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“I should have known what you were when you were ten.” Sarah looked like she was remembering something very embarrassing and Kathrine knew exactly what it was. Sarah was going to get her back now.
“The time you cooked the goldfish?” Mark chimed in. How could her father be so clueless one second then have a memory like a steel trap the next? It had to be something about Sarah.
“Yes,” Kathrine said looking at the ground. “I wanted to see if they tasted like fish sticks,” Kathrine whined.
“Well, did they?” Sarah asked, she knew the answer but Kathrine needed some teasing.
“No,” Kathrine pouted.
Sarah and Mark both laughed and Kathrine pretended to be embarrassed. Truthfully, Kathrine also thought this story was amusing. She was a cat Versi and wanted to eat her goldfish, how stereotypical. If she’d only known back then.
“So would you stay for supper?” Sarah asked.
“I suppose,” Kathrine replied, still pouting. “As long as it’s not fish.”
Sarah and Mark both laughed.
Kathrine had been over for supper nearly every night since she had moved in next door. Not that she minded, she just felt like she was intruding. Sarah and her dad needed alone time. Now that they were officially engaged though, maybe she wouldn’t feel so guilty. They were going to have each other forever, they could spare her an hour or two each night.
Chapter 27
Kathrine slumped in her seat beside Hailey at the gas station. Hailey was preoccupied reading a book. Sarah had wanted to kick Hailey out of the settlement the moment she was no longer in danger of dying but Kathrine insisted that she be allowed to stay. Kathrine wanted to find out anything that Hailey knew about Paul and about Elyon. This woman, however dangerous or ill intentioned, had information.
“What?” Hailey asked annoyed.
“I was just wondering what Paul said to you,” Kathrine smirked. “Also, I noticed you look very pretty. Now that you’re not a vampire, I mean.”
Hailey’s face turned red and she looked out the window as she spoke. Had Kathrine embarrassed her? Was she angry? It was hard to tell, Hailey acted very strange. She hadn’t known this woman long but there was something strange about the way Hailey acted around her.
“I think his exact words were. ‘Find my Kathrine and tell her to help you. She will convince Ceralin. Also, tell her that I could use her help when she has time,” Hailey snarled.
“Hmm,” Kathrine replied. ‘His Kathrine’, jeez, why did those words tie her stomach in knots? They were just words. He had made no effort to contact her yet the mention of his name still sent tingles up her spine every time. Paul was becoming an even bigger frustration each day and each day it leaned more toward sexual frustration.
“I could use her help?” Kathrine asked, trying to get Hailey to turn back around. “That’s pretty vague.” What was Hailey so embarrassed about? She seemed very shifty. Maybe she was a bad liar and was trying to hide her face.
“That’s what he said,” Hailey said as she turned to face Kathrine. She didn’t look like she was lying but something strange was going on.
“So, I noticed that you’re a Versi. When you were really hurting your fangs came out,” Kathrine said. She was trying to get Hailey to talk about herself. She wanted to know more about her. If this was all an elaborate plan to get her away from the settlement maybe she could find holes in Hailey’s story.
“Yes, a wolf like my brother,” Hailey stated. She didn’t seem like she was trying to bait Kathrine into anything. In fact, getting any information from Hailey was like pulling teeth. What kind of evil plot relies on the person doing the deceiving to be nearly silent?
“You think Paul needs help with Elyon?” Kathrine asked, still trying to get Hailey to give up some kind of information.
“You don’t really know Paul do you?” Hailey asked in reply.
What kind of question was that? She would like to know Paul. Her body would also love to know Paul. Since she had only talked to him twice and both added up to less than five minutes, it was rather hard to really know anything about the man except that she really wanted him.
“Nope,” Kathrine replied. She didn’t want to go into details. Her rambling about her frustrations would not help her find out any information from Hailey.
“Well, I doubt Paul needs help with Elyon,” Hailey smirked. Apparently Hailey did know Paul and suddenly Kathrine was envious. “Paul is more powerful than Sarah. And my brother isn’t dumb enough to fight Paul. Unless…” Hailey suddenly stopped and looked deep in thought. The suspense was killing Kathrine.
“What?!” Kathrine almost yelled.
“If he had others on his side. If it wasn’t just Paul and Elyon. Or if Azazel wanted Paul dead for some reason. Then Paul might be in trouble.” Hailey looked serious about this. Kathrine was starting to worry when she realized that this is exactly how someone would lead her into a trap. Subtly suggest that Paul might actually need help. Keep withholding information so that Kathrine would think it was her idea to leave. That was the kind of evil plot that required the deceiver to be silent. She could be telling the truth or she could be setting the bait very carefully. Sarah had said that Hailey was evil, maybe she was also very good at deception.
