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not least, a
combined total of eleven bank accounts in excess of one point five billion
dollars. What the hell was this?
I looked up at Ceara questioningly, and her eyes widened
with understanding.
Ceara explained, “That is the combined worth of all the
liquid and business assets that Charis and Alexios built over the last two
thousand years. They are yours now Ben, it’s how our world works. Of course,
they were transferred to a different name, and if you look in the folder pocket
you’ll find identification for a Ben Franklin. You see, transferring that much
to your real name would open up too many questions. It’s better if you file as
two separate people.”
Ben Franklin, really? I almost laughed.
“I had no idea, I was just defending myself.”
Ceara shrugged, “It is what it is. Of course, that packet
includes the building we’re sitting in now. I’ll vacate it within the next
couple of days. The staff of course will stay, but I felt it prudent to move
to another city entirely to keep down confusion, which means you are also in
charge of Chicago.”
In charge of Chicago. I nodded inanely like I had a clue
what that meant. Then I remembered what I was, and pulled all the information
and tried to make sense of it. Well, it cleared up one thing, Caroline called
me boss because she was now my personal assistant, and she was here to keep an
eye on the company for me. She was also my liaison and interface to the other
vampires that worked here. In addition to their normal work, the vampires here
would respond to circumstances needing to be covered up to maintain secrecy.
Caroline was newly made vampire, less than a handful of
months, but the rest of the vampires in Chicago were terrified of me, so much
so that apparently they wouldn’t have problems accepting her authority in my
name. She was trustworthy too, and probably too nice for the position she was
in, but she could handle it.
Apparently I only needed to get directly involved if there
was a rogue the senior people couldn’t take out, or if someone came in to try
and takeover. Oh, and I was insanely rich.
Ceara was going to Seattle to rule the vampire race from
there, as well as try and find replacements for Charis and Alexios, but didn’t
plan on telling me that. She was worried if we were both here, it would
confuse things as to who was in charge, and who the vampires in this building
reported too. There was also the practical matter that as the ruler of the
vampire race, it wouldn’t look right if she reported to another being, and was
seen to be subservient to me.
After yesterday, that meant her only choice was to move.
I kind of got that, she would already have enough problems
keeping them in line with the death of the other two councilors. She wouldn’t
have an issue taking over there, a vampire already ran it who was her ally, and
she had a number of businesses there already.
As far as the rules of the vampire race, Ceara would be in
charge, as far as this business and covering up supernatural shenanigans in
Chicago, apparently I was. This was crazy, and a complete surprise. Aitheria
was laughing on my shoulder, no doubt enjoying my shock. I made a note to
myself to pull information on business, both here and internationally.
Apparently I had people that took care of that now, but I’d need to be able to
check up on them.
It sounded not fun, but being as I was ridiculously wealthy
now, I supposed I could bear it.
Then of course there were my family’s enemies, who seemed to
have a lead on me already. How the hell was I supposed to lay low running a
damned city? Then again, it was more just a lot of responsibility, and not all
that much authority. I just had to make sure exposure didn’t happen.
“I wasn’t expecting any of this, but I can accept it.”
If I didn’t, then who would? Ceara was the only one here
capable of it, and she was leaving.
Ceara said, “If you have
combined total of eleven bank accounts in excess of one point five billion
dollars. What the hell was this?
I looked up at Ceara questioningly, and her eyes widened
with understanding.
Ceara explained, “That is the combined worth of all the
liquid and business assets that Charis and Alexios built over the last two
thousand years. They are yours now Ben, it’s how our world works. Of course,
they were transferred to a different name, and if you look in the folder pocket
you’ll find identification for a Ben Franklin. You see, transferring that much
to your real name would open up too many questions. It’s better if you file as
two separate people.”
Ben Franklin, really? I almost laughed.
“I had no idea, I was just defending myself.”
Ceara shrugged, “It is what it is. Of course, that packet
includes the building we’re sitting in now. I’ll vacate it within the next
couple of days. The staff of course will stay, but I felt it prudent to move
to another city entirely to keep down confusion, which means you are also in
charge of Chicago.”
In charge of Chicago. I nodded inanely like I had a clue
what that meant. Then I remembered what I was, and pulled all the information
and tried to make sense of it. Well, it cleared up one thing, Caroline called
me boss because she was now my personal assistant, and she was here to keep an
eye on the company for me. She was also my liaison and interface to the other
vampires that worked here. In addition to their normal work, the vampires here
would respond to circumstances needing to be covered up to maintain secrecy.
Caroline was newly made vampire, less than a handful of
months, but the rest of the vampires in Chicago were terrified of me, so much
so that apparently they wouldn’t have problems accepting her authority in my
name. She was trustworthy too, and probably too nice for the position she was
in, but she could handle it.
Apparently I only needed to get directly involved if there
was a rogue the senior people couldn’t take out, or if someone came in to try
and takeover. Oh, and I was insanely rich.
Ceara was going to Seattle to rule the vampire race from
there, as well as try and find replacements for Charis and Alexios, but didn’t
plan on telling me that. She was worried if we were both here, it would
confuse things as to who was in charge, and who the vampires in this building
reported too. There was also the practical matter that as the ruler of the
vampire race, it wouldn’t look right if she reported to another being, and was
seen to be subservient to me.
After yesterday, that meant her only choice was to move.
I kind of got that, she would already have enough problems
keeping them in line with the death of the other two councilors. She wouldn’t
have an issue taking over there, a vampire already ran it who was her ally, and
she had a number of businesses there already.
As far as the rules of the vampire race, Ceara would be in
charge, as far as this business and covering up supernatural shenanigans in
Chicago, apparently I was. This was crazy, and a complete surprise. Aitheria
was laughing on my shoulder, no doubt enjoying my shock. I made a note to
myself to pull information on business, both here and internationally.
Apparently I had people that took care of that now, but I’d need to be able to
check up on them.
It sounded not fun, but being as I was ridiculously wealthy
now, I supposed I could bear it.
Then of course there were my family’s enemies, who seemed to
have a lead on me already. How the hell was I supposed to lay low running a
damned city? Then again, it was more just a lot of responsibility, and not all
that much authority. I just had to make sure exposure didn’t happen.
“I wasn’t expecting any of this, but I can accept it.”
If I didn’t, then who would? Ceara was the only one here
capable of it, and she was leaving.
Ceara said, “If you have
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