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“So now what?” Elijah asked, looking around. “Do we still want to kill them?”
“I don’t know,” Saber said. “I’m the only one of us the vampires know about and I’m pretty fucking scared.”
“How do they know aboutyouand not us?” Elijah asked.
Saber felt her heart race. She did not want to tell them about Ansel. She wanted to keep him safe, and part of her was pretty certain that he was far,farmore dangerous to them than they were to him.
“I went to their parties, that’s how this whole thing started.”
“But how did they knowyoukilled Laurel?”
“Derek told me when he came to my window. He said he smelled me in the basement and that he would find you all eventually, too.”
Doug nodded.
“I’m sorry,” Saber said, “but now that I’ve actually been threatened, I don’t know if I’m brave enough to keep doing this.”
“Has it occurred to you that you don’t have a choice?” Doug asked.
“Why didn’t you tell me you were back on the island hanging out with Mia?” Saber asked Lozen on the drive back to Saber’s house after. Her dad was gone, had left that morning to work in the San Diego office for a few days. “What’s going on with you, Lozen?”
“What’s going on withme?” she nearly shouted. “What’s going on withyou? I feel like you’re keeping secrets. You’ve disappeared a few times without a real explanation! Are you seeing someone?”
“No,” Saber said. “I’m not.”
“Ok,” Lozen said, but it didn’t sound like she believed her. “Mia said you’re keeping a secret.”
“Well what the fuck does she know?”
Lozen looked at her with pointed accusation, not bothering to remind her that Mia could read minds. Saber knew it wouldbe easier to change the subject than to explain away her secret relationship with Ansel.
“Please,” Saber said, “tell me what’s going on with you and Mia and the freaking talking crows.”
“Ravens.” Lozen took a deep breath then let out a sigh. “I asked Mia about becoming a witch, so she let me come to a meeting with her coven.”
“Why did you want to become awitchall of a sudden?” Saber said, teasing a little.
“It wasn’t all of a sudden. It’s hard to explain,” said Lozen. “But I felt like I kind of already was one. I’ve felt like I was different for a long time. And I didn’t want to talk to you about it until I understood. Istilldon’t understand everything.”
“Huh.” Saber looked over at her friend, who was uncharacteristically reserved.
“I already felt like animals were trying to talk to me. I would see a raven sitting on a power wire, for instance, and feel thispressure.”
“What kind of pressure?”
“You know when someone wants something from you but they’re afraid to come right out and say it, but you can feel the tension between you?”
“Uh, sure.”
“It’s like that. Ravens are the easiest to hear for some reason. It’s true for almost all witches who talk to animals. Ravens and cats just have the most human communication style. It’s cliché, but it’s cliché for a reason, I guess.”
“What about dogs?”
“Dogs have been domesticated for thousands of years to reflect our own feelings back to us. They’re not very… articulate. They can’t really give good information because they just tell you what theythinkyou want to hear.”
“You’re for real about this?” Saber asked, and Lozen nodded solemnly.
“It’s been scary but also really great to finally understand what’s going on. Meeting Mia was like pulling back a curtain on my whole life. So many things make sense now.”
