Page 13 of The Vampire Oracle

“There’s more going on with the vampires. I’ve never seen a vampire have the magic to create a force field and float. They have other powers, just not that.”

“Maybe, they developed it,” Kier shrugged.

I shook my head, trying to think more, but there was no excuse for it. “I do know… that Cozen wasn’t the only one that faked his death.”

They all watched me, waiting for the answers I had. However, I didn’t know if I should be telling them this.

“The vampire hovering… that was my supposed dead sister.”

Silence stayed in the air.

“I recognized her instantly.” The bleach blond straight hair, the beautiful ivory features, and bright blue eyes. “But she didn’t seem to remember me until someone said my name. That’s when she recognized me.”

“And you sure about this?” Kier asked.

I nodded.

“Are you sure she was dead?”

“I watched her die in the hospital. I watched them try to save her, but… it was too late.”

“How did she die?” Beckett asked, typing on his computer.

“They don’t know. It was very sudden. She was twenty-two at the time.”

He nodded. “Same last name?”

“Yeah. She died in the Ashbourne South hospital.”

“Yeah… I got her death certificate, no picture or anything, though.”

I thought about it for a second before realizing my only picture was in a place I would never forget. “I can get a picture, but it might take a second. It’s in Ashbourne.”

“You’re not going to Ashbourne,” Kier said. “You’re not leaving our sight until we can trust you again.”

“You never trusted me in the first place, Kier, or shall I remind you by pulling your hair?”

“You’re lucky I’m allowing your friend to join us because I would have said no.”

“Then why didn’t you? You don’t think I don’t know you have a motive? Why else would you have me stay here?” I asked.

He smirked, eyes dropping over my body, though I knew it wasn’t only that.

“In your dreams.”

“A few days with me and you’ll want to give in,” he teased.

“To what? To death? I would rather die than let a huge headed egotistical asshole touch me.”

“Whoa! A lot of big words for an Ashbourne girl!”

“What? Asshole? Is that too big of a word for you? Because—”

“Oh my god. You guys are going to make me go insane,” Jinn whined.

“Thank god. We are not staying here,” Cain muttered to him.

“They should just fuck and move on,” Jinn said, clapping Kier’s shoulder.