Chapter 16

My plans for Saturday were to spend most of the day with Shaun, tell him about my abilities and what Alec was teaching me, but he texted me in the morning that between his dad and practice, he was going to be busy all day. So instead, I spent the day studying until it was time to meet up with Alec.

It was a dark late afternoon, thanks to the thick clouds and the rain it dropped over the town. I huddled under my umbrella as I walked down the street toward the woods. Dreading the muddy mess I was going to be when I reached our meeting spot, I didn’t notice the car until Alec’s voice cut through the noise of the rain.

Never in my life had I ever been so happy to see a car before in my life. I got in, then cringed as water dripped onto the seats. “Sorry.”

“Didn’t I tell you to stop apologizing?” Alec said with a small shake of his head.

“But your car—”

“Is just a car,” he said and nodded to the driver. “I heard about your altercation with some vampires during your visit to my home. I pro