"How is she? Will she be okay?"
"I got the bullet out, but she has lost a lot of blood. Only time can heal her now."
Keller heard voices, she couldn't figure out what they were on about.
Who got the bullet out of whom? What does it mean only time can heal her? She wanted to know what was going on, she knew they weren't talking about her, she was fine, she was thinking and breathing and she can see⦠come on Keller. What can you see? She thought to herself. She commanded her eyes to open, but they weren't obeying her. she then thought if her eyes weren't doing as they were told, then maybe her arms and legs would, she tried moving them but it was to painful. Fine I will just sit or stand or whatever I am doing, and wait until, my body decides that it likes me again. She knew that she could hear so she listened to the voices.
"What happened? Tell us everything from the beginning." Someone said.
"After we left the room theses thugs came out of nowhere with theses guns and started shooting at us so we ran. I didn't know she got shot, I thought she dodged most of the bullets." Another voice said. She had heard just about everything now, she didn't care how painful it was she was going to move, even if it killed her. with all her will power she opened her eyes.
"Hey, guys look! Boss is back from the dead!" she would know that voice anywhere it was Nissa's.
"It feels like I'm still dead." She said in a croaky voice.
"This really isn't your week is it?" Winnie said.
"Mind telling me why I feel like the living dead? No offence Nissa."
"None taking." She replied
"You got shot." Nissa simply said.
"I GOT WHAT?" Keller shouted.
"It was only in the side, and I got the bullet out, and to make you heal faster I mix together an old remedy that my grandmother taught me." Winnie reassured.
Keller tried to get up but Nissa was over in a second and pushed down on Keller's shoulder.
"Stay down you're not yet fully recovered." Keller shot Nissa a look so dark it could scare off a whole army.
"I know, I know you're the boss, but don't come crying to me if you black out again or something." Keller shoved her off and stood up, at first, she felt dizzy, but she refused to let herself show it.
"I want to find out who that bitch was at the hotel who sent her thugs after me. Anything you can, name, photo, address, whatever you can." Keller ordered.
"But boss, Vanessa said you didn't see her." Winnie said.
"That is why I recorded every word she said." Keller turned on her toes and gave Winnie a voice recorder.
"You are brilliant." She squeaked and went over to the computers.
"Where is Vanessa anyway, I think its time we had a little chat with her."
"She is in the living room, with Galen and the kid." Nissa said
"Have we got a name for the kid?" Keller asked
"Kailasa." Nissa informed
"Have you found out why she is in the middle of all this?"
"No, Vanessa said she will only talk to you."
"Well she better talk to me." Keller said to herself.
She opened the living room door, and saw Vanessa talking to Galen.
You should be in bed resting. She felt Galen's presents in her mind.
"Don't you start, I'm fine. There is no need for me to be in bed any longer." Nissa looked at Vanessa.
"It's a soulmate thing, don't try to figure it out, it will only hurt your head." She advised.
"You have some serious explaining to do." Keller said.
"I know." Vanessa mumbled.
"First question, why were they after you?" she asked.
"I don't know." She said quietly.
"Cut the crap Vanessa, you must know something." She snapped.
"Keller calm down, your weak, you need to heal." Galen said in a smoothing voice.
"I'm a shape shifter not a vampire." She said with restraint.
"Vampires don't exist." Vanessa said.
"Hey! Watch it!" Nissa said.
"Word of advice, don't piss off a vampire. Especially Nissa." Keller smiled.
"You mean?"
"Yep"
"And she has?"
"Yep"
"Anyway, next question, who's the kid?"
"No one."
"Again with the crap. Who is she?" Keller pushed.
"Your sister."
