Part 13
Sarah had given up trying to make sense of all this other worldly society crap that Amber, Andreas and Edan were trying to use to explain the very strange things that were happening to her that weird day. That wasn't over yet her mind pointed out.
~I'm not sure I can stand much more~ she thought. ~If anything else happens, I'll end up writing the next series of 24~.
Any other time, she might have been intrigued at the idea of a society of supernatural beings living in the regular human world. Now her mind was too numb to even think about what that really meant.
The story Edan was trying to tell her was almost absurdly far fetched. But the scary thing was, she was pretty sure that a story that insane, was probably going to be true.
"So why would Arcturus want to risk killing someone as popular as Beth, and frame you for it? You barely said a word to her," Amber was saying.
Leaving the club, Amber had driven the group to an ordinary house in the suburban area of the town, something she called a Daybreak safe house, where she lived with her friend Lvana.
The house was just completely ordinary, not all that different from Sarah's own. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms upstairs. A dining room, living room and kitchen downstairs. The living room was elegantly decorated in a soft ivory colour with splashes of pale blue and gold thrown in. White leather arm chairs and a matching couch provided comfortable furniture. A glass coffee table was in the centre of the room. There was a huge TV in one corner in front of the bay window, opposite at the other end of the room was a stereo and large speakers. Perfectly normal.
No one would never guess the house was occupied by a witch and a shapeshifter.
Sarah sat in one of the arm chairs, toying with the leaf of a large plant by the side of her chair. Edan was lounging in the doorway, almost reluctant to come into the room. He shrugged at Amber's question. "It's the type of thing he likes to do. My guess if he thinks she's Helenia, he's probably trying to get rid of me so he can have Sarah to himself."
"So why are we just standing here instead of staking the bastard?" Andreas stood in the opposite doorway, staring furiously.
Sarah remembered his thing for her sister, who had disappeared over a year ago. No one had ever known what happened to her.
"Does this have something to do with Demetria?" Sarah wasn't sure she could deal with much more information at the moment, but if she didn't ask now, then she would forget.
"Arcturus killed her," Andreas answered bitterly. "When we went to New York for the weekend."
"Oh." Actually, that wasn't as surprising as she had thought it would be. It didn't help her figure out what to do about Helenia chasing after her, or the ghost who put an appearance in, warning her about Arcturus.
"So that's cleared up, but we still have a dozen other things to worry about as well," Amber said unhelpfully. Her hand rubbed her tables. She looked as tired as Sarah did.
"Can't we just deal with it all in the morning?" Sarah complained.
"It's not safe for you to go home at the moment, now Helenia knows where to find you," Edan warned.
She had already figured that one out. "Then I'll stay here. But I can't take any more of this crap at the moment."
Edan sighed. "I guess we'll have to stay in the guest room."
Sarah's eyebrow show up. "Not in the same *room*. You must be joking."
"The spare room has two beds," Amber pointed out, trying not to grin. "And we've only got one spare room."
Sarah closed her eyes, What could she have *possibly* done to deserve this? "Great."
Andreas's eyes rolled in disgust and he stalked off. Sarah wondered what his problem was, but didn't ask. He didn't have to share a room with a *vampire*. She scowled as she followed Amber to the guest room. She had started to take off her socks and shoes when Edan came in. She scowled again.
"What?" He looked at her.
"Just don't look, okay?"
Edan chuckled as he kicked his own shoes off. "You're taking off your shoes. It's not exactly a strip tease turn on."
"Screw you." Sarah shook her head in disgust. She stood up to go and find the bathroom. As she shoved Edan out the way, her fingers brushed against his. As their bare flesh touched, something happened that completely rocked her world.
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Sarah had given up trying to make sense of all this other worldly society crap that Amber, Andreas and Edan were trying to use to explain the very strange things that were happening to her that weird day. That wasn't over yet her mind pointed out.
~I'm not sure I can stand much more~ she thought. ~If anything else happens, I'll end up writing the next series of 24~.
Any other time, she might have been intrigued at the idea of a society of supernatural beings living in the regular human world. Now her mind was too numb to even think about what that really meant.
The story Edan was trying to tell her was almost absurdly far fetched. But the scary thing was, she was pretty sure that a story that insane, was probably going to be true.
"So why would Arcturus want to risk killing someone as popular as Beth, and frame you for it? You barely said a word to her," Amber was saying.
Leaving the club, Amber had driven the group to an ordinary house in the suburban area of the town, something she called a Daybreak safe house, where she lived with her friend Lvana.
The house was just completely ordinary, not all that different from Sarah's own. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms upstairs. A dining room, living room and kitchen downstairs. The living room was elegantly decorated in a soft ivory colour with splashes of pale blue and gold thrown in. White leather arm chairs and a matching couch provided comfortable furniture. A glass coffee table was in the centre of the room. There was a huge TV in one corner in front of the bay window, opposite at the other end of the room was a stereo and large speakers. Perfectly normal.
No one would never guess the house was occupied by a witch and a shapeshifter.
Sarah sat in one of the arm chairs, toying with the leaf of a large plant by the side of her chair. Edan was lounging in the doorway, almost reluctant to come into the room. He shrugged at Amber's question. "It's the type of thing he likes to do. My guess if he thinks she's Helenia, he's probably trying to get rid of me so he can have Sarah to himself."
"So why are we just standing here instead of staking the bastard?" Andreas stood in the opposite doorway, staring furiously.
Sarah remembered his thing for her sister, who had disappeared over a year ago. No one had ever known what happened to her.
"Does this have something to do with Demetria?" Sarah wasn't sure she could deal with much more information at the moment, but if she didn't ask now, then she would forget.
"Arcturus killed her," Andreas answered bitterly. "When we went to New York for the weekend."
"Oh." Actually, that wasn't as surprising as she had thought it would be. It didn't help her figure out what to do about Helenia chasing after her, or the ghost who put an appearance in, warning her about Arcturus.
"So that's cleared up, but we still have a dozen other things to worry about as well," Amber said unhelpfully. Her hand rubbed her tables. She looked as tired as Sarah did.
"Can't we just deal with it all in the morning?" Sarah complained.
"It's not safe for you to go home at the moment, now Helenia knows where to find you," Edan warned.
She had already figured that one out. "Then I'll stay here. But I can't take any more of this crap at the moment."
Edan sighed. "I guess we'll have to stay in the guest room."
Sarah's eyebrow show up. "Not in the same *room*. You must be joking."
"The spare room has two beds," Amber pointed out, trying not to grin. "And we've only got one spare room."
Sarah closed her eyes, What could she have *possibly* done to deserve this? "Great."
Andreas's eyes rolled in disgust and he stalked off. Sarah wondered what his problem was, but didn't ask. He didn't have to share a room with a *vampire*. She scowled as she followed Amber to the guest room. She had started to take off her socks and shoes when Edan came in. She scowled again.
"What?" He looked at her.
"Just don't look, okay?"
Edan chuckled as he kicked his own shoes off. "You're taking off your shoes. It's not exactly a strip tease turn on."
"Screw you." Sarah shook her head in disgust. She stood up to go and find the bathroom. As she shoved Edan out the way, her fingers brushed against his. As their bare flesh touched, something happened that completely rocked her world.
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