Part 9
"What'd you think she's up to?" Maggie asked.
Shania shrugged. "I don't know," she admitted. "We were just *talking*, I didn't expect she'd take me seriously." Of course Cayla wouldn't listen. She'd been practically *dancing* through her afternoon classes.
"I didn't mean it, I really didn't," she whispered.
"I take it you tried talking to her?" Maggie said.
Shania nodded. Talking to Cayla once hadn't done much good. Okay, she could understand that Cayla was very upset, who wouldn't be after what she had been through? There were other guys out there, people who would love her, who wouldn't care that she happened to be a werewolf. It was so pathetic that something like that should be important. Unfortunately Shania didn't make up the rules.
"She's not in her room." Thea came down stairs. "No one else has seen her. Where would she be?"
Shania shrugged. Cayla was a very private person. "I don't know. Anywhere I can think of we're checking out."
"Well *that* was a total taste of time," Blaise complained as she and Poppy came in. "Cayla has disappeared."
"She's got to be *somewhere*. She can't just vanish," Poppy pointed out.
"Let's just think about this rationally," Thea said reasonably to the group gathering around by the door of the Daybreak mansion. "She could just want to be alone, and maybe she won't do anything after all."
Blaise snorted in contempt, leaning heavily on the white marble pole at the bottom of the staircase. "Oh please. You discover your soulmate and he doesn't want you. You're *hardly* going to just let him go. The guy's supposed to be the love of your life."
Maggie eyed her dubiously. "What happened to all your soulmates are a waste of time and not being tied down?"
Blaise shrugged her slender shoulders. "I still stand by that. That doesn't mean I don't understand where Cayla's coming from." Blaise turned and walked off up the stairs, hips swaying.
Shania wondered what that girl was even doing at Daybreak mansion sometimes. Thea had told them Blaise could really come through when she wanted to. Shania thought she just seemed like an opinionated bitch.
"I can't believe I'm actually going to say this, but Blaise does actually have a point," Poppy said.
"Point about what?" Cayla had come in the front door and was making her way through the group towards the stairs.
"Where have you *been*? We've been looking *everywhere* for you!" Maggie said, reaching for Cayla's arm.
Cayla shook her off. She glared at Shania. Shania stared at her sneakers refusing to meet Cayla's eyes.
"Around. Since when was everyone so concerned about where I was, anyway?" Cayla demanded. She sounded annoyed, and almost cold.
Shania guessed she couldn't blame her for being upset. She wouldn't like her private life invaded, but then she didn't have any insane plans in mind to deal with annoying vampires.
"We're just concerned is all," Thea answered.
"Whatever." Cayla turned and walked away.
"How are we supposed to watch her without her getting suspicious?" Poppy was watching Cayla disappearing.
Shania didn't know. Part of her thought that Ardon deserved to suffer and so did Astara for getting in the way. She didn't want to be responsible for something happening to them.
"Maybe they'll work out," Thea offered.
Maggie sighed. "That would be the plus side. But I think we can all agree Cayla's not going to sit on this."
There were murmurs and nods.
"But how are we going to help her before she does something she'll regret?" Shania pointed out.
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"What'd you think she's up to?" Maggie asked.
Shania shrugged. "I don't know," she admitted. "We were just *talking*, I didn't expect she'd take me seriously." Of course Cayla wouldn't listen. She'd been practically *dancing* through her afternoon classes.
"I didn't mean it, I really didn't," she whispered.
"I take it you tried talking to her?" Maggie said.
Shania nodded. Talking to Cayla once hadn't done much good. Okay, she could understand that Cayla was very upset, who wouldn't be after what she had been through? There were other guys out there, people who would love her, who wouldn't care that she happened to be a werewolf. It was so pathetic that something like that should be important. Unfortunately Shania didn't make up the rules.
"She's not in her room." Thea came down stairs. "No one else has seen her. Where would she be?"
Shania shrugged. Cayla was a very private person. "I don't know. Anywhere I can think of we're checking out."
"Well *that* was a total taste of time," Blaise complained as she and Poppy came in. "Cayla has disappeared."
"She's got to be *somewhere*. She can't just vanish," Poppy pointed out.
"Let's just think about this rationally," Thea said reasonably to the group gathering around by the door of the Daybreak mansion. "She could just want to be alone, and maybe she won't do anything after all."
Blaise snorted in contempt, leaning heavily on the white marble pole at the bottom of the staircase. "Oh please. You discover your soulmate and he doesn't want you. You're *hardly* going to just let him go. The guy's supposed to be the love of your life."
Maggie eyed her dubiously. "What happened to all your soulmates are a waste of time and not being tied down?"
Blaise shrugged her slender shoulders. "I still stand by that. That doesn't mean I don't understand where Cayla's coming from." Blaise turned and walked off up the stairs, hips swaying.
Shania wondered what that girl was even doing at Daybreak mansion sometimes. Thea had told them Blaise could really come through when she wanted to. Shania thought she just seemed like an opinionated bitch.
"I can't believe I'm actually going to say this, but Blaise does actually have a point," Poppy said.
"Point about what?" Cayla had come in the front door and was making her way through the group towards the stairs.
"Where have you *been*? We've been looking *everywhere* for you!" Maggie said, reaching for Cayla's arm.
Cayla shook her off. She glared at Shania. Shania stared at her sneakers refusing to meet Cayla's eyes.
"Around. Since when was everyone so concerned about where I was, anyway?" Cayla demanded. She sounded annoyed, and almost cold.
Shania guessed she couldn't blame her for being upset. She wouldn't like her private life invaded, but then she didn't have any insane plans in mind to deal with annoying vampires.
"We're just concerned is all," Thea answered.
"Whatever." Cayla turned and walked away.
"How are we supposed to watch her without her getting suspicious?" Poppy was watching Cayla disappearing.
Shania didn't know. Part of her thought that Ardon deserved to suffer and so did Astara for getting in the way. She didn't want to be responsible for something happening to them.
"Maybe they'll work out," Thea offered.
Maggie sighed. "That would be the plus side. But I think we can all agree Cayla's not going to sit on this."
There were murmurs and nods.
"But how are we going to help her before she does something she'll regret?" Shania pointed out.
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