Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, oh my! (Xoe Meyers Young Adult FantasyHorror Series) by Sara C. Roethle

Author:Sara C. Roethle
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: vampires, horror, occult, fantasy, paranormal, magic, young adult, werewolves, demons, teen, series, shapeshifters, lycanthropes

Chapter Twelve

As soon as we arrived at my house, I got out of the car and unlocked the front door. Jason and Max went in first to make sure nothing was amiss around the house. I checked the messages and erased the one from the school. The other message was from Allison, saying to call her as soon as I got home. I picked up the phone and dialed her number.

Allison answered after the first ring. “What took you so long!” she exclaimed. “I have been waiting here for hours for you to tell me what’s going on!”

I laughed. “Calm down Al. Everyone’s okay. We’re back at my house now.”

“I’ll see you in ten,” she said, then hung up.

I placed the phone back in its cradle just as Max and Jason returned to the living room. Lucy was curled up on the couch staring at nothing.

“I’m in desperate need of a shower,” I announced to the room. I looked towards Max and Jason, “You guys are free to use the guest bathroom to shower. There should be plenty of hot water.”

Max shrugged, “I don’t have any extra clothes. I’ll probably just run home and shower.” He turned to Jason. “Mind if I use your car?”

“It is all yours,” Jason answered. “I have clothes in the trunk that I must retrieve, then you can take it.”

“It’s settled then,” I concluded. I informed Jason where the guest bathroom was, then ran upstairs and hopped in the shower.

Finally alone, I took a moment to process the events of the previous night and this morning. It was a lot to take in: werewolves, vampires, and whatever I was. That last part was by far the most troubling to me, not that the others were unimportant, far from it. My world was completely and utterly upside-down.

I thought about Jason being a vampire. I wasn’t even really sure about what a vampire was. I mean, I had the movies and legends to go on, but how many of them were actually based on reality? All I knew for sure was that he drank blood, and despite popular belief, could go out in the sun.

Vampires, as a general consensus, were reanimated corpses. Jason had said when he was born, but not when or if he died. Maybe you were just born a vampire, not changed into one.

Then there was Jason’s profession. Bounty hunter? I guess that was actually my choice of words, but still. His contract against Dan seemed valiant enough, but what if his other jobs weren’t quite as innocent? I wished I had thought of all of these questions earlier.

I finished showering and dried off. Then I went rummaging through my closet and pulled on a clean pair of jeans. I considered a turtleneck and vetoed the idea; I wasn’t sure if Jason would think it was because of him and be offended. I decided on a plain black, v-neck short-sleeved shirt then headed back to the group. As I neared the end of the stairs, Jason turned his head to watch me for the rest of my descent.

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