Sound: Humorous Paranormal Romance (The Last Note Series Book 1) by Maya Daniels

Author:Maya Daniels [Daniels, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-19T05:00:00+00:00

16

Melody

“That’s all.” Deflating after I recount my every step, I take strength from his touch as my mind screams, He doesn’t think I’m nuts. I rack my brain trying to remember if I forgot anything. “She took Alto with her …”

“I thought the cat’s name was Salmon,” Étienne pipes in, a small smile playing on his lips.

“I named him that because he has fish breath.” Feeling stupid, I scrunch my nose up. “That’s another thing, now that I think about it. When she was gloating, turning him to a human and then back to a cat, her eyes kept flashing orange, the pupils turning vertical every time she said his name.”

“Witches have been getting more daring through the centuries.” Étienne is glaring at the closed door so he doesn’t see my mouth hanging open, my jaw unhinging at his use of centuries like he is talking about days.

“They started experimenting with things best left alone. Magic users were once part of our world, but they slowly pulled back to hide from prying eyes so they can play games with everyone’s lives.” Spitting the words, he turns to me and freezes.

I’m still gaping like a fish out of water.

“Melody?” He tugs on my hand where my nails are now digging into his skin. “Are you well?”

“Centuries.” I breathe the word, and he frowns like that makes me nuts. “You said centuries like you’ve lived through it to know.”

“I’m not human.” His shoulders stiffen, shutters lifting behind his eyes and closing his emotions off. “You are not human either,” he tells me defensively.

“What are you? You never told me.” The sweaty skin of my hand slides in his grip. I tighten my fingers because I don’t want to lose the connection—as if that might force him to tell me or something.

“You didn’t tell me what you are either,” he points out and I wonder if I’m breaking some social decorum by asking what he is. Maybe its rude?

“That’s because I have no idea if I’m human or not.” Incredulous laughter bubbles up in my chest but I force it down. “I thought I was human.”

“The people in that room, the ones who came to listen to your music … they were human.” The frown on his face smooths out, the silver disappearing in his gaze and leaving his eyes as blue as I remember them. “None of them left this place that night. Yet here you are, having this conversation with me.”

“I didn’t do anything to those people.” Yanking my hand back, I jump to my feet, fear and guilt causing bile to rise at the back of my throat. “I didn’t hurt anyone.”

“Melody, please calm down, little one.” Pushing off the floor, he stands as well. “You didn’t do anything. It was the witch. All of it.”

“What are you?” If I keep thinking about all those people being dead, I’ll curl up in a ball and stay like that until I die myself. So, I latch onto him for a distraction.

“A vampire.

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