Night Sirens

<p>The feeders walk among us. They sap our energy and cause sudden old age death. Governments tell people it's a virus. If told the truth it would shatter the fabric of humanity.</p><p> </p><p>It started innocently enough. Frank Hram sipped a bourbon at Blink's Bar winding down for the day. Dan sat beside him and they exchanged small talk. A striking woman black hair falling to her waist walked in and Dan had to have her. Frank recognized her as a feeder but didn't worry too much about it. He watched them leave figuring Dan was in for one hell of a night.</p><p> </p><p>As a Covenant Keeper Frank had a side job far removed from his full-time one as a financial consultant. He killed rogue feeders who took too much from their victims causing them to suddenly die of old age. On Friday night at Blink's having a drink before going out for dinner Dan came up and Frank did not recognize him. The man looked sixty and Frank knew he had to kill the woman. On Monday a TV news clip announced Dan's death. He arranged a seemingly innocent date with her then drained her of her energy. She had three to five days before she died.</p><p> </p><p>Detective Nadala Robinson transferred to Taskforce Crimson got the job of finding out who killed a small-time pimp Lenny the Finger one of taskforce's informers and a possible rogue feeder. Her boss suspected the Covenant got to him but it could also have been a gangland murder. He then told her to look into Daniel Poole's case. His gut said there was a connection. Orders were orders and Nadala started digging into both cases. She had her common denominator-Frank Hram. Early into the investigation she found she had a conflict of interest ... a possible infatuation with Frank and life suddenly becomes a whole lot more difficult for everybody.</p>