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"Secret and I are talking, little one Do not think your youthful insolence will play here with the big girls You will take this blood and live, or refuse it and die That is the choice Be a good vanore what I a you, and the next time you see Miss Secret over there, it will be when she is delivering your death warrant Do You Understand?"

Brigit’s eyes ide, her face splattered with the discarded blood She looked insane, like she couldn’t be reasoned with, but she nodded her understanding It gave ot serious because it revealed sohtening

She held another bag to Brigit’sit open with a dainty bite before glutting herself on the contents The Oracle was looking atfor ?"

"Ahh" Her face collapsed and she let out a heavy sigh "It’s that tier"

"You knew?"

"You need to understand There are certain things in your life that must happen to you I cannot alarn you about them because you are so stubborn you will try to keep the"

"You knew I had a soulis that everyone does, is it not?"

"Hu really don’t apply to le transcends huods But I digress In your situation you should know things, ro to be easy for you"

"Duh"

"I don’t onlyand his lieutenant"

"That’s the only love triangle I’m currently a part of"

She smiled, but there was a little sadness to it "The wolf is one half of who you are There is another half A whole other arena for trouble"

My faceof blood to givewhat I’ve said Your love life will be coh, shrill and short "If it gets any more complicated than it already is, I think I’d rather do without"

"We shall see"

Brigit , and Calliope freed it froirl licked blood fro "You are a vampire"

"I aarded et more than usual

"I’ve been told that"

"Are you like hiit?"

"The one who made me?"

"Peyton?" I asked, and she nodded "We are both vampires, if that’s what you mean"

She shook her head and scrunched up her eyes the way an annoyed little girl would, obviously frustrated "No The wolves Do you have wolves like he does?"

My stoave it’s blonde hair off her face

"Pet wolves?"

Brigit shook her head again "Werewolves"

I stared at Calliope, but her face toldIf she understoodit I rose froit

"Peyton has olves? How do you know that?"

"Three of therabbed me off the street in the uess it was a theater, it had a big screen…" Her eyes began to tear again "I tried to run, but one of theed They told me if I tried to escape, they’d feed me to the wolf"

"What theater?" I asked

"The vampires woke up when the sun went down," she continued, not hearing ood care of me Until I met you, I didn’t believe in vampires Or olves I didn’t think any of this was real" Brigit turned her face away, a bloody tear rolling down her cheek