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The good thing about Lisa’s apartment is that it’s soundproof.
That means, with Kellan gone, we can talk to our
heart’s content.
Which is exactly what we do, as I fill Lisa in on what I experienced while I was unconscious. Lisa looks
confused.
“I know I’m a human, but that doesn’t sound like wolf is emerging. It sounds unrelated to wolves entirely.”
your
Precisely, Selene says, her tone approving. She likes
Lisa.
“Selene agrees,” I translate for Lisa.
It is an awakening, but not of your wolf. She snorts and gives a quick shake of her head. I’m already awake.
I laugh, and Lisa looks at me with a questioning stare.
So, of course, I tell her.
It’s unfortunate she can’t hear Selene.
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“She’s funny,” Lisa remarks, petting Selene’s ears. Despite knowing the dog in front of her is a wolf on the inside, she hasn’t stopped treating Selene as a lovable husky.
“So, an awakening of what, exactly?”
Your powers, she says, her words terse. The necklace will do no good for you now. The ring, too. You’ve grown too powerful. It’s time to train before you get yourself killed.
Oh.
That doesn’t sound good.
It does not, she confirms grimly. Unfortunately, I don’t know where we can go for tutelage.
“Okay, so I have to learn on my own then.”
That carries great risk.
The grimace that twists my face has Lisa’s eyes bouncing between me and Selene, but she sits
patiently, waiting for the summary.
to just do nothing? I was in a coma for
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can it
you even know how
access your power?
think
you know what it
Also no.
you know its
that, too.
stare at the ceiling. “This is pointless. What am I going to do?”
what?” Lisa finally asks,
curiosity.
at me with a doubtful stare. “What about
Who is Sister Miriam? Is she a
at Selene in shock. “Why would you think she’s a
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they’re part of a
That’s just bizarre.
eyebrow, I think back to Sister Miriam. Of the way my mother reacted to her presence. Of her
be a vampire.” She’s
head. It is possible she may know something. But it is also possible she will
seemed pretty interested in me when we met.”
is good. Vampires like interesting things. They
I never wanted to have
after I fill her in again. “How would a vampire
you?”
very long–lived, and share their knowledge in their community. Despite popular opinion, they are not evil
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definition of finicky seems to be a little off. “You just said she might try to kill me, and that vampires eat boring things.”
Yes.
In
like finicky is a great way
describe them.”
again. No, it is proper
Okay, then.
know something–but how the hell am I
“With these overprotective wolves,
the FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of
stares out
matter how I think it through, I
I try to figure
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ears. Lisa looks doubtful, but all she says is, “How?”
ear, I try to think of how I’d accessed it the night of my
comes to mind.
faster. It came to me; I never called
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