Medusa was sure that if Coulter had to kill her or do any harm to her, then he would have already done it. The woman knew there was no point in continuing to lie now. Thus she dropped her pretence and came clean to him, but the succubus kept herself mysterious as she did not want Coulter to know more than he should.
"Deal? Let me ask you too since you are still persistent to extort anything from us."
Medusa paused to see his expressions which immediately changed after the woman gestured to Malcolm. She was sure that Coulter grew cautious of them but it did not stop him from poking information.
The succubus could also guess that the man had not forwarded any information to the higher ups. It was obvious that he wanted to deal with both of them all by himself. And it also raised the curiosity regarding why he would do that. It could potentially risk his job and his own safety too but for some reason he was not thinking about all that shit.
Coulter was the person known to be upright about his job and everything. It was simply not possible that he would hide such a huge and important chunk of information without any reason. Thus Medusa was sure that something was definitely going on in his mind. Coulter was also aware that the succubus was not someone who would be easily persuaded by Lydia.
When things were already unfolding Medusa seized the chance to make sure she could also extort something out of that man. Thus the woman was determined to take him by surprise this time. Coulter looked straight at Malcolm cautiously then shifted his gaze towards Medusa.
He waited for the succubus to say anything while he keenly observed their hand and lips movement. So he could immediately react if any of them cast any spell or attempted to land any attack on him sneakily. No doubt he was trained to be a warrior and knew how to examine his prey and it served him well at that moment.
"Tell me why you are doing this?"
Medusa confronted him directly as she partially agreed to his prior words which disclosed her identity. The confrontation brought a smile over Coulter's face as he was aware about how sharp and witty her race could be. And it appeared to be true now that he was tackling one of them.
"As far as I am aware you are not supposed to hide any kind of information from your higher ups. Especially which can put national safety at huge risk."
The succubus could already take a guess that he had not told the pentagon about them. If he had then both of them would have already been contained somewhere unknown to be executed. Thus it was certain that he sure was hiding something and it made her curious too.
A lopsided grin appeared on Medusa' face as she looked at him with a challenging expression. It seemed she was mocking him for incompetence and treachery when on the other side he had been blaming them for trespassing. How could the woman let go of a chance to taunt him when it was the right time.
Coulter snapped his fingers and a butler came inside, who had been eavesdropping along with other servitude staff. He stopped near him and presented his master a cigar, Medusa could already sense the presence of the staff around by their frightful auras. It was a lucky day that Lydia was not at home to feed on all those poor souls.
The succubus waited for him to light his cigar, and as soon as Coulter released a puff of smoke in the air she continued. Malcolm on the other hand was still unable to comprehend why Medusa told him to examine Coulter's gaze and body language.
The woman suspected that the gate should be present in that very lounge. And it would be easy to confirm if he studied Coulter in that very moment during the conversation. Although the chances were slim that they both could find out from that provocative talk. After all, Coulter was taught how to deal with those kinds of inquiries and react in such situations.
"What are you hiding? Why are you doing this when there is no benefit for you? You do realise that you have given refuge to two trespassers, who do not belong to the vampire kingdom?"
Medusa used blunt words to give him a reality check that he was literally keeping two outsiders. However Coulter was not ready to budge and shifted the conversation back to the actual point.
"So you admit that you are a succubus? Interesting."
He threw back the words at Medusa who was not sure how to react to the sudden occurring trap. She gritted her teeth regarding those words, it was so obvious and she had earlier accepted the fact. But perhaps Coulter wanted to hear it from her mouth.
Or was it his kink? I mean no doubt her voice cast an effect on her each time she spoke.
"Argh! Are you dumb or what? You are still stuck on that matter."
The woman facepalmed herself gently and spoke in irritation. Whereas Coulter chuckled slowly and exhaled another puff before he continued. But this time he decided to reply to the woman truthfully about all her confusions.
It was necessary for all of them to come clean when their goals were connected to each other. Coulter smiled at her as his crimson eyes looked at Medusa with a meaningful gaze. But what came out of his mouth was totally unexpected and the woman had never imagined it.
It appeared that Coulter knew more than he should know. No wonder he let Malcolm off the hook even though he had found a solid proof against him. The blood figure of an incubus casted by Coulter's blood at Jack's home was enough to execute Malcolm.
But since Coulter let him off despite acknowledging the fact that after seeing that proof he eradicated his squad members too. Yes, the people who accompanied him that day were executed to keep that secret. Coulter killed them all with his own hands to prevent the information from going out.
And then he blamed everything on the intruder, who was not at the sight at that moment. His foolproof story helped him get away from that matter. Although it was still unclear why he would do something like that. Why would Coulter go to such lengths to keep a piece of information a confidential secret?
"Witty as I expected.'
He exhaled another puff of smoke and then looked at Medusa. The succubus was perhaps not ready for such a revelation. Although she was also unsure about the words which came from him ahead.
"You must have already sensed the presence of the gateway in my house. That's why you two are here, if I am not wrong in my calculations."
Coulter spoke bluntly and revealed the truth to both of them. He knew about the portal which was classified information. And not many people were aware about this. Coulter was not supposed to know too except for the pentagon.
"And exactly that is why you two are here in my house, totally unscathed. And free of any legal charges of murder."
He reminded both of them about the murder they committed a few weeks ago. It was definitely not possible not to get caught when the special squad was investigating the case.
The words made Medusa flinch upon the utter confrontation which caused her to actually think about the matter. She had completely forgotten about the matter but at that moment it raised her curiosity. The succubus shook her head and confronted him again, her tone became curt strict but there was an utter hint of confusion.
"But it still does not justify why you are doing this. Why would you go through such lengths for us?"
Coulter knew that she would not be an easy person to satisfy with stories. There was no use of beating around the bush when she was constantly bring him back to the main thing. A smile appeared on his lips upon finding that Medusa was not budging and it required more to make her divert.
"Good question. Do you think I would hold onto a job which forces me to aimlessly kill people? A fieldwork where I have to neglect every gender, sex and race and just kill like a monster.'
There was an utter glint of pain in his eyes which made it impossible for Medusa to ignore. She could not help herself but listen to his words carefully, which appear truthful instead of a made up story.
"I am tired of this work, this job which teaches us to have no remorse for killing innocent civilians."
Medusa looked at him with sympathy, it appeared he was also a victim of a corrupted system. But then again what did he want from them?
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