Now more than ever, Caroline was beginning to curse herself for not listening to Axelâs warningâŠno, actually she wasnât as she felt she was doing the right thing, however she did regret not telling Sam and letting him come with her, yet then again he probably would have just made the situation worse, her beta boyfriend did not take too kindly too people in the pack being threatened and had he been here, his temper over the Sheriffs hurtful words would have probably boiled over. Perhaps an anonymous tip would have sufficed. âThatâs rich, Miss KingâŠDo you expect me to pity you? To accept your sob story and renounce my ways?"â Sebastian spoke in sarcastic tones as he rose to his feet in an evident attempt to stamp his authority. He wanted her to cower in her seat, to see the fear in her eyes, but Caro was stronger than that, Sebastian may have been a hunter but she held the true authority, or so she believed. Narrowing her eyes, Caroline glanced up at him with steel hues, her pretty face locked in stern expression as she idly shook her head. âNo, I donât expect that. Iâve come to realise, over the years that hunters tend to be the most stubborn of species.â
"If you had been raised to believe that your kind was evil, were killers, wouldn't you find it hard to renounce those ideas?...Read the old fables, Miss King...not one shows your kind in a positive light. And why should they? Vampires and werewolves have been preying on humans for ages-- I'm sure you're familiar with the incident in 2010? What do you think caused those people to disappear?" Had she let them, Sebastianâs words could have easily sent her into spiralling depression, he was right of course. Her kind had been hated and hunted across the ages, she wasnât as naĂŻve as to think all of her species were as peaceful as the Wolff pack, but she refused to believe that they were naturally born killers, for not once had she ever felt the lust neither to kill nor to terrorise. âNo, they are not. But every species has good and evil, are you going to sit there and tell me that all humans are good? No. Because you canât, you are being hypocritical sir, narrow minded, there are peopleâŠhumans roaming streets who are murderers, rapists, paedophiles.â She pauses for a second, taking the time to look over him, âarenât they the real monsters? Now, Iâm not going to sit here and say we are perfect, just victims in this game because like humans, there are some who do cause violence, do kill and I whole heartily agree that they should be promised. Just remember this, not all which are different are evil.â
Silence suddenly filled the office and Caroline was thankful, she was certain that had been forced to defend herself further he may have sensed the quake in her voice and that would not have done her any favours, perhaps only sealed her fate. "Now, your information would be greatly appreciated in this case⊠Could you give me a name to record...or, a physical description if you must?" The sudden change in Sebastianâs tone was surprising to say the least, his professionalism and decorum coming back into play. She nodded absentmindedly, preparing to tell him what she knew, when his phone rang. Caroline nodded as he muttered âone momentâ towards her, before answering the phone and turning away from her.
Caroline did what could not to eavesdrop, her eyes darted around the small office, to look at the various sheets of paper and maps around the room. It was then she remembered the camera she had in her bar, the one that would have gotten the perfect shot of the vampire from its position. Suddenly she reached across his desk grabbing a sheet of paper and pen before quickly scrawling a message across the face of the sheetâ.
Cameraâs in bar. Meet me there in an hour.
Rising from her seat, she hastily left the office and the station almost running towards her jeep. With any look, the tapes had not been wiped yet and that had caused her to drive slightly faster than she should have done to get back to her bar. Pulling up in the small car park beside the establishment, Caroline had barely turned off the engine before she was out of the car and jogging towards the door, she fumbled with the keys before finding the right one and unlocking the latch she made her way inside. Walking across the bar floor, she made her way towards the small office in the back and sat herself down and began to scrawl through the tape, keeping a watchful eye open for the vampire to cross the screen.