Lioness of Royal Blood

Ignoring him, Vitani scoured the building for anything that could be, or hide a bomb. Sweat beaded on her forehead as she counted down the seconds, surely several minutes had passed by now. If there was a bomb at all. Even though her hands were shaking, Vitani took some pride in that the Boogieman killer had been stopped, even at the cost of her own death.

Snarling, Vitani lurched forward and grabbed him. "No, you're going to tell me where the bomb is, I'll disable it, you'll get arrested and you'll die in a cell!" And she would take a long holiday for several weeks, with Luke, Throwing him away, Vitani went back to searching.

James called off the cars and told everyone to evacuate the surrounding neighbourhood. Who knew how strong this blast was going to be. The Boogieman, sensing that Vitani would go after the bomb, ran down the stairs to the level where it was and stood opposite her. "I wouldn’t." he warned.

"Always am." She tried to smile. "I'll figure something out, now, you have to leave. Right now." Before he could protest, she was already bolting back into the building, searching through everything to try and find the bomb.

"No!" he exclaimed. "I won’t let you die with him, dammit!" He refused to let a good friend and detective die at such a young age for the sake of a lunatic with a bomb. It wasn’t right.

"Three minutes. I don't know if it's the truth, but you have to leave. I can hold him back as long as I can, but you have to go." Let the partial truth die with her. Vitani kept glancing back at the Boogieman, he truly was crazy. "James, just go."

"I’m sorry, Leo…" he said rhythmically. "But if I go down, you’re coming with me." He looked almost pitiful, his eyes glazed over with nothing but sympathy lining his hues. "The building is rigged with explosives. It’ll blow up in three minutes and all your little friends will be obliterated with us."

If he meant the afterlife, which Vitani guessed he did, then it wasn't going to happen. Lifting her chin, she almost breathed a sigh of relief hearing cars pulling up. "Just give up." She murmured. "Give up now. While you still can." Make it easy on her.

A laugh erupted from Oliver and he shook his head. “Don’t try your technical bullshit on me, Leo…” he murmured, folding his arms and sighing heavily. “It’s very borin’.” By this time, James was reaching the street, jumping out of his car as fast as he could.

"Why does a Boogieman enjoy creating such nightmares?" Vitani asked, maybe a little psychology to try and figure him out. By now James should have got to her note, be on his way, if she could stay alive until then, find out the Boogieman's secrets. All this could be forgotten.

Raising her chin, Vitani watched every move of his, trying to figure him out. "And do these people tell you who to kill, or is that all your doing?" There had to be a link, something piecing them together. It could simply be mindless killing, Vitani refused to see it that way.