So I lied. “It’ll be a while before we get there. You should lie down and sleep.”
I changed lanes. When I looked in the mirror next, he was lying down.
“You’re listening to me?” I muttered incredulously to myself, but apparently, he heard me, because he responded.
“It’s a small thing to give you.”
After that, he didn’t say anything else and it wasn’t long before I pulled up in front of Pierce’s house. From my humble experience, Schroder’s home was a mansion, but Pierce’s was a castle. Vampires were such materialistic bastards.
I stopped the car and cut the ignition.
“Are we there already?” came the weak voice from the back.
I feigned ignorance. “I’m not sure. There’s someone inside I need to talk to. Wait here. I’ll be back.”
There was no sound from Schroder, so I just assumed his
