Half Light (The House Wyndham Vampires) by Phaedra Weldon

Author:Phaedra Weldon [Weldon, Phaedra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw
Publisher: Caldwell Press
Published: 2014-01-09T23:00:00+00:00

It was dark and chilly when I pulled into the parking lot of the strip mall where the coffee shop sat. The small trees were nearly bare of leaves as the wind whipped up around us. The sky had been threatening to storm all night, but not one rain drop had fallen. It was still windy. And cold looking. Lightening continued to illuminate the clouds, and thunder was a constant.

I realized as I parked near the still open business that I didn't know what car he drove. Or if he even drove at all. Technically I'd been around twenty or so years longer than he had. I had experience driving. But if he'd been in a drive-through…

Jared sat still in the passenger seat as I turned the engine off. "Uhm…do you see him?"

"No." I looked around the parking lot, then on a whim, stepped out into the blustery weather and ran over to the sidewalk to look in the coffee shop. My heart dropped when I saw him inside talking to Heather. They were both seated at our table with coffees.

Talking.

Nicely.

What the hell? He'd just been on the phone with me—and he'd said to meet him.

"What's wrong?"

I jumped. I hadn't sensed Jared at all as he came up beside me. I looked over at him. He was dressed in a light sweater, jeans, and— "Jared…where are your shoes?"

He looked down. "Oops. Damn. I always forget those." When he looked back up he narrowed his eyes as he peered inside the shop. "This is the coffee place, right?"

"Yeah. He's in there. With her."

"Her?"

"The evil ex. The one that tried to attack me at the football field the other night."

I realized at that moment I hadn't shared that bit of information with Jared. He stiffened and glared at me. "That little girl in there tried to attack you? What'd you do?"

"Avoided her. It wasn't much of a fight, really. It was right before Michel showed up."

"And…" he leaned forward at me.

"And nothing. She lunged at me, I sidestepped, and she got all pissy."

"Well," he looked back at the window. "She doesn't look pissy now. Looks like she's trying to put the moves on your dude."

"Shut up and come on. I want you to tell me if you sense it."

An odd tinkling noise carried in the air. We looked at one another in question for an instant, until he said, "Ah," and reached into his pants pocket. Jared retrieved his phone and looked at it. "It's Father."

"What?"

But Jared shook his head. I thought he was going to let it go to voice mail. But he didn't. "Yes sir."

I could hear Father's voice on the wind through the tiny speaker. "Where's Carly?"

"She's right here with me."

"Jared—you have to answer me honestly—is she dating a human boy?"

I frowned. Dating?

Jared looked at me and shrugged. "Dating? No, Carly's not dating anyone."

"She's not tried to influence a human? Make him into her Doll?"

My jaw dropped. What the hell was Father smoking?

Jared managed to suppress a laugh. "Uh…no sir.

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