He looked up just in time to see two large figures flying overhead, their blue and black cloaks flapping wildly in the wind.
They landed with no sound at all upon the pavement of Xavier’s manor.
“This is not normally our job—”
“Never been asked to do it before—”
“But General Vonderheide requests your presence at his manor—”
“Instantly, it would seem—”
“Rather important—”
“Very grave—”
Xavier stared at the Erasers in front of him. He had no trouble identifying who they were for it was stitched clearly against their cloaks. The Erasers flew across seemingly every inch of their cloaks, done with white thread most brilliantly.
“Victor requests my presence?” Xavier clarified, for it was hard to understand them before; they jumped upon each other’s sentences, finishing the previous one for the other.
“Most grave,” the taller of the two repeated. His face lined with a dark expression, telling Xavier that these two were not joking in the least despite the manner in which they spoke.
“Of what priority would you say this is?” Xavier asked them.
The shorter of the two, with a small face and short red hair, pulled out a small piece of paper from his cloak. He cleared his throat, reading it with the air of someone addressing Dracula himself, “Is it not something I can discuss in front of the Erasers, Xavier, but you must go to my home the moment the Erasers have read you this note. Lillith will be there, filling you in on what has happened. I, after acquiring the Erasers to locate you, am heading to Damion’s manor. I fear the human woman is in grave danger. And yes, she’s been found Xavier. All will be explained by Lillith, I’m sure.
“ -General Victor Vonderheide,
“Secondary Lord of the Vampire Order.”
-The Erasers: Chapter Sixteen; The Dark World: A Delacroix Novel
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