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“Hoill they react?” I gulped

“I don’t know It’s hard to tell They’re terinned

“You knohen people say, no offense, it usually hten the mood It worked

“I guess you’re right,” he chuckled

“Hey,” I said s him in the arm

“Ow,” I said cradlingthat” Iit to his cold lips and placing a soft kiss on it

“All better?” he asked

“All better,” I said, but not only aboutfroet better from now on I hoped I desperately hoped so

Jonathon held tightly onto round tunnel I had expected The Coven’s headquarters to be above ground in so I hadn’t expected this dark tunnel This hat you expected from vampires, not humans It seeround It smelled old andtime and only recently re-opened Maybe it had once been a city that had long been buried

The walls and floors were all stone round hallway very cold And the presence of so many vampires didn’t help to make it any warmer Not only had the Pulmers come but other vampires had shown as well I wasn’t sure what this, Coven, would think of sotheir, ‘lair’, as I liked to call it

Amelia, Patrick, and Danny walked in front of Jonathon and me, while Mason, Joseph, and Diana were immediately behind us, the other vai, from the deli/bakery, Balthazar, Vivian and Viola, ere sisters, Benji, and Gabriel

Luigi I had already met, Balthazar seemed very nice, he was taller, his hair was brown and disheveled, and he had the power of char power ever but still useful in its oay Vivian and Viola ere sisters frightened me when I first saw them but they turned out to be very sweet, they both had vivid red hair, both their lips were painted a bright cherry red, they wore dark shades of reds and purples, but their poere pretty cool, at least I thought so Vivian had the power to s appear out of thin air Viola was constantlytheuy and very quick, even for a vae of about fifteen; he wasn’t sure how old he had been when he was turned so this was just a guess and he was constantly playing pranks But despite all the years he had lived as a vaht brown hair that stuck up in every direction Benji had the power of invisibility which I thought esoet

the brunt of Benji’s pranks Gabriel Gabriel frightened me He had black hair and his silver eyes seemed almost white He seemed to wear a permanent scowl He wore a black short sleeve t-shirt and black jeans with a black belt and black shoes Everything about him was black His hair, his clothes, and his personality But he wanted to help so he elcome And he had unique power There was no other vampire with his power; at least not that that anyone knew Gabriel is an ile it with his and plant any thought he wants into your head and whatever he tells you to do you have to do it It is a frightening power But a useful one Especially in this situation With his poeBut with Selena you never knew your odds and I didn’t want to getI couldn’t help it

The ground kept sloping doards and it kept getting colder and colder The torches in the wallssoI was so scared for as going to coiven me much of a description of The Coven and every tiotI didn’t understand

We caht ahead