Vile Magic by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1975913728
Google: u7VdtAEACAAJ
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

"Alyssa, I'm sure it's fine," Xavier said, walking down the street beside me.

I looked back to make sure Bathory wasn't following. Check. I wasn't sure what to do about her. Sure, I'd injured her, but she would be expecting that same attack next time and wouldn't fall for Xavier's diversion again.

"I don't know," I said. "She could have lost too much blood."

"If she had, she would have felt terrible right away," Xavier said. "It could be as simple as some dehydration making her feel like crap. Maybe Janine drank too much coffee after you, well..."

"Bit her," I said. "Just say it. I screwed up."

George walked beside us. He kept looking at me in a way I was used to people looking at me: with dread. I knew what he was worried about but I didn't want to wrap my mind around it.

I ran every word Liliana told me through my head. Janine was complaining about her limbs tingling. She felt sick to her stomach and weak.

That could mean a lot of things.

Plenty.

It didn't have to mean--

"You didn't screw up," Xavier said. "There you go, beating yourself up again."

"I so did," I said. Biting the guy behind the counter at the movie theater would have been easier. At least I didn't know him and wouldn't have to see the repercussions of it later. I should have done that. The only worse thing I could have done was bite Xavier.

What if--

The walk back to George's house didn't take as long as I'd hoped. I checked behind me to make sure Bathory wasn't following. If she was, she was being very stealthy and quiet, which I couldn't put past her. But I hadn't heard those doors to The Pit open and I hadn't heard a desk sliding across the floor in the produce market. I still didn't get why she had let us go so easily.

Liliana peeked out of George's curtains and opened the door for us. I found Janine sitting up on the couch, scrolling through a laptop and squinting at a picture on it. She was sitting at an angle so I was able to see a satellite map. Thankfully, she had turned down the brightness so it wasn't painful to look at. Other than a bit of sweat around her forehead, Janine looked fine. She smelled like scrambled eggs. Liliana had cooked her a high-protein meal, which she needed.

Janine managed a smile at me. "Hey. I think I found something interesting."

"I thought you were sick," I said.

"Well, I do feel a bit crappy," she said. "I think it's just because I've been looking at this screen for hours on end. Really, Liliana is freaking out over nothing."

"How, exactly, do you feel crappy?" I asked.

Janine looked at the screen again. "My stomach's a little upset after I ate and I feel tired, but other than that, it's nothing."

"You said your feet and hands were tingling," Liliana said. It was clear Janine was trying to downplay whatever this was. Liliana was more worried than she was.

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