Wondering what to do; there was no body, no reality of death – except that Kristi was completely missing, both physically and in her mind. Traveling... North – on foot, yet! – deliberately prolonging her journey from University as she traveled to where the wormhole to Jurassic Lodge was located and when no one was there, then even farther North to the Phoenix Preserve where she was tracked, hunted down and shot by a bunch of marauding psychopaths who seemed to have a seriously lethal grudge. Their tallest men were slightly taller than her but she was quite a petite girl. I would be a giant on their worlds. They were quite pretty too. Faces not terribly dissimilar to human ones but no breasts of course and no visible genitalia. My human host must have been a terribly lonely frightened soul to befriend such an alien people but I knew I was prejudging the whole issue. 'Wait and see' was the best policy. In the middle of the 'night' I heard her whimpering softly and I knocked gently on. Leah's scent was still fresh. He could easily track it to its source. Anthony reached out to Samantha telling her what happened and not to follow him. Samantha understood he had to do this alone and said she would wait for him nearby when it was over as a compromise should he need her for any reason. Tracking Leah's scent Anthony was led to a large mansion outside of the city. A tall metal fence surrounded the huge yard. Security guards both vampire and human could be seen walking the grounds. I could see the bruising where Bill had tried to strangle her. She slowly came to me and when I put my arms out she rushed into them and started to cry."Oh, David, I was so afraid you would hate me after what happened. I have been so mean to you. I don't deserve you being my friend. I'm so sorry you got hurt helping me," it all came out in a rush.I just held her as she cried. Mary was having a hard time watching her daughter in pain and Dr. Hebert was keeping a professional expression on her.