“Just to let you know I know where you are, and that I’m watching you.”
“Watching me. That’s a bit creepy, isn’t it?”
“Again, it’s an occupational hazard,” he says dryly. “Make sure to get on your own soon. I will find you when you do.”
“I really don’t know how I will do that.”
“Try, Mrs. O’Dell. We have things to talk about.”
“Fine. I will try.”
“Good,” he says and hangs up.
Infuriating creature. I turn to go back into the dining room when my phone buzzes for a message.
It’s Sebastian: “Meant what I said. My silence for your compliance.”
Arse. I delete it and take a few moments to Passcode lock my phone. Wouldn’t do to have prying eyes, should he send me another message. Like CK, I use letters instead of numbers and randomly chose the first four letter word that comes into my head. Surprisingly it isn’t ‘arse,’ as even I am not that crude. Rather, it’s something that no one in a million years would think of.
I stalk back into the dining room and take my seat, ignoring Sebastian and his look of annoyance that I didn’t message him back. So, what if he tells. Now all I have to do is say that he used his gift on me. Whatever the Hell that is. Besides, it is making more and more sense that he did do something to me. I can’t imagine for the life of me why I would do it otherwise. CK all but offered the three of us together on the jet and I turned him down. I didn’t want to betray Cole, Devon and Lincoln or CK for that matter, I still don’t. It makes no sense and when I try to think about it, it’s all a bit of a blur.
“Who was that?” CK asks anyway, even though I try to distract him with a lingering kiss. Who am I kidding? Just like Cole can’t do it with me, I can’t do it with him.
“Just business,” I say shortly.
“Anything the rest of the class should know about?” Devon asks snidely and I glare at him.
“Nope.”
He shrugs and changes the subject. “We need to speak in private at some point,” he says to me. “I have some questions that need answering.”
“Yeah, there’s a lot of that going around. Come up later, we’ll talk.”
Devon looks at CK and he snaps, “What, not private enough for you?”
“If Lizzie, doesn’t mind, I don’t have an issue. As long as you let us talk and you don’t go all Roman Warrior on us.”
Despite ourselves, Sebastian and I glance at each other and snicker at CK, who looks like he is about to go all Roman Warrior on Devon right now.
“Should I be worried?” I ask through my laughter.
Devon shifts his gaze from CK to me saying, “No. We just need to catch up.”
I nod. “Fine. But first I need to speak to Scott and Lincoln. I’d like to do that now if that’s okay with everyone.” I don’t ask so nobody answers.
I stand and they follow suit. I lead them back out of the dining hall.
“You have got some serious explaining to do,” Lincoln snaps at me as soon as we are out of Vampire earshot.
“I know. I’m sorry. I don’t know how it happened.”
“Look, I’m not comfortable with being a part of this conversation,” Scott says. “It isn’t anything to do with me.”
“I get that Scott, but I must impress that it has to stay a secret. I need your word you will forget what you read and never even think of it again.”
“Done,” he says without hesitation.
“Thank you.”