“What... abilities?”
Tabby cocked her head to the side. “The voice control. Like your dad, Antoine?” When I still didn’t admit to it, she continued. “I was there in the gym when you were deal with that asswad wolf? When you stopped him from shifting?”
I gaped at her. I knew something weird had happened in the gym that day, but I never imagined my new powers had stopped the guy from shifting. No wonder he was so freaked out afterward.
“Uh... how did you know I did that? I didn’t even know until now.”
“I’m a witch.” Her lips curled up. “I felt the air change when you used your powers. It’s a clear sign that magic was being used.”
So vampire powers were some form of magic. That was new information.
Tabby then frowned. “If you didn’t know about your powers then, how did you find out about them?”
“The hard way.” I grimaced, adjusting my bag. “Killed some crows. Almost killed my boyfriend.”
“Oh, no. I’m so sorry.” She rushed over to me, her hands on her chest. “This is all my fault. If I’d just come to you right away, none of this would have happened.”
I shrugged a shoulder. “Don’t beat yourself up about it. You couldn’t have known.”
“But still—”
“Is everything okay over here?” Tate appeared in the stairwell, coming up to meet us. “Sorry, I was finishing a test and lost track of the time.” He stepped up to me and pressed a kiss to my forehead. “What’s up, Tabby?”
“She was just telling me that they could help me with my new powers,” I explained to him, not wanting to get Tabby or her friend in trouble for breaking into my room.
“Oh, well, that’s a relief.” He grinned, then wrapped an arm around me. “Want to go to lunch early? They probably have some leftover breakfast they haven’t switched over yet.”
I nodded. “Sure. I’ll find you later okay, Tabby?”
“Yeah, sure.” Tabby’s head bobbed eagerly. “And sorry again.”
As we walked away, Tate glanced down at me. “Sorry about what?”
“Nothing.” I waved him off. “So food?”
We worked our way down to the cafeteria where I sat my bag at our usual table and went to fill a tray with food. I had missed breakfast, so I ended up getting way more than usual, causing Tate to tease me a bit.
“Hey, I burn a lot of calories being this awesome.” I grinned back, sitting next to him at the table.
“Oh, you burned calories doing something alright.” Tate winked, taking a huge bite of his burger. He’d been right about the leftover breakfast, so both our plates had a mixture of bacon and eggs with a side of burgers and fries. A well-balanced meal for any supernatural creature.
“Oh, I need juice,” Tate announced, standing up again.
I chuckled at him and then dug through my bag, planning on looking over my notes for my next class, Bloodlines and Power Dynamics, when my hand pulled out something else.
Another note, but this one didn’t have the sigil of Tabby’s coven on it.
Frowning, I glanced around, wondering who could have put it in my bag without me noticing. There were several students in the cafeteria, but none of them looked suspicious or like they were waiting for me to open it.
I opened the envelope and quickly read over its contents.
If you want to find your family’s enemies, come to the address below. Come alone.
Below listed an address in the town a short way from the academy. It also had a time—five a.m.
“Hey, got you one, too.” Tate announced, sitting a glass in front of me.
I shoved the note back into my bag and smiled. “Thanks.”
