"I don't like this, something is wrong," Anna said; she was no fool, even among the Eternal. She was not the strongest among their coven, the two other vampires in it were older and more experienced hunters, but she was the adaptable one, and the one who saw opportunities, so she led. 

Carlo, on the other hand, was older, stronger but more inflexible and seemed to relish the idea of a hunt and a feeding, "It happens once in a while, my love. Some mortal finds out the secret and becomes a nuisance to us, a fly that has to be swatted. These days, it's so much easier to simply have the would-be hunters arrested before they even pose a threat. I am sure Richard is fine. Besides," he added casually, "it's entertaining to have them come around once every couple decades or so." 

Anna, blonde, beautiful, wholesome looking, which perhaps was inevitable given her Salt Lake City pedigree, looked skeptical -- whoever was involved had the phones hacked and were demonstrating a degree of sophistication. But if these mortals were being technically savvy, it wasn't a problem once they closed the gap and got in close to tear them apart. That was always the last line of defense, and one she did not personally relish so much because it was a sign of a degree of failure to use pawns to simply extinguish the problem, but at least it seemed to give Carlo the opportunity to gorge himself.

"Of course, my love," she cooed, a hand tracing his jawline, "but perhaps it is best to call the local police, since we count Chief Jackson among our thralls, and perhaps scare these mortals off from their ill-advised hunt entirely." 

"But not all of his men are thralls."

"True, but they will follow his orders. We can wait and see how they react to the police."

--

The sirens came all over town; Anna Smith had pull and used it. Chief Jackson yelled 'terrorism!' and none of his staff or deputies bothered to say, "here? In Minnesota?" but strapped on tactical equipment eagerly. 

First warning of that police response hit the network fast and they all got notice. And then there was the two moving groups of thralls; one much smaller around Carlo in front and the larger one with Anna behind them, apparently feeling that it was better to let the thralls take any incoming. 

Both were coming for the casino, though they were moving more deliberately now, to see if the incoming deputies, in the city's armored vehicle and patrol cruisers, would perhaps scare the Vigil agents off with the sirens.