Chapter 4: The Unseen Words
"Sit down K-mart. Have you eaten?" Josette said walking into the kitchen and taking off her leather jacket.
"No." K-mart slowly sat down on the vintage white chair.
"What would you prefer...mac and cheese, or stove top stuffing?"Josette sighed and smiled. "Both from the box of course."
"Stove top." K-mart said slowly.
"Love, you have an exquisite sense of taste." She laughed pulling out the small cardboard box from the cabinet.
Josette then walked over to the girl and sat down across from her.
"Now I think it's time that we had a little chat."
K-mart just looked down at her hands.
"Who is Balo and what did he want with you?"
"I-I don't know. All I know is that he wanted me to do something for him, he wanted me to read something to him."
"Do you know what he wanted you to read? Did you read it to him?"
"No."
"K-mart...do you know what those men were?"
"What do you mean?" The girls face turned pale.
"Did they try to do anything to you? Kill you...bite you?" Josette lingered as she said the last two words.
"I don't know what you are talking about." K-mart whispered.
"I know that look. Where? Show me where?" Josette's voice became concerned.
Just then Josette saw as the girl pulled back her blond hair and showed a bite mark on the back of her shoulder. K-mart's eyes grew sad.
"Am I...am I... going to-"
"No. In order to become one of us...you must be wounded, get their blood in your system, and then die. You are far from becoming one K-mart."
The girl sighed a breath of relief.
Suddenly Josette could hear the sizzling sound of the boiling water touching the stove top. She quickly got up and put the bread crumbs in the pot.
"Now, I have one last question for you."
K-mart nodded.
"Where did Balo go?"
"H-he said that he was going for a walk."
"A walk?" Josette looked confused.
"He said he went for a walk in the woods."
"I am telling you Josette, it is of no coincidence that he went for a walk...in the woods, and at night non the less. He has to be a werewolf!"
"No. It is impossible. There is no such thing as a half breed."
"His name and actions say otherwise." Charles looked at her.
"You can not jump to conclusions over what a young, and confused girl claims. For all we know she is going mad and has not the slightest clue of what she is talkng about!"
"Do you really think that's the case?" He looked at her seriously.
Josette looked away and then back at him.
"Of course not." She crossed her arms and sighed.
"What do you suppose he wanted her to read to him?" Charles asked.
Josette took a deep breath.
"Jose." His voice became serious.
"Fine." She said as she turned to face him.
"When I was a young girl I heard stories of a book. Some people said that within its pages the book had the power to grant any mans wish. Others however said that the book was binded by the devil himself and held nothing but pure evil."
"So..." Charles urged her to continue.
"So, many men went looking for this book. When one discovered it he became confused and surprised by what was written inside."
"What was inside?"
Josette took a deep breath.
"Nothing."
"What?" He asked beyond confused.
"There was nothing in the book but empty pages. But what the man did not know was that it was only empty to the human eye. The book's words could be read by only he who was not born human. Or in this case a she."
"So you are telling me that this girl is not human? And why can't this Balo fella read it himself?"
"Balo was born human, and was turned immortal later in his life...no vampire, werewolf, or any other bloody supernatural thing out there can read it. And as for K-mart, I think that she had something special about her. Why else would he tell her to read it to him."
"How are we even sure that this book is what Balo has? What if he just can't read?" Charles looked at her shaking his head.
"This is a vampire that is hundreds of years old that we're talking about, not an illiterate high school drop out."
"Good point." Charles laughed.
"Wait, if vampires and werewolves can't read it what can?"
"Witches."
