Fully recovered, Dan returned home a few days later and was preparing to return to work, although Darius insisted that he continue to rest for a few more days. He wanted to keep his mind occupied so he wouldn't try to think about Brooke and keep the pain of losing her from coming back to haunt him. Although there was little he could do, because he always thought about her.
Darius considered keeping the fact that he was still alive a secret, but he reminded him that he not only represented the hybrid to Zander, he was also Daniel Ranlone to the rest of society and it was not good to fake his death because no one connected him with the dangerous creature inside him. Only Zander, outside of his family circle, knew he was the hybrid and sooner or later would find out that he was still alive. So he decided to return to his life as a human, while planning with his father the way to take revenge once and for all on that miserable vampire.
One noon he left his apartment to h
The day after his meeting with the detectives, Dan received a visit from Norma and Erick at his apartment. The reason: to talk about the attack on his uncle Christopher's house. The day after the confrontation where Brooke and several policemen died, Christopher went to them to tell them that the unknown creature had indeed saved him from the attack of the vampires and that he had woken up in Central Park hidden in some bushes. He told them that he did not know why he had saved him or why he had taken his computer. Norma told him what had happened hours before in the abandoned industrial park and Christopher assumed, given the times and circumstances in which it had appeared, that perhaps this creature is waging a war against vampires and that it is saving humans who are at risk before his presence. Norma also made the observation that it was strange that his family was the target of them and he just shrugged his shoulders.Remembering all that, Norma was in front of Dan in h
“What you're proposing to me is impossible,” Captain Mulligan told Norma when he suggested baiting one of Zander's concubines to get to him.“Think about it, Captain,” Norma insisted. “That's how Brooke Daniels was kidnapped. We would use one of our flashier officers to lure them in and−”“And die in the process!” Mulligan exclaimed annoyed at the detective's insistence. “We could set a trap for them as you say, but we have seen that these creatures are very agile and fast. They would take our agent with them and kill her when they suspect or find out that she was part of a trap!”Norma could not continue insisting with the captain, at least for the moment. She would have to come up with a plan effective enough to get to Zander and not put the life of an agent at risk.She decided to go back to Daniel Ranlone to get more information about what happened that night when his girlfriend was kid
Talking to that detective about Brooke deepened Dan's feelings of sadness and frustration. Especially when thinking that she could have been one of Zander's concubines or lover. He was so depressed that he didn't want to leave his apartment, not even to buy groceries to replenish his pantry. That same night he wanted to have a drink of whiskey but realized that he did not have it at his house, so he decided to go out and have one in a bar or nightclub. Since he didn't want to have problems, he avoided those close to his house, since he had confirmed that some other vampire came to them, and thus they would not see or recognize him.But he was wrong. His desire to drink some whiskey did not let him see that vampires were scattered throughout the city.He chose a bar in lower Manhattan and once inside he ordered a bottle and brought it to a table. He liked to drink at the bar, but this time was different. He chose a table at the back of the room that seemed to be the most discreet in th
“Do you think he's upset enough that we need reinforcements, Sergeant?” Erick asked Norma as they drove to Dan's house.She was absorbed in the way, thinking. She was still not entirely convinced that Dan could be that enormous and dangerous creature. She didn't want to believe it. No, it can't be him, she thought to herself.“Sergeant…”Erick snapped her out of her thoughts.“What?”“I was asking you if you believed that this young man is the creature and if we might need reinforcements.”“Ah, I don't know, Erick. It's just an assumption we have. A theory…”“The theory of the werewolf… Or something worse, if it exists. In any case, neither of them should exist, just like vampires.”“What are you saying?” Norma was surprised by her partner's comment. “What do you mean?”“Until a few days ago we didn'
After speaking with Zander, Andrew sought out Dansk at the house where he was hiding to get the address of the alpha's son. He couldn't help feeling intrigued by the unexpected request, and he hesitated before answering.“I heard he is dead,” he answered. “He died in the explosion along with the girl. Or not?”“If I'm asking you for his address it's because obviously we know he's not dead,” Andrew told him. “Haven't you heard about the latest events?”Dansk just looked at him, still intrigued.“He's alive, Dansk. This morning he took down a few of our people again, destroyed a group of "marauders" in the center.”Dansk had spent the last few days locked up and was convinced that Dan had been killed in the latest attack on Zander. He didn't want to go see his friend Christopher because he felt embarrassed and didn't want to see him face to face. He felt some relief knowing that the boy was still alive, but now with Andrew asking for his address he thought Zander wouldn't give up and tr
The vampires escaped through the basement windows of the abandoned house and returned to Zander to be assigned a new lair where they could hide. They were two young men, between sixteen and twenty years old. They couldn't talk to him, since Andrew, who was on his way out, asked them why they were in that house if it was forbidden, and even more so if it wasn't Zander's; they told him the police had gone to search the abandoned house and they had no choice but to flee the place. Andrew thought he had no more hiding places where he could take them, except for the only one they had left in the woods but it was very far, already entering Pennsylvania, and it was reserved for the wildest "renegades". He would have to hide them in the gardens of Donaldson's property but without Zander finding out, since he would mercilessly banish them, but before that he asked them to accompany him to pay a "visit" to someone.“Excuse me, Master Andrew, but the membrane is about to expire,&r
Dan hoped his ability to regenerate would help him prove to Norma that the wound was indeed superficial and did not pose a great risk to him. When they got to his apartment, he quickly went into the bathroom, took a small first aid kit and took out a piece of gauze with which he began to dry the blood that flowed from his wounds. He also applied some alcohol to disinfect it and almost howled in pain. The wounds were still very open, despite the fact that the regeneration process had begun.“Come on!” he exclaimed looking at the wounds. “I don't want her to see me like this…”“Are you Ok?” Norma asked from the door, somewhat worried.“Yes, I'm Ok. Like I told you, it's not a big deal. I almost out…” Dan pulled out more gauze and applied it to the wound with more alcohol, then bandaged it. At least he was already stopping the bleeding a little. The pain was almost unbearable.He stripped off the rest of his bloody clothes and tossed them on the floor, put on a robe and went outside. Nor
Shortly after Christopher and Amira arrived and took care of Dan, Norma decided to leave. Amira asked her to stay a little longer but she refused, arguing that she had to see her partner for work reasons. She was surprised that her mother was so attentive to her, and ended up assuming that she was in gratitude for having helped her son when he was attacked hours before.“If you need anything, please let me know,” Norma said to Amira as she handed over one of her cards.“Thank you, Detective. We will take it into account,” Amira replied.When she left the apartment, Norma thought that it was not wise to have offered help to that family, unless they were in danger. She had already done it anyway and hoped that if Dan needed her in any way he would turn to her.Back at the station, she saw that Erick was already waiting for her outside, ready to start surveillance.“There will be no surveillance,” she told him after