While Henry agonized over how to narrow down the number of suspected Vampires, he had expected retaliation from them. Every day, he remained on edge, afraid to relax. He was terrified that the people around him would suffer, especially the three girls who had shown their faces at the nightclub.
Yet whether it was Gwen and Stacy, Skye, or Lorna and Dane, everything around them remained quiet, without the slightest disturbance. He had sent both Little Duck No. 2 and Dog Squad Saint Bernard to stay close to Skye and Lorna, who lacked personal protection, for nothing. Were the Vampires trying to test his patience? Or had they noticed something and gone into hiding, waiting for him to let his guard down? Or were they planning something big?
It never occurred to Henry that those Vampires were simply too incompetent and lacked the resources to find him or the three girls... In any case, the Vampires' impressive ability to "endure" only slightly strengthened Henry's resolve to wipe out their entire race. He just could not find a suitable point of entry.
Even if he wanted to hand over the list of suspected Vampires and have the authorities conduct field screenings and verification, he needed a good reason. Otherwise, at best, the information would be shelved; at worst, it would end up in a trash bin or shredder. The worst-case scenario was someone following the information back to his door, leaving him to invite disaster upon himself.
Never assume that everything in the world, or everyone in it, would proceed smoothly according to your arrangements. Countless people loved to be contrary, drawing conclusions after reading only half a sentence.
To make the authorities arrest Vampires, he first had to make them want to do so. And they had to be prepared