED when I pull up to crime scenes in this thing. I not much for all the bells and whistles, but Osiris insisted that my vehicle had the best of everything when I purchased it. I don’t know why he cared, and I don’t know what half of this stuff is or what it does.
I parked my car, got out, locked the doors with the key FOB, and went to find my partner Sarah Johns. I was hoping and praying that Lt Dodson wouldn’t be on shift tonight. I hate that guy. He asks way too many questions about my personal life. He’s borderline inappropriate, aww who am I kidding, he wasn’t borderline, he is just plain inappropriate.
“Good evening, well I guess it’s actually good morning, Detective” I sigh a huge sigh of relief when Sgt Jacobson greets me.
“Hello Sarge. Yea, well under these circumstances I don’t think it’s a good anything.” I respond.
“You’re right about that Detective. This one is particularly weird. 1 dead, and a lot of animals, or I should say animal stuff.”
“Ok, anything else you can give me before I go find Sarah?” I ask.
“No forced entry, a couple of dead cats, big cats. Animal control has already come out and removed them. There were other animals in cages in the back storeroom. But those animals had been removed before we got here. We don’t know what those animals were, how long they had been here, or if they were here when this incident happened. The deceased was discovered in the back storeroom. Janitor called it in. That in of itself is interesting because the listed hours of operation are 7 days a week 6:00pm-4:30am.”
“Thank you, for the rundown. Yes, I agree the closure is interesting, but it may be completely irrelevant. As you and I both know, sometimes things look one way in the beginning and end up being absolutely of no help in the end. Do you have any idea why there would be exotic animals here?” I asked confused.
“Alsie, in that part of town, nothing surprises me anymore.”
With the more detailed info, I start to head towards the bunkroom to wake Sarah, so we can get in her cruiser and head over to Club 8
“Oh, hey Sarge!”
“Yea?”
“Why did animal control remove the cats before we cleared the scene?” I was a bit perplexed by this chain of events. But his answer knocked the wind out of me.
“They removed the cats because people here on scene were starting to ask questions and take pictures with their cell phones. The cats looked like black male lions, which is weird, but one of them appeared to have human like features, including poseable thumbs.”
OK, so Officer Randell wasn’t pulling my leg.
“Told you so Alsie-Alsie. Big cats, and thumbs.”
“It’s just Alsie, Detective Alsie. You do know there is a breed of cats with extra digits, right? They’re called polydactyl cats. Polydactyl means extra digits. It’s really, not that weird, uncommon, but not weird.”
Not going to lie, a big cat, bigger than a lion being a polydactyl is weird. But I’m not about to tell Office Randell that.
I head over to the bunkroom to wake Sarah, so we can get to the scene. I’ve never been to Club 8, never heard of it. That’s not to surprising seeing I live forever away from here.
I get to the bunkroom and as I was about to open the door, it opens, and Sarah walks out. She looks exhausted. Her light brown hair is pulled up in a messy bun, her sage green eyes are bloodshot, and her clothes are rumpled from sleeping.
“Hey Alsie.”
“Hey Sarah, you ready to go? We can take a few minutes if you need to.”
“I’m good. I’m going to go wash my face and brush my teeth, then we can head out.”
“OK sounds good to me. I’ll go downstairs and grab us a coffee from the cart outside. Lucinda was opening up her cart when I walked in.”
“That sounds amazing. Grab me a bacon, egg, and cheese on an everything bagel if she has one, please.”
“I got you partner. Don’t worry about it.”
I head down the stairs, through the security gate that separates the homicide bullpen from the rest of the squad, out the front door and to the coffee cart.
“Hey Lucinda, 2 of the usuals, make Sarah’s a 24oz, quad shot, and 2 bacon, egg, and cheese on everything’s please.”
“You got it Alsie. Did you two leave? You both seem to be working a lot.”
“I left for a few hours; Sarah bunked upstairs. These budget cuts have us stretched thin. It feels like we’re catching back to backs with no time for anything else. It would be nice if people quit killing each other.”
Lucinda hands me the two coffees and two bagels, just as Sarah starts to exit the building.
“You ready Als.” She takes the coffee from me and takes a huge gulp. “Aww, just what I needed. My cruiser is right around the corner. Let’s go.”
We walk around the corner to the secured lot, we badge in, and find Sarah’s cruiser.
“Why so quiet Als? Job got you down, missing home, missing your bed? I know I am. Thank goodness I’m not married. I see why cops have a horrible success rate in the marriage department. Children, forget about it.”
“Osiris kissed me as I was leaving.”
Sarah was taking another big gulp of her coffee when I said this she choked and spit her coffee out all at the same time.
“I’m sorry. WHAT??!! Wait. That big, tall, hot-ass, sexy man that came and took you to lunch last week, kissed you, as you were leaving for work after I spoke with you?”
“Umm, yes, but no. The guy who came for lunch last week was Evander, Osiris is his identical triplet brother. Osiris kissed me in my driveway, Evander was there in the driveway too. Well, all three of them were there in the driveway.”
“Screw this crime scene. I want to hear more of this story. Let me get this straight. There are 3 of those men walking around this earth, that all look like the one that came to have lunch with you. One of them kissed you tonight in your driveway and the other two watched.”
I laugh… hard at this summation of events. “Yeah Sarah, that’s pretty much how it went down. I went home, got a phone call from you, went to leave, three beautiful men where in my driveway and the eldest of the triplets kissed me. I don’t know why; I don’t know what to think about it. It happened.”
