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something is happening she can’t control, but you must.”
    Slowly, the old man fell into a back and forth rocking, moaning and inhaling the scent from powder he tossed into the fire. When Damon tried to rouse him, there was no response except the fluttering of his eyelids, and a slightly louder chant.
    As he turned to leave, the old man spoke into his mind, not through his ears. “Remember what I said, Damon. If nothing else, you must never, never kill. The only thing that keeps us from becoming like them – like your rival... is that we won’t... kill.”
    And then his voice faded.
    *
    D amon reached the brushy shrubs around Lily’s house just as the sun had started to set.
    For several minutes Damon lay on the ground and stared at the house, intent on seeing what he could before charging headlong into some sort of danger.
    And that’s what he was convinced awaited him. After all, the elder told him he had to go to her right then without a moment’s delay. She was in danger, he said, though he hadn’t been exactly clear about what sort of danger it was. When Damon’s eyes adjusted to the dark, he wasn’t quite sure what he was watching.
    Two women, one of whom he knew was Lily, though the other had her back turned, were arguing. He wished for one of his spells of heightened senses, so he might have listened. Damon strained to hear whatever he could, wondering if this was what the elder meant.
    “How many times do I have to say it?” It was Lily talking, and from the sound of it, she was pissed . That was a tone Damon was quite familiar with. He couldn’t help but wince and grin every time she delivered another punchy, accusatory question. “Why would I know where your boyfriend is?”
    Is that Caitlyn Hodges? What the hell are they doing together? They can’t stand each other.
    Caitlyn looked so defeated that Damon felt a little bad for her.
    “I don’t know,” she said. “All I know is that I haven’t heard from him in over a week and the last time anyone saw him, Craig Willis said he was drinking at the barn party after graduation, and saw your ex-boyfriend beating the shit out of him.”
    “Well, no, Caitlyn, I haven’t seen him.” Lily put her hands on her hips. She was serious. “And just so you know, I haven’t seen... what did you call him? My ex-boyfriend? Whatever. I haven’t seen him in almost a week either.”
    Damon furrowed his brow at her lie. Why would she say that? What did she have to hide? Unless she was trying to protect him from whatever might happen if his connection to Devin was made clear. But how could she possibly know about that? Had all those texts he sent gave it away? Why would she lie though? How could she know?
    “Look, Lily, I’m not trying to start a fight with you, all I want—”
    Lily crossed her arms. Even from his distance, Damon saw the slouch in her shoulders. God she’s mad. I’m glad it’s not at me .
    “You came to my house, and you accused me of running around with your boyfriend. When I asked you why the hell you’d think me and Devin of all people, who I can hardly stand, mind you, would be running around behind your back, you start spewing stuff at me about my boyfr – my ex-boyfriend beating him up? What are you? ”
    Her slip of the tongue wasn’t lost on either Damon or Caitlyn. Lily edged toward the house. “You know what?” she continued. “I think you better just go, Cat. I think it’s best if you went on your way. I’ll tell you this though, I promise that if I see or hear or anything, of Devin, I’ll let you know. I might not like you very much, but I can tell you’re worried, so I’m not gonna be queen bitch and keep things from you if I hear them. Okay?”
    Damon laughed under his breath.
    “That’s... yeah, I mean,” Caitlyn was obviously terrified. “I can’t ask for anything else. Th – thanks.”
    As Caitlyn ran back to her BMW, Lily’s scowl deepened and she went inside, slamming the door.
    When everyone was gone