Chapter 51

         Ice tensed as the door opened. He really didn’t want to be raped again, but the person entering was a stranger. He took an experimental sniff. The intruder was male and a vampire. The bed shook as the strange vampire sat beside him.

“I need you to hold perfectly still. Can you do that for me?”

Ice nodded. He felt the stranger grab one of his wrists. There was a burning cold sensation and the stranger pulled his wrist sharply. When his wrist was released, the handcuff was gone although it ached from the cold. The stranger repeated the procedure on his other wrist.

Ice sat up and removed his blindfold and gag. An older, grey vampire sat next to him. Ice worked his jaw and swallowed a few times. The stranger handed him a glass of plasma juice. Ice drained it in seconds.

“Thank you. Who are you and what do you want?”

The stranger smiled. “You’re welcome. I am a private investigator for an elite body. I’m here to rescue you. Your captor overstepped his boundaries and will be dealt with.” He paused, “I know you probably are dying for a shower and you certainly need one, but our resident physician needs to examine you and take pictures of what was done to you before you can bathe. He’ll try to make it as stress-free as possible. Are you up to it?”

Ice nodded, trying to hold back tears of relief. He was free. He was going home.

He got up and followed his rescuer from the bedroom to the familiar medical lab. Another male vampire was examining the computer and the lab equipment. He looked up and smiled.

“You must be Ice.”

“Yes, how did you know my name?”

“I can’t tell you that.”

Ice looked around but the exit was blocked by the first vampire.

“Doctor, stop scaring the boy. We know your name because your friend Aaron hired me to find you. He showed me a picture,” the investigator explained.

“Can you make sense of the computer files while I examine him?” the doctor asked.

The other nodded and sat down at the computer. Ice sat on the examination table and patiently complied with the doctor’s requests.

 

Finally the doctor was finished. He handed Ice a robe to wear.

They escorted Ice out of the lair and into a car. Ice stretched out on the backseat and dozed.