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and we
were back on the ground. We were inside this time. From the looks
of the hallway we were in, it was a house.
    “Come, let me see.” A
low female voice answered.
    He started to lower me
down, but I clung to him.
    The woman chuckled. “It
seems she’s attached to you, Owen.”
    Owen? His name was
Owen. The name seemed to fit.
    “I don’t know her.”
    “You just found her in
a vampire nest?”
    “I’ve seen her a few
times, and I got suspicious.” He exhaled loudly. “None of that
matters. Just fix her.”
    “She’s not going to let
go, so you’ll have to sit with her on your lap.”
    “That’s fine.” He
shifted us and sat down. I didn’t care where I was as long as he
stayed. He gave me the only comfort I’d had all night.
    Someone touched my
face, and I opened my eyes. An old woman’s dark, brown eyes locked
on mine. “You’ve been mixed up with a witch too, I see.”
    “A witch?” Was I right?
Did all the trouble start with that potion?
    “Yes.” She brushed my
hair back. “You were bitten by multiple vampires. That’s not
common. Vampires don’t generally share their human prey. I sense a
witch’s influence on you that is probably the cause.”
    “I saw a witch in New
Orleans, but it wasn’t real. It was one of those tourist
spots.”
    “Now that you’ve been
kidnapped by vampires and saved by a Pteron, do you really doubt a
witch could be real?” The woman asked.
    I didn’t answer. I
didn’t know what to believe. And what the heck was a Pteron?
    “The only thing strong
enough to cause this would be Seduction’s Kiss, and there’s only
one witch in New Orleans crazy enough to make that anymore. Did you
see Kalisa at the Midnight Cauldron?”
    “Yes.”
    “Darn that woman. She
thinks she can play matchmaker, but she doesn’t realize the other
forces at work.”
    “Matchmaker?” Owen
asked.
    “Any witch could tell
this human is something special. She sensed she was meant for a
paranormal and gave it a push.”
    “A push?” Owen absently
ran a hand through my hair. “Is that why I couldn’t stop thinking
about her?”
    Couldn’t stop thinking
about me? At a time like this I shouldn’t have cared that he liked
me, but I did. Then I thought about Reyna. “Are my friends
okay?”
    “Yes. They are all back
at home. Don’t worry about them.” He paused like he was debating
whether to continue. “And I might as well just get this out of the
way. They won’t remember a thing, and neither will you.”
    “What?” Why wouldn’t I
remember?
    “I’m afraid she’ll have
to remember, Owen. Letting a witch into her mind could do damage
right now. She’s weak, and that potion Kalisa gave her is potent.”
She put a damp washcloth on my forehead. “And to answer your
previous question, no, your thoughts have nothing to do with
witchcraft. You’re a Pteron after all.”
    An unreadable
expression crossed his face. “Oh.”
    “So if you’ve been
thinking about this human, it’s because you like her.” The woman
laughed.
    “A Pteron?” I decided
to ask out loud this time.
    “Did you notice his
wings, sweetie? He’s a crow Pteron, aligned with royals.”
    Owen balled his hand
into a fist. “Stop. Don’t tell her anymore, Mayanne.”
    “Don’t you plan to
introduce her to Levi?”
    “No. I don’t plan to
see her again.”
    She made a grunt.
“Somehow I doubt that.”
    “But she knows our
secrets. What do we do?”
    “You don’t need to kill
me. I swear I won’t tell anyone.”
    “After all the work
I’ve done saving you, I wasn’t planning to hurt you.” He smiled for
the first time. “But can you tell me something?”
    “Yes. Anything.” I felt
like I could tell him anything. There was just something about him
that made me want to spill out my life story. I also owed him my
life. From the bits and pieces of my memory coming back, I knew
that the vampires were close to leaving me for dead.
    The witch laughed as
she banged around behind us.
    “Why