December Moon by Suzy Turner

Author:Suzy Turner [Turner, Suzy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Fantasy / Urban Life
ISBN: 9789899734821
Publisher: Suzanne Turner Publishing
Published: 2011-08-27T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Still looking somewhat pale and freaked out, Ben sat quietly right at the back of the six-seater seaplane with Lilly to his side. Carmelo sat upfront with the pilot, trying to make polite conversation while the others sat in between, all deep in thought.

"I'm sorry you had to find out about us this way, Ben," whispered Lilly as she leaned over to speak softly into his ear.

Startled, he turned and looked at her, confusion clouding his face. As he searched her eyes, his expression softened and he smiled.

"I guess I always knew there was something a little different about your family but I'd never have imagined this was it. Changelings? I didn't even know what that meant until Gabriel told me."

He looked out of the window for a moment, watching the blue ocean spread out beneath them before turning back to look at her, "at least now I know why Oliver ran away. He found out the truth didn't he?"

Nodding sadly, tears filled Lilly's eyes and she tried to brush them away with her fingers.

"He... he saw me change."

"Into a mountain lion?"

Lilly nodded, unable to speak.

"I guess that's enough to frighten the living daylights out of anyone," he said with a slow grin as he took her hand and squeezed it.

"Why aren't you afraid of us, Ben?"

"Why would I be afraid of you? You guys are like family to me. Plus, I'm a vet... I know how to handle animals!"

Lilly let her head fall to one side and she let out a relieved sigh with a smile, "I was so afraid that we would lose you too."

"Never. Lilly, don't ever think that. It's a huge shock to the system, but I can cope. I'm sure Oliver will get over it too, eventually... if we get to him in time," he added with a touch of fear in his voice.

"We will, Ben. We will. I can't lose him. I won't lose him."

"How come Carmelo and Ursula and some of those other v...v...vampires were out in the sunlight? I thought sunlight was one of the things that kills their... their kind?" asked Ben as he peered towards the front of the aircraft and saw the light catching Carmelo's face.

"They're pretty old. They can handle the light. Most new-borns can't handle it the same way and they often get burnt, but it rarely kills them. That stuff is just made up in the movies for effect," she answered with a smile.

"When you say pretty old... what exactly do you mean?"

"Hundreds and hundreds of years old," she whispered back.

"And werewolves don't just change when there's a full moon then?" he asked with a smirk as Zoltan turned and grinned at him.

"No, they are at their strongest during a full moon, but they can pretty much change whenever they want to," Lilly said as she watched Zoltan smile again and turn back to face the front of the plane.

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"...and that's how Oliver found out about Lilly's ability," said Meredith as she explained to December, Moira and Ruby what had really happened to Lilly since she'd arrived in Powell River.

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