Belle Adams' Butler 186 Grim in the council- Part 4

To know if the councilman was indeed the Grim reaper who was hiding in here for years, he would have to go touch the person to confirm his suspicion. He looked at the way people conversed with him. A person like him who appeared to be a saint was the most suspicious character, thought Lucas to himself. There were too many things that were hidden beneath that pleasant, kind, lovable surface. 

"You did a good job, Councilman Fitz. I was looking all over the room but don't know how I happened to miss it," answered Councilman Creed, "I will be sure to return the favour back."

Another man who stood with Councilman Creed only smiled and when his eyes fell on Lucas who was looking at them, Lucas was the first one to bow and the other man bowed back. 

Lucas started to walk away from them too as the young man left the councilmen but when the two older councilmen were far away, Lucas had returned back to listen in on their conversation. 

"You need to do something about Lionel's team, Creed. They keep trying to disrupt every little thing that we do."

"A small thread once pulled will remove all the other threads that are around it. I have got it covered already. They won't be working many cases for long now," said Creed, removing his eye patch that was covering his eye. When he opened both of them, one eye was red and the other eye was black in colour. 

A corrupted vampire, look at that, thought Lucas to himself. 

Grim reapers shared similar eyes to the corrupted vampires but now that Lucas took a closer look at the Councilman named Creed, he doubted that this was the Grim Reaper he was looking for. He appeared to be a pureblooded vampire, who had spoken about a team who he was trying to get rid of. 

Lucas would have left at that point but then appeared the person. The Grim reaper indeed was here and he knew the two councilmen who stood there well. 

"Good evening, Councilman Abel and Councilman Creed," said the man, his black ash hair pushed back almost turning to spikes at the end and his eyes that were electrifying blue in colour, "You both appear to be busy this noon."

Councilman Abel was the one to reply to the man, "We were speaking about your dear friend's team."

The man smiled at this, a certain wildness which was contained in his eyes, "Hmm, Lionel's team?"

"They have been creating quite some issues when it comes to clearing the cases. We had the black witches tie around to work in the village and the bodies were still in the process of being harvested but they came and screwed it over. At this rate, it would be difficult to handle not only the villagers but also people in the council," said Abel with a displeased tone. 

Listening to this, the blue-eyed man smiled.

Creed pulled out a cigar and lit it, "This project that we are working on is very important and we need to make sure that the gates shall be opened," it would be a pity if he didn't get what he had signed himself for, thought Creed to himself. 

"Do not worry gentlemen. Your promises will be fulfilled on time. After all, it was part of the deal. Especially with the stars out of the picture, the assurance of success is high," answered the young man.

"Do you know what's going on there?" asked Councilman Creed, "Lionel's team has been efficient but since the girl had arrived, they happened to be able to solve much faster. Things not even Igor's team was able to do has gone to them and you know how many words of influence it takes to manoeuvre the cases so that it falls under our teams."

"You are his best friend now, Greed," said Abel to have the blue-eyed man laugh. 

"Maximilian might be close to Leonard, but Leonard doesn't give out information to me," answered Greed who was possessing Maximilian's body, "Though I will say this much that there must be something about the girl. You should probably take her out. I have taken his body only a while ago which is why it doesn't listen to me no matter how much I try to control it. It keeps shutting me in and out, especially when I am around Leonard or Vivian. When the man wakes up and I cannot hear anything." 

"Kill him and make use of the body. Didn't you say you just needed a vessel?" asked Councilman Creed. 

"I don't even know what you are doing here-"

"Councilmen, you are forgetting something. I am no slave of yours to do your bidding. Also, that will give away too many suspicions. There are already enough eyes that follow me around, I wouldn't like to kill him right now," answered Greed, "Until later then," saying this, he walked away from them.

Both Creed and Abel stared at the man who left, not whispering a word until he was out of sight, "What are you going to do with this one? He barely listens to what is being told to him," asked Abel. 

"I will have the switcher take him out. The switcher is of better use compared to this one who is here only for his use," said Councilman Creed. 

During the time of the evening, the switcher who had taken the form of Dutan, a fellow mate of Councilman Lionel's team went in search of the reaper. The switcher and reaper being of the same world, before Greed could turn around, the switcher struck the reapers head and pulled out the heart, without knowing who exactly Greed was. 

The switcher dragged the body deep into the woods. 

Throwing the person before going back to the council as if nothing had happened. The wolves were near and they would come feed on his flesh where there would be no doubt, thought the switcher before leaving. Maximilian's body continued to lay on the ground, unmoving as his heart had been taken out of his chest, but the reaper who had been possessing the body for some time now, stood up, laughing at the thought that the switcher thought he could kill him that easily. 

"You are as crazy as I last saw you."

Hearing a voice speak behind him, Greed turned around to find Lucas leaning against the tree.

"And who might you be...?" Greed asked, his eyes brightening up at the scent of the reaper. 

Chapter end