No Escape!
Scarlet raised a eyebrow and muttered, "Word travels fast."
Hailey laughed softly. "It sure does."
Something about her felt different, but not in a threatening way, more like the air around her was alive and vibrating with warmth.
"You aren't human," I said before I could stop myself.
Hailey's smile faltered a little as she replied, "Half, my mother was human and my father wasn't."
"God?" Scarlet asked carefully.
Hailey nodded. "Yes a minor one, from before the veil shattered. I have been here since the settlement was started."