He was never meant to get away. In his head and in his head, Lachlan new that. He knew it was a fluke that he was able to break free of the chains that held him. He got lucky that his captor had been too distracted by his very sudden broken nose to realize that Lachlan had slipped his cuffs. It was a stroke of luck that through his fight to be free he managed to sleep free. So focused on the pain that went with having a fang torn from him that he barely registered the pain that came with breaking a few of the bones in his thumbs to be free. \
As he reared back and smashed his head into his hunter's nose, blood poured not just from the man’s face but from Lach’s mouth. The loss of the fang pained him and the cuts and bruises as well as the broke bones he’d sustained only added too it. Lachlan hadn’t stopped to consider options, the moment he was free, the moment he was able to knock the man back, he pounced. The fang his still hand, as well as the rest of his teeth, tore through the throat of the man with ease.
He was an animal designed for one thing and one thing only. He’d spent a century respectively ignoring the beast inside of him, but when the moment came, when he truly needed to give in, his monster was right there, waiting and ready. The man, Lachlan didn’t know. His name had not been told to him and even if it had, he didn’t care. He was dead and Lachlan had found himself free.
He hadn’t even been that far from home, which shocked him. A little warehouse near the river. He was almost sure he’d walked past it a few times on his treck around the little town. It hardly mattered, though. Where one hunter was, there was more. Lachlan had made up his mind the moment he’s stepped outside. He would not be staying in this town.
Under the cover of night, Lachlan moved quickly and quietly. His home had been trampled and turned into a crime scene. The tape, broken and torn away still remained in places. Someone had cared enough to try and look for him. At least for a moment. Lachlan didn’t feel much warmth in that thought. Not like he should have. Or perhaps would have, had he been the same man he was before. He didn’t need much light to go about his task of packing, but he turned on one small light on his bedside table. Just so that he could feel like he wasn’t completely alone.
It was such a silly concept, a vampire afraid of the dark, but Lachlan wasn’t completely free of his chains, not yet, so the light gave him a small bit of comfort. The only other comfort Lachlan found in his home was the scent of familiarity and the sense of calm. The bookstore had been wrecked, but his apartment had not been touched by the memories of the attack. His bed was still soft and inviting, though sleep was not likely to be found until he was out of town, possibly out of the country.