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She swiveled her head, taking in the expansive ballrooht," Fiona squealed "I can do your nails and hair and the kitchen is stocked with the best junk food"

"It’s best just to go along hatever she wants," I told Rebekah "Are you okay?" I asked on a more serious note "I’m so sorry all of this happened to you"

Her head bobbed up and down quickly "I’m not hurt if that’s what you mean I know the supernatural exist, but this is the first time I’ve encountered it It’s a lot to take in" She took a nervous breath, tucking her hands under her armpits "Mom and dad…they don’t talk about it, ya know?"

I did in fact, but I wasn’t going to allow my annoyance with my parents show Rebekah needed me to remain calm Just like there are towns strictly for otherworldly; there are also all human towns My parents made sure to live in one of them Now that I was older, I could see the benefits But I also didn’t believe in acting like so didn’t exist si Rebekah fro her Dorian once told ht If in the future my sister decided to move away, she would encounter a supernatural It was alet her killed

"You’ve never met one?" Fiona asked stunned

Rebekah shook her head, "They’re not allowed in our town And o to ‘human-only’ towns," she paused "It’s probably best the vampire hypnotized them"

"What vampire?"

"The boy," Rebekah said, "the one who you spoke to a little bit ago"

"Aaron La’Rue? He’s the one who kidnapped you?"

"Yes He pulled up in a car on my walk home from school He introduced himself and said that it was important I come with him to save you" She looked down at the floor, uncoht away Then an odd sensation caot into his car and directed hiain, "He told me to wait in the car while he spoke with Moht blush colored her cheeks

Fiona and I shared a worried glance The last thing I needed wasabout Aaron La’rue Sure, he looked seventeen but behind the s into a vein If it was the last thing I did, I’d make sure it wasn’t my sister’s

"So he put the whammy on our parents and then what?"

Rebekah took a deep breath, "We boarded his private jet and flew to Washington The others were there too, but Aaron made sure none of thehtaway--"

"Wait," Fiona said "He hypnotized you so you would go with hiet about all this?"

My sister’s dark hair swayed around her head "No"

Fiona and I shared another, a? I hoped it was the latter

"Okay," I said "So, you guys head to the castle and then what?"

"I was put in a bedroom until you arrived"

"No one hurt you? Holly didn’t speak to you?"

Rebekah shook her head again "I didn’t meet Holly until just before you arrived Aaron talked to me a little bit, but it was about basic stuff"

I considered my sister for a moment, and then looked at Fiona "You didn’t see any of this?"

"Holly started playing that dae," she said to my sister, "music and we all fell into a zombie stupor"

"Gwen," soht ht Holly’s body was being loaded onto a cart heels