Bad Blood: Book 4, The Blood Coven by Mari Mancusi

Author:Mari Mancusi
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: YA, Vampire, Urban Fantasy
Published: 2012-03-22T19:08:02+00:00

Epilogue

After the play is over, I change quickly and head to the theater lobby, dying to know what’s going on with my family. They’re all there, waiting to greet me with open arms.

“You were awesome!” Rayne cries. “Totally awesome.”

“Amazing,” Mom agrees, kissing my cheeks. “I’m so impressed.”

“As am I,” Dad adds. He pulls me into a big bear hug—the type he always used to give us when we were kids. It feels good and I feel all my anger toward him slip away. “I’m so glad we didn’t miss it.”

“So you’re back?” I ask, after he releases me from the hug. “Your business trip is over?” I turn to Mom. “And what are you doing here?” She blushes. “It’s a long story,” she says. “But let’s go somewhere quiet to talk.”

“Why don’t we head back to our place?” Heather suggests. “Then Stormy here can go to bed.”

“Mo-om!” she protests. “I’m so not tired!”

But her mother insists and so we pile into a couple of taxis and head back to the Strip and over to the apartment. Once inside, Heather puts Stormy into bed while Mom brews a pot of green tea and we all settle down in the living room.

Well, maybe settle down isn’t the right term. Rayne and I are positively antsy, wondering what this could be. Why on Earth would Mom come to Vegas? Why would she be making tea in the other woman’s house? And why doesn’t Heather seem the least bit upset about it all?

Mom and Heather bring over mugs of steaming tea and hand them to each of us. The tea warms my insides but isn’t able to quite stop the trembling. Despite her cheery attitude, something is definitely wrong and I can’t relax until I know what it is.

“So, guys,” Mom says, settling down in a small, white leather chair. With her long skirts and multicolor scarves she looks completely out of place in this modern décor. “You’re probably surprised to see me in Vegas.”

“Um, yeah,” Rayne says, before I can find my questions. “Just a little bit.

What’s going on? Did you miss us too much? ’Cause we’ve really only been gone a couple days. But I know how you can be about your daughters. Unlike some relatives, I know,” she adds, glancing over at Dad, who at least has the decency to look embarrassed at her jab.

Mom shakes her head, looking drained and tired all of a sudden. “I wish that were it, Rayne. But this is actually a lot more serious than me just being an overprotective mother.”

It is? My pulse kicks up a notch as I worriedly wait for what she has to say. I remember what Rayne told me just before we left. About Slayer Inc. getting information on a new threat sweeping into town—one that might be after our mother, for some odd reason.

There’s more to your mom than you know, David had told Rayne.

“Mom, what are you trying to say?” I ask, finding my voice at last. “What’s going on here? Are you in some kind of trouble?” She glances over at Dad.

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