0241: The Vampire's Daughter, Book Three

After a few minutes, one of the twins came back into the living room. "My sister won't be bothering us anymore. At least not tonight," she said.

"Which one is this?" Jaime asked Sol.

"This is Car," he answered.

The little girl smiled and sat on the couch across from the fireplace.

"Carmalinda, do you know who that woman was that arrived when we were in the tower?" Sol asked.

"No."

"You aren't telling the truth," Sol said.

"Even I could tell that," Jamie added.

"I do know, but I'm not allowed to tell you," Car responded.

"Is she staying at the castle?" Sol asked.

"Yes."

"May I meet her?"

"Not yet."

"When may I meet her?"

"When Gan decides you can meet her."

"Has she been here before?"

"Not that I know of."

"So you do not know her?"

"I didn't say that. I just said that I wasn't aware of her ever having been at the castle prior to tonight."

"So you have met her before," Sol said. "Where did you meet her?"

"In Sweden."

"Is she nice?"

"To whom?"

"In general?"

"She can be, but then there are times when she isn't. It's all relative."

"Is she a friend of Gan's?" Jamie asked.

Both Sol and Car looked at Jamie with a mixture of surprise and indignation.

"What?" Jamie asked.

After a pause, Car said, "They are well known to each other, but I don't think the term friend is appropriate."

"I could sense that she is quite powerful," Sol said.

"Oh yes, very," Car responded. "She is also very interested in meeting you."

"Then the interest is mutual," Sol said.

"I guess two out of three ain't bad," Jamie injected, "because I just want this whole mess to be over and done with."

At that Car's eyes went wide, she looked at Sol and she started giggling. "Didn't you explain the magnitude of the situation?"

"I'm not certain of the magnitude myself," Sol said.

"I'm quite aware of the magnitude of a blood hunt," Jamie said indignantly.

"The blood hunt?" Carmalinda asked rhetorically. "I'm not talking about the bloodhunt."


[The Vampire's Daughter: An ongoing vampire story. Copyright Reuben Gregg Brewer, 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.]