Chapter 39

Lucianus

I waited for a time, keeping track of Stella, and waiting for her to make her move. She may not be human, but she was just as stupid as many of them if she thought that I wasn’t going to keep a close watch on her and just trust that my threat was enough.

My wife told me more often than not that once Stella had decided to do something, there was almost no stopping her, even if it was a bad idea. She turned and headed out of the park. I glided through the shadows, following her silently for the rest of the night as she went around the city.

I followed her this way for three days. She wasn’t active during the day, but she moved her place of rest seemingly sporadically. There was a hotel, a few apartment buildings, and a few houses that she frequented, but most of the nights, she spent her time wandering around the city.

For a while, I thought she was simply lost and looking to learn the layout. She captured someone to feed on and dumped their body carelessly in an alley. I a