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“Get ready!” Sarah yelled as she opened the door and crept up on the car. Mark followed her ready to fight if necessary.
When Sarah got close to the car she saw Kathrine.
“Shit! It’s Kathrine, hurry!” Sarah screamed as she nearly tore the door off its hinges.
Mark struggled to get by Sarah but it was no use, she had already grabbed Kathrine and headed to the house. Apparently, Sarah must have been speaking to herself.
Sarah gently placed Kathrine on the couch.
“I need some hot water and some clean towels and some needle nose pliers it looks like.” Sarah was quickly inspecting Kathrine while shouting out commands. “Oh and some alcohol.”
Mark hurried to the kitchen and got everything Sarah asked for.
“Now I need Agnus! Hurry!” Sarah shouted.
Mark ran out the front door and didn’t bother closing it. Within minutes he was back with Agnus. Agnus and Sarah worked on Kathrine and soon they had the bullet out of her leg.
“We just need to clean her wounds and then she’ll need to rest,” Sarah said to Mark when she and Agnus were finished.
“She’ll be ok?” Mark asked. He looked like he might have a heart attack, if Asuune could have them.
“Yes, she’ll be ok. She lost A LOT of blood, but she’ll make it,” Agnus said.
Sarah gave Agnus a death stare.
“It’s ok Sarah, I’d rather hear the truth,” Mark said. “I appreciate the thought though.”
“I thought you were gonna have an aneurism there for a minute,” Sarah smiled.
“Now, for the real question. Since when do vampires use guns?” Agnus asked.
“Azazel…” Kathrine mumbled.
“Kathrine?” Sarah was next to her in a flash but she had passed out again.
“Let’s move to the kitchen and let her get some sleep,” Agnus suggested.
“Ok.” Mark was barely speaking, he wasn’t handling this well after all.
“Don’t worry, honey. She’s strong. She’ll be fine.” Sarah put her hand on Mark’s shoulder and ushered him to the kitchen. Sarah gave Agnus another death stare. She was right, Mark was not ready for this, not with Kathrine.
The three of them talked while Kathrine slept. By supper time she was awake, still very weak but awake. Sarah made her some soup and Mark waited on her hand and foot until Kathrine was worn out again and ready to go back to sleep. In the morning Kathrine was ready to talk. She sat at the kitchen table eating breakfast with Mark and Sarah, trying to figure out how to explain her stupidity.
“I’m really sorry,” Kathrine started.
“Sorry? Why are you sorry,” Mark asked.
Kathrine stared at Sarah.
“You damn well better be sorry, little miss,” Sarah scolded.
“I was just gathering information, I didn’t expect to get caught,” Kathrine explained.
“Gathering information? What were you doing?!” Mark was getting upset, he had figured out that there was a secret.
“I…I…” Kathrine stammered.
“She met her partner, dear. And miss, I can do everything by myself, decided it was a good idea to go find him. Even though I warned her about Paul.” Sarah stared at Kathrine with disapproval.
“Who’s Paul?” Mark was completely confused.
“The guy that saved me. He’s my one,” Kathrine explained.
“Oh, and you knew about this Sarah?!” Mark was getting upset. He couldn’t believe they had kept this from him.
“Kathrine and I are allowed our secrets,” Sarah scolded. Then Sarah turned back to Kathrine. “But only if you can keep your word and not to do anything stupid!”
Mark didn’t say a word, he knew the rules. It had always been the rule that girl talk was off limits and none of his business.
“Can I talk to Sarah?” Kathrine asked.
Mark looked angry. He wanted to say no but the look on Sarah’s face told him otherwise.
“I guess, but you listen to Sarah. She is gonna tell me if it’s dangerous,” Mark said as he stood up and headed to the living room.
“Yes, dear, I’m sorry. I really thought it was settled. I had no idea she was gonna go do something so STUPID,” Sarah apologized and Mark’s expression got less angry.
When Mark was out of earshot Kathrine leaned in.
“I have a message from him,” she whispered.
“For me?” Sarah didn’t sound interested.
“Paul said the truth is in the picture. He is not who you think he is. He tried to save me but my stupidity fucked that up.” Kathrine stared at her plate. She had really screwed up this time.
“The picture? Think he means the one that I showed you?” Sarah asked.
“Probably, not sure what other picture he could have meant,” Kathrine replied.
Sarah got up and walked into the other room, after a few moments she returned with the photo she had shown Kathrine before. She was staring at it as she sat, trying to figure out what ‘the truth’ meant.
“I don’t see anything,” Sarah replied. “Maybe he was just trying to confuse you.”
“No! He saved me. He threw the fight just like he did with you. My own stupidity got me shot. I had to drown myself to escape. If I had not been so dumb…” Kathrine reached over and reached for the photo and Sarah handed it to her.
