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[arnoldrothstein]

AR is not a man caught unawares often, nor was he someone who neglected had a back up plans. He is known for his cold calculating way of thinking, his refined persona and the fury and rage of wolf reigned tightly back by a schoolboy smile and terrible poker face.  All of that was true.

Or had been 24 hours ago because now, he’d awaken in dirt next to Eric and his brother with the terrible truth dawning on him. He’d been turned. He was grateful to believe or closest to it but he needs to think. He knows time is winding down, before the Watchers notice or Drusilla does and above all the City has to survive.

So he feeds and pushes down the revulsion that it blossoms in his chest. He isn’t a Watcher here. Can’t afford to be. He has to be the Man Uptown and there are things to do. It’s too important to waste.

He arrives to his house and prays he can shower and control himself to get things ready for the boys. He can die when he’s done.

He’d forgotten he’d given Charlie the keys to his house.