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somewhere else…seeing something else. I knew then she had tuned into the Keepers, and had started to search for him.
I sat beside her on the steps.
“Who’s Adam? Why is Nikki upset he’s gone?” Tori demanded, looking at me, then turned to look at Ed, “And when did you get bitten?”
“Huh?” Ed looked at the girl as if she were nuts.
“You know, bitten? Obviously you’re a werewolf, right?” she was addressing Ed, but was staring, at Nikki.
“I am NOT a werewolf!” Ed glared at her, standing up straight and proud, so he could look down his nose at her, even though she wasn’t looking at him, “ I am a Keeper!”
“Yeah, ok, Werewolf, whatever you say, just keep your fangs to yourself. I know it’s a full moon, but try to contain yourself. Stay over there,” Tori waved, dismissing both the conflicting conversation and Ed, as she bent down to look in Nikki’s unfocused eyes, “What’s going on, Nikki? Are you ok?”
“He isn’t dead, I still feel him. I can’t hear his thoughts, though. Maybe he isn’t conscious,” Nikki whispered, huddled on the steps. Her eyes still wandered, seeing the things none of us could see. “… she has him…”
Tori turned to glare at me, “Okay, since you must be the normal one and you seem to know what’s going on, you’d better start talking.”
“Okaay,” I answered cautiously, wondering where to start.
“Start talking !”
“Adam is Nikki’s boyfriend,” I looked over at Nikki. Wanting to comfort her somehow, I patted her awkwardly on the back, “He’s the lead ‘werewolf’ or Keeper, and Nikki is the Seer for the Keepers. That means she’s kinda like a psychic when it comes to wolf stuff…”
“Zue has him.” Nikki broke in, turning to stare at something to her left.
Tori looked at her, then back to me expectantly, arching a brow for further answers.
“Zue is a flesh-eating fairy known as a Spriteblood. She had been trapped by Adam’s people in a Deadland for centuries, but now she’s free, and she’s out for revenge. I guess she’s started by taking Adam,” I looked at her to see how much of the story she had bought. So far, she acted like she dealt with this kind of stuff on a regular basis. So I went on, figuring there wasn’t much of a point in leaving anything out. If Adam was still alive and wanted to complain about breaking rules, I’d blame it on Ed for showing up wolf, “I’m not the normal one. Lately I’ve found that there aren’t very many normal people who live here. I’m like him,” I pointed at Eats Dirt Young Eagle, who was still standing as proudly as ever, arms crossed over his chest.
“Werewolf, huh?”
Ed rolled his eyes and dropped his arms to shove his hands in his pockets as he gave up on his attempt to impress her.
“She’s moving him, but I don’t know where. I just keep seeing crows everywhere,” Nikki said, then snapped out of her trance, “Where are the others?”
“They went to the Deadland Adam had been going through, but they didn’t find anything. They’re headed to see if Wynter knows anything else.”
“That’s a waste of time,” Nikki shook her head.
“Why?”
“Because I’ve got a weird feeling that she’s gone, too.”
***
Zue
It had been easier than she thought — this strange, wonderful game of conquering her enemies. It still felt odd to consider Wynter an enemy. But then again, she had made her own choice. She could not be allowed to help her precious humans any further.
She thought, surely, her dear sister would have fought harder. True, she was weak, but with the exception of a show of magic in which Wynter pelted her with a whirlwind of thousands of books as she entered the spelled house, there hadn’t been much of a show of resistance. It was more a show of resignation. Zue had more strength than Wynter, even though she had been the one trapped for the last few centuries. Of course, the magic she had taken from the three boys, who just
I sat beside her on the steps.
“Who’s Adam? Why is Nikki upset he’s gone?” Tori demanded, looking at me, then turned to look at Ed, “And when did you get bitten?”
“Huh?” Ed looked at the girl as if she were nuts.
“You know, bitten? Obviously you’re a werewolf, right?” she was addressing Ed, but was staring, at Nikki.
“I am NOT a werewolf!” Ed glared at her, standing up straight and proud, so he could look down his nose at her, even though she wasn’t looking at him, “ I am a Keeper!”
“Yeah, ok, Werewolf, whatever you say, just keep your fangs to yourself. I know it’s a full moon, but try to contain yourself. Stay over there,” Tori waved, dismissing both the conflicting conversation and Ed, as she bent down to look in Nikki’s unfocused eyes, “What’s going on, Nikki? Are you ok?”
“He isn’t dead, I still feel him. I can’t hear his thoughts, though. Maybe he isn’t conscious,” Nikki whispered, huddled on the steps. Her eyes still wandered, seeing the things none of us could see. “… she has him…”
Tori turned to glare at me, “Okay, since you must be the normal one and you seem to know what’s going on, you’d better start talking.”
“Okaay,” I answered cautiously, wondering where to start.
“Start talking !”
“Adam is Nikki’s boyfriend,” I looked over at Nikki. Wanting to comfort her somehow, I patted her awkwardly on the back, “He’s the lead ‘werewolf’ or Keeper, and Nikki is the Seer for the Keepers. That means she’s kinda like a psychic when it comes to wolf stuff…”
“Zue has him.” Nikki broke in, turning to stare at something to her left.
Tori looked at her, then back to me expectantly, arching a brow for further answers.
“Zue is a flesh-eating fairy known as a Spriteblood. She had been trapped by Adam’s people in a Deadland for centuries, but now she’s free, and she’s out for revenge. I guess she’s started by taking Adam,” I looked at her to see how much of the story she had bought. So far, she acted like she dealt with this kind of stuff on a regular basis. So I went on, figuring there wasn’t much of a point in leaving anything out. If Adam was still alive and wanted to complain about breaking rules, I’d blame it on Ed for showing up wolf, “I’m not the normal one. Lately I’ve found that there aren’t very many normal people who live here. I’m like him,” I pointed at Eats Dirt Young Eagle, who was still standing as proudly as ever, arms crossed over his chest.
“Werewolf, huh?”
Ed rolled his eyes and dropped his arms to shove his hands in his pockets as he gave up on his attempt to impress her.
“She’s moving him, but I don’t know where. I just keep seeing crows everywhere,” Nikki said, then snapped out of her trance, “Where are the others?”
“They went to the Deadland Adam had been going through, but they didn’t find anything. They’re headed to see if Wynter knows anything else.”
“That’s a waste of time,” Nikki shook her head.
“Why?”
“Because I’ve got a weird feeling that she’s gone, too.”
***
Zue
It had been easier than she thought — this strange, wonderful game of conquering her enemies. It still felt odd to consider Wynter an enemy. But then again, she had made her own choice. She could not be allowed to help her precious humans any further.
She thought, surely, her dear sister would have fought harder. True, she was weak, but with the exception of a show of magic in which Wynter pelted her with a whirlwind of thousands of books as she entered the spelled house, there hadn’t been much of a show of resistance. It was more a show of resignation. Zue had more strength than Wynter, even though she had been the one trapped for the last few centuries. Of course, the magic she had taken from the three boys, who just
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