Lahat ng Kabanata ng So You Think Your Sister's a Vampire?: Kabanata 521 - Kabanata 530

Cadence took the middle of the road and tried to stay diplomatic, which was best for the team but still irritated me slightly. “I don’t think it matters now. I can see why you would just help out in this situation, but if it happens again, make sure you tell me, or Aurora, or whoever is in charge, what’s going on as soon as you can, just to keep us informed.” I sucked in a breath, biting back a response. She knew I would’ve told her if she had been here, but what good would it have done for me to tell the other two? “No one is telling anyone else how to use their special powers.” She glanced around the room, and I could see she was trying to make sure the other ladies knew not to mention this again.Then my sister attempted to be funny. “Except Jamie. If one of us tells him to heal us, he better do it.” Everyone else chuckled to be polite, but not me. It was clear she was trying to say I hadn’t done anything wrong wh

I stared at Elliott for a moment, thinking we needed to have a little chat about what backing someone up meant because he expected Jamie to do it for him but hadn’t given me the courtesy the last few times I needed him to, including earlier in this meeting. “That was before I saw what I saw. Look, all I’m saying is, I understand Aaron’s point.”“Thank you, Cass,” Aaron said, and I should’ve let it go, but my mouth kept moving.“I don’t agree with it.” He stared at me like I’d just insulted him—not a good idea. I tried to soften the blow. It wasn’t that I didn’t agree with anything he’d said, so I continued, trying to explain. “But I do understand it. I think... if we’re going over there, the sooner the better. Whether he’s here or not. A lot of people are getting turned into monsters, of one variety or another. We can stop that.” I hoped he understood

Starting at the top of the list, I reached out for the person, trying to imagine what he would look like, concentrating on his name. Normally, it doesn’t take me long to find someone that way, if they’re alive and on this planet. But Boris Javko wasn’t answering. I moved to the second name, and the next, giving each one about a minute. No luck by the time I’d reached lucky number seven. On the eighth one, I thought I had something, but then it turned out to be someone else with a similar name in Russia. This was going to take forever.“Hey, Cass? You got a second?” Eliza’s chipper voice pulled me out of a trance. I wanted to tell her no, but I couldn’t do that.“Sure. What’s up?”“Gah, I’m so frustrated. Mila and Hannah are working together to coordinate things now, so I guess I’m not supposed to ask for your help anymore. But they totally botched the hunt.&

Alone in my apartment, I tried to get the song out of my head and couldn’t, so I turned on some music on my phone and picked up the stack of papers. I glanced back through the names of the people I’d already tried to contact. Some of them had been missing for weeks. That could be the problem. Instead of starting at the beginning, I went to the other end of the stack and found someone who’d only been missing a few days.A name jumped out at me. I’m not sure why, but it didn’t surprise me too much. It was almost as if the girl on the paper was shouting my name. “Dala Toth,” I whispered aloud. Aaron’s list had more detail than what I would’ve gotten on my own, but it didn’t tell me much. She was about my height and weight with the same color hair and just a little older than me. Was there a possibility that she might still be alive?I closed my eyes and felt out into the universe. Remarkably, it didn’t take

By the time I made it down the hallway, I was no longer thinking at all. I just needed the noise to stop. I hammered on the door with my fist, barely able to keep my mouth shut. The last thing I needed was everyone on the floor staring at me.It took a second for the door to open. Brandon stared at me like he wasn’t sure what to say. I didn’t give him time to say anything I flew into his apartment, rushing right past him, with my hands over my ears. “Make it stop!” I begged him, bending over and pulling at my hair. “I don’t know how to make it stop!” He probably thought I was crazy. Maybe I was.“Make what stop? Cass, what’s the matter?” I could hear the concern in his voice. He reached out for me, trying to stabilize me, I assume. I was thrashing all over the place, not sure how to shout to Brandon what was happening over the noise in my own head, though I was aware he couldn’t hear it and didn’t