You paid HOW MUCH? WHO: Carrick and Karena WHERE: Carrick's house WHEN: Week 4, Monday evening. WHY: WARNINGS:
It was shortly after sunset and Lord Carrick was halfway between being asleep and awake when he heard someone knocking on the door of the bedroom above him. He rose from the ancient stone coffin in which he spent the daylight hours and crossed to the secure door which was the only entrance and exit from the crypt-like room. He keyed in a sequence of numbers then leaned forwards to the retinal scanner. The door clicked open and he walked up the steeply sloping corridor and unlocked another door before he entered his bedroom.
The evening's mail stood on a tray on his dresser, along with a small pot of steaming hot caffeinated blood and an espresso cup. He poured himself a drink while he browsed through the letters. One was from the Crescent Hills auction house. Curiously, he opened it and stared in disbelief at the sizable bill it contained.
Grimly, he threw on a dressing gown and stalked out of his bedroom. His daughter had a lot to explain.