Chosen by Fate, Rejected by the Alpha

Chapter 875

Chapter 875: Chapter 60- Trinity – The Intense Investigations Continue (VOLUME 5)

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Trinity

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After I had Alexio take Talia back to the car, it was time for us to investigate the scene. It was similar to most that we had been to, except for the fact that the girl had been raped by her killer as well. That was a first, and it might provide us with some semblance of information that we might need.

The same words were found at the scene as we found at all of them, but that was essentially it. There were cameras near the parking lot that we were going to be getting the footage for, but that was about as good as we were going to get. Hopefully that would give us something to go off of.

I was also struck by the fact that this killer didn’t lure the victim out like the others had been. Before, the victims’ souls had recounted that they seemed to be called out from inside their homes and lured to this place so that they could be attacked and killed. This girl was here by chance. She was meeting a girl for a date. This man that found her knew what she was and chose her because she happened to be there. I don’t know if that was somehow worse or not. Either way, I was pissed that there was still someone like this killing my people.

There wasn’t much for us to learn here, so we headed back to where we had parked. I was leaving Shane and David behind so that they could comb for witnesses and any residual evidence that I might have missed. I wanted to get the full story from Talia, as well as observe the body. Not to mention that Talia needed to free the soul from the body as well. And that was best done sooner rather than later. No need to let the girl suffer even more than she already had. And we had four other bodies to see as soon as we could.

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While walking back to where we had parked, I could see Alexio and Talia in the SUV. It’s a good thing that I knew that Alexio would never do anything to Talia. Because he was sitting with his arm around her, comforting her as she calmed down. Talia was also leaning against his arm, her head resting against him. If she were older or if there were other things going on between the two of them, I knew that Reece would not be very happy with the way that scene looked.

From an outsider, it might appear that there was more going on between the two of them. I knew better though. I knew that Alexio was nothing more than a good friend and pseudo family member to Talia. She loved him, but it was a platonic love. Not to mention that Alexio respected Talia too much to take advantage of her. He wanted to serve her when she became queen, and he couldn’t do that if he crossed a line. Still, it was a sight that would give most people pause. That was for sure.

“Are you feeling better, Talia?” I asked her as she exited the vehicle. They had seen us coming and had moved to greet us.

“Yes, I am.” She was nodding. “I am sorry that I lost my composure.” She was hanging her head in shame like she had done something wrong.

“It’s alright, Talia. You experienced something quite traumatic. It is understandable that you would have a reaction like that.” I didn’t want her to feel responsible for what had happened, so I was taking the blame off of her as much as I could. I didn’t want her to think that she had done anything wrong here. She was just trying to help us out on a case that I involved her in. She shouldn’t have had to see that in the first place.

“I will tell you about the dream, Mom, I will. However, I want to go and help her first. OK?” She seemed firm in her resolution about that.

“That’s fine, sweetheart. We can go there now. You can tell me about the dream as we fly to the next scene.” I offered her a solution and she nodded immediately to agree.

“Thank you.”

We loaded back into the SUVs, leaving one behind for Shane and David when they were done. Then, with somber faces and heavy hearts, we drove to the coroner’s office. The coroner and the morgue that the body was in, was located in the hospital. I almost laughed when I saw the name of the hospital. It was called Trinity Memorial. Also, along the way, we passed by St. Reece’s high school. I couldn’t contain my laughter about it and almost made Reece, who was driving, lose his composure as well.

In the hospital, Abraham led us to the morgue that was located in the basement. I never understood why they always put the morgue in the basement. Was it so that it would seem that much more creepy compared to the rest of the hospital? I don’t know, but it was just odd, and I didn’t like it.

“Hey Doc.” The man that was in the morgue called out when Abraham led us into the room. “Are these the ones that you were telling me about?” The man that was talking looked to be in his early twenties. He was average looking with brown hair and eyes, a slight build, and pale complexion. I could tell he didn’t get much sun.

“Yes, these are them.” Abraham looked back at me. “This is Queen Trinity Grey and King Reece Grey. Their daughter Princess Talia, and the entourage that they are traveling with are their guards and other employees.”

“It’s nice to meet you.” The man nodded his head after Abraham introduced us. “My name is Dr. Emmet Long. I would have liked to meet with King Dietrich, but I understand that he had other business to attend to.” That answered that question, Dr. Long was a vampire.

“It is nice to meet you.” I nodded and shook his hand. “Yes, Dietrich has business in Germany at the moment. He will be joining us at a later date.”

“That’s cool. I will meet him eventually. He is a legend to us all, and I can tell you that I would love to meet with my King.” This man was young, but not as young as he looked. Still, he was someone that Abraham trusted so I didn’t have to worry. Not to mention Vincent or Gabriel would tell me if there was someone that we shouldn’t take at face value. It was nice having their powers in the group.

“Now, can I back you up for a moment? Did you call Abraham Doc?” I was confused at the moment. That was an odd nickname for a detective.

“Yeah. He’s a doctor, so why wouldn’t I?” Dr. Long looked confused.

“Really? I thought that you were a detective since you were helping with the investigation.” I was eyeing him with suspicion.

“Sorry for the misunderstanding. I am not a cop at all. I am just in charge of this area when it comes to nonhumans. About fifteen years or so ago, I was named the leader of this area. When there were more nonhumans that moved into the surrounding cities and whatnot. There wasn’t a big population of them to begin with, and the main shifters that live here are from the water. So, they got someone from the water to keep an eye on things. And to be clear about it, I am one of the last sea dragons in existence. My wife and I live happily with our children in this very city.”

“Oh, wow. I did not expect that.” Reece was just as shocked as I was. “It’s cool to meet a dragon though. I thought that they were truly just myths.”

“Ha ha. You should know that all the myths are true.” Abraham laughed in response. “Now that this little misunderstanding is cleared up, you can call me Doc. Mostly everyone does ever since my brother in-laws started calling me that a long time ago. They even work for you. I don’t know if you knew that. They’ve been with your company since graduating.” Doc was smiling as if he was talking about his kids and not his brother-in-laws. “Ocean, Makai, Ben and Ryan Waters. They are good kids. Though I guess they’re not kids anymore.” He laughed.

“That’s cool. I will look them up.” Reece grinned. “Now, sorry to cut the reminiscing short, but we should get back to work here.”

“Ahh, yes, I am sorry. I sometimes get nostalgic and go off on tangents.” Doc looked embarrassed. “That is just part of the territory when you are almost two hundred years old.”

“I get that. Dietrich does it all the time.” Reece sighed sympathetically. “The two of you would probably get along really well.”

The talk died down as it should have, and that was when Dr. Long led us over to where the body was. It was in another of those large drawers that pulled out. Until this case started, I had only ever seen them in movies and on TV. Now I was seeing them all the time. I didn’t like this, I wasn’t in the profession of death, so I didn’t want to see it on a daily basis. I wanted to help my people live and survive. And here I was not even able to solve these murders. I couldn’t help anyone at all. I couldn barely keep up with these people and all that they were doing to my people.

I was such a failure.

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