Page 63 of Taming the Beasts
He smiled at her.
I was glad she wasn’t killing people. But I hated everything else she’d just said. And I didn’t love the fact that Kebe and Callum now had even more in common.
Bennett pulled Callum aside. The two of them started talking about something in hushed voices.
Which was great. Because it gave me more time to question Kebe without Callum interfering. “Wait,” I said. “You disappeared the other night. On the security feed. That’s not something vampires can do, is it?”
Kebe laughed. “Disappear? Nonsense. No one can disappear. You must have mis-seen.”
“No, you definitely disappeared,” Zoey said. “Twice.”
I was glad I wasn’t the only one not buying this vampire confession.
“We figured it just looked like you’d disappeared because you were really fast,” Huxley said.
Kebe quickly nodded along. “Huxley is right. That must have been it. Cameras don’t always pick up quick vampire movements. Glad we cleared that up.”
We hadn’t cleared up anything! And why had Huxley supplied her with an out there? I tried to think of anything else that didn’t make sense.
“This is amazing,” Callum said as he walked back over. “I’ve never met another vampire. I thought I was the only one.”
I hadn’t gotten a chance to tell him about Zoey’s client that had recently changed. And I didn’t want him to buddy up with Kebe. I’d much rather him buddy up with this new guy vampire. “One of Zoey’s clients recently became one,” I said. “And someone must have changed him. So there are two more out there. We should go on a trip and try to find them.”
Zoey gave me a weird look.
Okay, yeah, going on a vacation to hunt down more supernatural creatures wasn’t exactly at the top of our list right now.
“Really?” Callum asked. “Are you sure there’s more?”
“Sorry, what did you just say about one of Zoey’s clients becoming a vampire?” Otto asked.
Zoey sighed. “We’ve been kind of busying dealing with other stuff. But yes, I have a client who was a little suspicious normally. And then he skipped town and left a bunch of dead bodies in his apartment. Apparently it was a bloody mess.”
Bennett lowered his eyebrows. “And you didn’t think this was important to tell us? He could be coming here to find you.”
“I don’t think so.”
But Zoey didn’t look so certain.
“I remember what it was like when I first turned,” Callum said. “I wasn’t in control at all. If he wants to find you...he will.”
“Yeah,” Kebe said. “I remember what it was like turning too. It was crazy. All that blood lust. Those were wild times. So little control. Just tons of blood.”
“Were you alone when you turned?” Callum asked.
She nodded.
“Wait.” I’d caught Kebe red-handed in her lie. “You have a father. You’ve mentioned him quite a bit. How could you possibly have a dad that’s still alive?”
“I mean, I’m not opposed to calling someone else Daddy.” Kebe winked at Huxley.
“What is happening right now?” Zoey asked. “That was not the question. How do you have a father?”
“Well, clearly he’s a vampire too,” Kebe said. “It’s the only thing that makes sense.”
It was the only thing that made sense? Or it was the truth? It did kind of make sense though. She’d talked about him being a curator, a professor, and an anthropologist. A vampire did have time to have all those professions. “So he’s your actual father?”
“Oh yes. He’s my real daddy. He changed me like a bunch of years ago. But he was like, busy a lot. So I was left to my own devices and just went like wild. Exactly like Callum said.”
