Grayson hated going home, he felt hollow and alone. He spent three hours at the Hallowed Agency. He had to report to John. It was his first meeting with him. He gave a verbal report as to what happened. No one pressed charges because John agreed that they did everything right. John sent Grayson home to grieve. He walked through the door and Rachel was hugging him and in tears.

"Get off!" He shook her off and backed away. He didn't want sympathy. "I'll be in my room." He stormed off.

He laid on his bed and cried. He mourned for his lover and his friend. Linc was lost to him. He couldn't eat or sleep. He just laid there and focused on Linc. He wanted to see him and talk to him. He just lost him. Linc was a vampire now!

"Shit!" Grayson cried until he fell asleep. He didn't come out of his room and he just hugged the pillow that Linc used. He was done hunting without Linc. Their hunting days were over. He replayed that hunt in his head over and over. They did everything right. Linc was right but...he lost. They lost. He laid in bed under the blanket waiting to die.

Emmett knocked on the door. It had been two days. "Grayson? Phone." He wanted to smile.

"Go away." Grayson was done. He was going to quit.

"Uh, you may want to take this. It's Linc." Emmett barely got the sentence out and Grayson was up and had the phone.

"Hello." Grayson shoved Emmett out and closed his door.

"Gray!" Linc smiled. "Hi."

"Are you okay?" Grayson wiped tears.

"I'm here. Are you okay?" Linc was worried.

Grayson laughed. "No! I had plans when we got back home!"

Linc smiled. "Me too. I'm so sorry, Gray." He cleared his throat.

"Me too. What are you doing there?" Grayson laid on the bed and just listened to Linc's voice.

"Well, I have a lot to learn. I'm taking classes. I'm in vampire rehab. This is fucked up!" Linc laughed. "I had to beg to talk to you but they are very nice here. Nichole is teaching me a lot. I don't know if I will be okay but I am working on things. I want to hunt with you again but...I don't know about that."

"Man, it's so great to hear from you. I am so sorry that..." Grayson stared but Linc stopped him.

"It was my fault and we are not talking about it. I'm sorry too. But I'm alive and if I behave myself I can have my phone. I can call you if you want me to or we can break up and I can let you move on." Linc sighed.

"You better fucking call me!" Grayson smiled. "Please don't break up with me. I don't want to move on! I love you, Linc!"

"Gray. I love you too but I am a vampire now. You know that?" Linc wanted to be clear.

"I know. I do. I don't care. I love you and that changes nothing else. Call me, you prick!" Grayson smiled.

Linc laughed. "Okay. Uh, I have to go but I will call you. Take it easy and don't worry. This vampire stuff is fun. Go and hunt. Gray, I want you to be happy too! I will call and you better be hunting again. I love you!"

"I love you!" Grayson smiled and hung up. He went to his office and made a call then showered and got dressed. He walked down to the kitchen for dinner. He sat.

"You look better." Rachel was relieved.

Grayson nodded. "I talked to Linc. He's okay. He says hello and told us not to quit working so I put in for a new partner." He sighed.

Emmett stared. "A new partner?"

Marcie stared. "Are you sure?"

"Yes. Linc told me to keep hunting and threatened me if I didn't. He sounds good. He said he was having fun and wanted all of us to have fun. I want to move on too. So, we are going to have fun. The next time he calls, I will put him on speaker." Grayson promised.

This became their regular routine. Linc would call every couple of days and talk to everyone. It was great to hear from him. He sounded the same. Nichole would get on the phone and compliment him and his achievements. He was doing well. It was a few weeks of this and they met their new hunter. He was new.

Grayson sighed. This was a kid. He was nineteen. He had a nice resume though. He seemed smart. His name was Nathan Meeker. He was a skater kid. Grayson tolerated him but he missed Linc.

They were at the table at the first dinner with Nathan when Grayson's phone rang. Linc. "Hey, man."

Linc smiled. "Hey. Are you guys eating?"

"Yes. You are right on time. We have our new hunter." Grayson sighed.

Linc smiled. "I see. Hello, new hunter. I'm the old hunter."

Nathan looked at the phone. "Aren't you a vampire?" It sounded like an accusation.

"Yes. I am. So, how is it going?" Linc missed them. "I miss you guys."

"We miss you." Grayson was ignoring Nathan. "Badly."

Linc caught that. "Oh, Gray, So badly. I have dreams too."

Grayson caught that. "Me too. Of hunting with you."

"Yes!" Linc wanted his man.

"Uh, you guys are on speaker!" Marcie had to stop this or there was going to be sex talk on the phone. She giggled. "It's good to see that hasn't changed."

Grayson stood up and walked out with the phone. He closed his bedroom door. "I'm alone."

Linc smiled. "I miss you, Gray. I miss sleeping with you and loving you! I think about our last night together all the time." He got quiet.

Grayson smiled. "Me too." They were silent. "Don't even say it, Linc!" He glared. He wasn't ready to let go.

"What? You know you should, Gray. Is the new guy cute?" Linc smiled.

Grayson growled. "No! He is nineteen and obnoxious. I can't wait to kill him! I miss you and I am not moving on."

Linc sighed. "Gray, this is impossible. You know that. I'm not who I was."

"I. Don't. Care." Grayson was angry. "You better fucking call me tomorrow!"

Linc sighed. "Of course. I love you, Gray. I miss you but I have class. Be good."

"You too. Linc." Grayson sighed. "I love you." He hung up.

Grayson talked to Linc every night after that but he couldn't face the truth that he would have to let Linc go. Soon. He hunted vampires with Nathan but it wasn't as fun. He missed Linc. He hated this change.