Caroline sat in the Café a few miles from the hotel. She had checked out early not wanting to stick around incase those guys changed their minds.
"What can I get for you," The waitress asked as she sat in a booth in the farthest corner of the café.
"Um, Just Pancakes and fruit please" she said handing the menu over. She looked at her long cream colored fingers wrapped around her cup of coffee.
"I didn't know you could eat" she heard a voice say making her jump. She looked up and Sam standing there.
"I'm just leaving town before your brother decides I can't be trusted," she said and sipped her coffee "so you following me now?" She asked and Sam laughed.
"uh, No… no.. I just was across the street about to grab a coffee and I saw you come in here. I just wanted to apologize , for my brother."
"No need, I'm not easily shaken" she said "You can sit, I don't bite… Well I do, but that's beyond the point." She said
Sam chuckled glancing around the room before sliding into the booth across from her. "Well since Dead man's blood doesn't work I can't be too careful." He said
"Dead what?" she said confused.
"The dart I shot you with, it was filled with it. Drops vamps like a rock."
She nodded and sipped her coffee. "Well that doesn't work on me," she said.
"What does?" he asked with wide puppy like eyes.
"You really think I'm going to tell you, the man who broke into my hotel room and tied me to a chair, what poisons me? Seriously?" she asked
Sam chuckled and shook his head "No I guess not," he said and the waitress brought him a coffee "Anything to eat?" she asked and Sam shook his head "No, thanks, coffee is fine" he said.
"How do you know my mom?" Caroline asked.
Sam looked at the table then at her. "I didn't, Never met her, but my brother worked a case in Virginia a few years back. She was on this board or something she had information for my brother she knew our father, John, before he died," He said
"Oh, Wow, sorry" she said as the waitress set her food on the table.
Caroline unwrapped her silverware and used her knife to cut her pancakes. "So you were really in to following little old me?" she asked
Sam smiled and shook his head, "No, we were hunting a nest and I saw you in town yesterday," He said.
Caroline looked at him and took a bit of her food, "Hell of a coincidence," she said with her mouth full before chewing and swallowing.
"Yeah my brother says there is no such thing," Sam said.
"Guess that's why he was so convinced that I was lying" she said and the waitress refilled their coffees.
"I guess so" he said adding cream and sugar before taking a drink. "So what did bring you to this town, if not the nest?" he asked
Caroline took another bite buying time to think of something to say. She didn't have a reason. She just didn't want to stop moving yet. She swallowed and shrugged "Just moving around. I left a year or so back. I needed some time… away" she said.
Sam saw the pain in her eyes. He knew that pain. It was the same look he had after he lost Amelia. "I get it," He said.
Caroline lifted her coffee to her lips only to gag and cough as if she was drinking battery acid. The coffee ran down her chin and neck leaving red burns in its wake.
"Caroline?!" he said jumping up and moved to her side of the table "what is it?" he asked looking in her cup. "It's just coffee" he said after sniffing it and setting it back down.
"No," she gasped as the burns on her chin healed, and breathing became easier. "Vervain" she said. "the waitress" she said picking up his cup and sniffed it. "It's in yours to," she said.
Sam looked over his shoulder seeing the waitress smirking. As her eyes turned yellow for a split second.
"She is a wolf. Werewolf" she said "I need to leave"
Sam walked out with her grabbing a bottle of water from their cooler glaring at the waitress who tried to stop him.
Caroline sipped the clean water once they found a bench.
"So, I guess we know what hurts you," Sam said sitting beside her. "You ok?" he asked.
Caroline took a few deep breaths and nodded, "Yeah, I'm good. Thank you, Sam" she said twisting the cap back on the bottle. "Bitch," she said wanting to rip her throat out. "She better be lucky that it's a full moon tonight," she said. Sam gave her a questioning look. "Wolves turn on the full moon" she said looking at him "what kind of crappy hunters are you that you don't know about wolves?" she asked
Sam chuckled "I know about wolves, but what does that have to do with you?" he asked.
"She turns and bites me, I'm dead inside of 72 hours" she said.
Sam nodded "I see, well I guess it's good you're leaving town then" he said. "You might want to grab a shower first" he said seeing where the vervain burned making her cough blood down her shirt.
Caroline looked down and sighed. "Seriously? I just bought this top," she said annoyed.
"My brother is hunting down a lead a few towns over, you can borrow our shower at the hotel" he said.
"Really? Thanks," Caroline said and smiled at him. "My car is up the road," she said.