Page 69 of Bitten By Desire
“Thank you.”
“I should have known you visiting would somehow end up with us being arrested.” She smiled at me. “I’ve missed you.”
I laughed. “I’ve missed you too.”
We walked out, ducking under her umbrella. I retraced my path from last night until we were standing outside Theo’s cold, modern home.
“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Zoey asked. “What if he actually is dangerous?”
“He is.”
“Then what the hell are we doing?”
I stared at the house. “You’re not going to really believe me until I find the proof. That he’s Callum Walsh.And that he’s…bad.” I wasn’t even sure if I truly believed he was bad. I was just confused. Could he really be a murderer? Was he somehow trying to pin the blame on Bennett?
“What if I just say I believe you?”
“Like you said you believed he was a vampire? Because you stopped believing me after like two minutes.”
Zoey stared at me. “His eyes are brown, Emma.”
“That’s why you’re going to go upstairs to look for colored contact lenses. And I’ll start in the basement. I want to see if he has those old portraits down there.”
“Please don’t. That’s where everyone dies in scary movies.”
“Come on,” I said, ignoring her. I walked up to the front door. But unlike Zoey, Theo wasn’t as trusting of the town. “It’s locked. See…he’s hiding something.” I took a step back and looked around for where he’d hide a key.
“He’s just new in town. That’s all.”
“Mhm.” I picked up a planter. And then another. “Check that rock,” I said and pointed to a suspiciously large rock on the other side of the path.
But Zoey didn’t respond.
“Zoey?” I turned around and she was gone.What the hell?“Zoey?!” Where had she gone? She’d literally been there three seconds ago. “Zoey?” I said a little quieter.
I thought about the article from ten years ago. And the people that were reported missing after the Fall Festival. And now Zoey?! This wasn’t a coincidence. Theo Gold was….what? Kidnapping people? Killing them? I pressed my lips together and touched the side of my neck. Eating them? I thought about the scar on Titan’s face. And the cut on Bennett’s lip. Something sharp had done that. Something like…a vampire’s fangs?
Shit. Shit, shit, shit!“Zoey?!” I called again. I was not going to let her get eaten by a blood sucking vampire. “Zoey!” I turned in a circle.
“Stop yelling,” she hissed as she walked out the front door.
“What the hell, Zoey? You scared me half to death. How did you get inside?”
“One of the windows on the side of the house was unlocked. Now be quiet and get in here before someone sees us.” She waved me toward her.
I breathed a sigh of relief and hurried inside. The same cool feeling I had last night wrapped around me. Why was Theo’s house so cold? “Isn’t it suspicious all by itself that he has no decorations?”
“Like I said before, he’s new to town. Or I would have seen him around ages ago. He’s probably still settling.”
“Or he’s hiding all his creepy mansion stuff so no one will figure out his con.”
“What con?”
“The Callum Walsh con.”
“Changing your name isn’t a con.”
I glared at her. “It is when you’re a serial killer.” I looked up the staircase. “Okay, you go up there…”
