Chapter 6
Jane looked up wearily when Elizabeth entered, only to straighten up immediately when she recognized her sister.
"Lizzy," she sighed with relief. "Thank goodness. Where's Mary?"
"She couldn't come with me, Father wouldn't let her," Elizabeth explained, carefully shutting the door behind her. "She will get away when she can."
Jane nodded, her eyes darting towards the door.
"Did anyone follow you?" she whispered.
Elizabeth shook her head.
Jane sighed again and smiled slightly.
"Good, I've been getting sick and tired of Mr. Darcy hovering outside my door all of the time."
"Darcy was watching over you?" Elizabeth asked her voice suddenly sharp.
Jane shrugged and nodded, seeming surprised by Elizabeth's intensity.
"I think he's either aware of the vampire like I am and is trying to protect me or he is the vampire and is trying to make sure that I don't know too much. Either way, I doubt it has much to do with me personally."
Elizabeth nodded and looked away, ashamed of her jealousy. Why did Darcy have to affect her this way?
"Have you found anything?" she asked, eager to change the subject.
Jane shrugged.
"Not really," she said. "I only confirmed what we already knew: Bingley isn't a vampire, and the only vampire powers that I can sense are centered mainly on Darcy and Caroline. It's been hard to tell which one of them is the actual vampire because Caroline hardly ever leaves Darcy's side during the day and both of their auras are muted at night."
Elizabeth frowned, sharing in Jane's frustration. The longer the vampire was unknown, the more people were put in danger by the vampire's presence.
"Have you had any more visions?" Elizabeth asked.
Jane shook her head, seeming slightly cheered by that fact.
"Good," Elizabeth sighed. "I don't want Bingley to think that his new love interest is in any danger."
"Yes, because my being here as an undercover vampire hunter who is working to track down a vampire who may or may not be his sister or his best friend certainly doesn't classify as being in danger," she teased.
Elizabeth smiled and went to the window to look down at the lawn below. She pulled the thick blue curtains aside and looked out at the trees that lined Netherfield's park, a small sigh of relief escaping her when she saw Mary's dark blue aura weaving among the trees. She pulled back from the window, leaving the curtain half-open as a sign to her sister.
She turned back to Jane and smiled softly.
"Mary is here, she should be here soon," she whispered. She looked back at the door and tensed when she saw an ice-white aura shifting around on the other side of it. "Someone's here," she murmured so only Jane could hear her.
Jane nodded and settled back in the bed, her hand drifting towards the pillow that covered her stake. Elizabeth walked slowly towards the door and opened it, her brow furrowing when she saw no one.
She bit her lip to keep from cursing and pulled back sharply, shutting the door behind her hastily.
"I think our vampire knows that we're here," she sighed.
Jane paled and looked at the window.
"Mary," she whispered.
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