“One comes and takes you to lunch, another one kisses you out of the blue… is this some kind of triplet thing?”
All I could think was if you only knew Sarah. If you only knew.
Alsie POV-That was amazing! Nothing like what I experienced with the triplets. Don’t get me wrong that was amazing too, but it felt more animalistic and needy. This was passionate and exciting.My neck was sore where he bit me. My legs were still weak. I needed a minute to gather my thoughts. I also needed a shower.“Hey Love, let’s go get a shower. I’ll help you to the bathroom.”“Thanks Kane.”We walked slowly to the bathroom, once we entered the bathroom, I placed a towel down on the vanity seat and sat down. I winced a little, I was tender down there.“You OK, Love?”“Yea, just a little tender. The last few days I’ve used body parts and muscles, I didn’t even know I had.”Kane laughed out loud, “You mean, you never explored yourself?” he asked with as he looked over his shoulder at me.He was drawing a bath and adding some bath salts. The tub was huge jacuzzi tub and I couldn’t wait to get it in.I chuckled at his question, “No, I’m not saying that. I have explored myself, but it
Kane POV-I kissed her lips again; this time she deepened the kiss. My body was aching for her, and I needed to bite her. It had been almost a week since I last drank from someone. I didn’t know how much more restraint I could muster. I wanted to take my time with my mate, but I also had other needs.I tried to stop these thoughts I didn’t want to be distracted right now; I wanted to be in the moment, and I didn’t want Alsie to pick up on my feelings.“Kane?” she asked quietly“Yes Love?” I responded not releasing my embrace of her.“I know you need to bite me, I know you need to feed.”“Yes, I do Love, but I can wait until the time is right. There is no rush.”“That’s not what your thoughts just shared with me.”“Love, this time is about you, not me.”I knew as soon as the words left my mouth, they were wrong. Alsie’s eyes opened and looked at me filled with rage.“No, this time is OUR time together. I will not spend my time with an ill mate. If you do not feed, you will become sick
Kane POV-I took Alsie by the hand and led her up the last flight of stairs to the master suite.When I opened the door, she gasped and looked at me.“Kane, this is beautiful. The view of the mountains from here is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It looks like we could just open the door and touch them.”“Yes, Love. It almost makes you forget there is a whole house below this room.”“I never want to leave this room. Everything about it is simple but elegant. You’ve got great taste, for a 14,000-year-old vampire,” Alsie snickered.“Oh, I see you’ve got jokes now. Ok, ok, good to know. What do you say we venture out to that balcony and get a real good look of the view.”“Lead the way,” she said playfully.I walked over and opened the balcony door, a swish of cool spring air floated in. Alsie walked over and proceeded to walk out onto the balcony. Once she reached the railing, I walked up behind her put my arms around her waist and nuzzled my chin on her shoulder. She leaned back in
Kane POV- I grabbed Alsie by the hand and lifted her out of the chair she was sitting in. I wanted her now.“Umm, I haven’t finished my meal,” she protested.“I’ll warm you up some later.” I said as I pulled her close to me. I loved the way she smelled, like snickerdoodle cookies.I held her close to me and sniffed her hair. The feel of her touch was making me needy.“Upstairs.” I said into her hair, and she responded by leading the way to the stairs.I watched her take the first couple of steps ahead of me. I stepped up behind her and put my hands on her hips. I needed to touch her.“Mmmm,” she moaned as she leaned back into my chest. “Has everyone left yet?” she asked me in breathless anticipation.“Goddess, I hope so, because if not they’re about to get a show.” I murmured in her ear.We proceeded up the stairs, stopping every few steps to sneak in a kiss and a touch. By the time we got to the 2nd floor I couldn’t wait any longer.The 2nd floor had a landing that had a small couch
Alsie POV-After a long make-out session in the backseat, we pulled up to the cabin Kane had rented for us for the week. A man opened the backseat door for us.“Hello, you must be our guests for the week?”Kane exited the vehicle, and stood just outside of the door, blocking me in the backseat in a protective manner until he was reassured that everything was safe.“Yes, and you must be George?”“Sir.” George acknowledged as he slightly dipped his head.“Mr. Kane, you will find the cabin has been fully stocked, including the items you texted me about earlier today. The kitchen staff have prepared a meal for you and Ms. Alsie. I will take your bags to the master suite located on the 3rd floor.”“Thank you, George.” George grabbed our bags from the trunk of the car, and once George had made his way towards the open front door, Kane reached in the backseat and grabbed my hand. I slid over to Kane and took his hand in mine; Kane helped me out of the car.“It’s breathtaking.” I said quietl
Alsie POV-I watched out the window as we drove to the lake cabin. The scenery was beautiful, snow-capped mountains, tall evergreen trees, grassy hillsides, bright, vibrant wildflowers in full bloom, colors of orange, pink, purple, and white dotted everywhere you looked. A few small waterfalls of snow runoff, coming off the rock formations, and spilling into small streams. It was quiet and serene.“Kane, this drive has been beautiful.”“I’m glad you are enjoying it, Love.”On instinct I moved closer to Kane. Him and I were in the backseat of the luxury car being driven by a car company. The more time I spent with him, the more I was drawn to him. Kane is beautiful. He is over six feet tall, thin build, but strong. He has blue-grey eyes, a clean-shaven, chiseled jaw, perfect skin, not a blemish or acne scar in sight. He has dark blonde hair with darker colored highlights, his hair is cut short, but it suits him. “You keep staring at me.”“Sorry,” I said and turned away, my cheeks get