Chapter 20

Jasper worriedly paced between the long tables that held his research equipment while he waited for Lila to return from the errand he’d sent her on.  Getting permission to leave the vampire’s lair had been nearly impossible.  If Lila wasn’t successful in obtaining what he needed, he doubted there would be another opportunity in the near future.

She’d finally found the time and the courage to confess to him that she belonged to a coven.  To her surprise, he’d embraced the idea almost too fully.  His acute disappointment in learning that she was a new member and a babe in comparison to the others with her knowledge and skills was obvious.

“Why do you want a witch?” she’d asked.

“I need a protection spell of some sort,” he’d replied. “I am fairly certain that I have taken on the traits of the werewolf and vampire. I can’t be sure about the zombie, as I&rsq