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"Just don&039;t panic," Kylie told Sara thirty minutes into their conversation "It&039;l probably be fine" Kylie couldn&039;t say that with a huge aave it a shot That&039;s what friends did Yet deep down, Kylie knew if Sara was pregnant, and there seeood chance she was, it wouldn&039;t be fine

"Thanks, Kylie," Sara said "What a to do without you al summer?"

"Survive," Kylie said "That&039;s al I&039; to do, too"

Kylie had spent the entire conversation hiding behind the office, sitting on the ground, leaning against a tree and trying to calm Sara down Sara&039;s hter spend the day with her, going to the artThe Museureat and Sara actual y liked art As for the shopping, ouldn&039;t love that? But not with your nant

"I total y can&039;t believe this is happening," Sara continued She hadn&039;t even picked up a pregnancy test yet She was too freaked Not that Kylie wasn&039;t up to her eyebrows in her own issues, but talking to Sara about her proble on Sara was pretty much the norm for them Face it, when Sara was upset, and sometimes even when she wasn&039;t, Sara tended to be a tad self-absorbed Kylie neverto other people&039;s proble, Kylie supposed, since right now she couldn&039;t talk about as going on Wel , not to any noro," Sara said

One of the last sprays of the day&039;s sun shot a golden glow around the green scenery With dusk closing in, the heat index no longer felt so suffocating

"Cal et the test," Kylie said

"I wilAnd thanks"

Kylie closed the phone and her eyes Leaning her head against the tree, she recal ed her newfound hope thata supernatural She also re the camp could be closed down if "it" didn&039;t stop-not that Kylie had any idea what "it" was But if both of those hopes ca tolerable Or at least somewhat tolerable The issues of her parents, Nana, and Trey al how one&039;s perspective altered after learning you h Kylie&039;s mind: The truththe truth is we don&039;t knohat you are It could be fairy, it could be you are a descendent of one of the gods It could be-

Kylie recal ed interrupting the camp leader, and now she wished she&039;d hadn&039;t Even though she hadn&039;t given up on being norht be

Trying to stop the e her sto and just listening A late-afternoon breeze stirred the leaves of the tree, crickets war, a baby bird cal ed to itstrips she&039;d taken with her dad Should she cal her dad back now?

Later, she told herself Maybe then she would knohat to say to hiet her at the police station when she cal ed hi to sit there and absorb nature and almost relax She closed her eyes and slowly the tension faded Kylie wasn&039;t sure how long it had been, tenjarred her awake Her eyes sprang open to darkness She sat very stil , listening Not even the crickets breathed Fighting the fear of the unknown, she re, like a lion, fil ed the dark silence, and then calanced up at the black sky The moon, not a fulpast it The sudden need to go soh her Before shesnap

She wasn&039;t alone

Her heart raced and she considered her options-scream or run Maybe both Before she could do either sonized Del a&039;s voice and her heart stoppedMost of it "Not as much as before" Kylie looked up The vahed "I like the way you mostly tel the truth"

"You can real y tel when people are lying?" Kylie asked

"Not everyone Depends on how good of a liar they are The good ones can control their pulse enough so I don&039;t hear it Then there&039;s the people for who lying is so second nature it doesn&039;t affect thes off the butt of her jeans She&039;d have to be careful and not lie to Del a Or either get better at it

"Holiday sent me to sniff you out"

"Sniff me out?" In the dark, Kylie could barely irl was sht

"You can sht her ar project, Del a leaned in and sniffed An appreciative irl&039;s lips The tips of Del a&039;s sharp canines appeared at the corners of her mouth and Kylie jerked her arot the odd impression that the vampire honestly didn&039;t want Kylie to be afraid of her So vairl more human and less scary

"Everyone is at the ca

Kylie moved in step with her, not an easy task since Del a&039;s pace wasn&039;t for wiood to you?"

Del a didn&039;t look at her "Do you want me to lie so you&039;l feel better? Or do you want the truth?"

"The truthI think"

Del a stopped and her tone came out huffy "There&039;s blood in your veins, I real y like blood, so yes, you smel yumine you&039;re hungry and you go into a haer joint Every table is fil ed with people and their plates of big juicy hareasy fries The smel is ambrosia Sowhat do you do?"

"Hurry and order," Kylie answered, not getting the point

"You o steal any food off anyone&039;s plate?"

"No," Kylie said

"Okay, so if stealing so a few pints of bloodMac I&039;d have to be real y starving Or real y angry before I&039;d do that"

The girl cary a lot? Have you ever got that mad?"

Del a let out another exasperated huff "I&039;ve never kil ed anyone that I can remember Is that what you want to hear me say?"

"Yeah" Kylie smiled "So vampires real y aren&039;t a threat to hu?" Kylie asked

"Meaning just like there&039;s good and bad huood and bad vas and purposely try to cause havoc everywhere they go"