"Yes." She was clearly fighting back tears again. "I think I'm going to go to my room now," she said, pulling herself to her feet. "Okay, Cass, but there's just one more thing," Cadence began. "You can't tell anyone about this. No one. Not Lucy or Emma, not Milo or Wes, or any of your other friends, okay? If you feel like you need to talk about it, you have to talk to one of us." "All right," she said nodding her head, "but Lucy and Emma have been helping me with the research, so they already think..." "You'll have to throw them off," Cadence interrupted. "Tell them you talked to me about it, and I assured you that I'm not a Vampire Hunter." She considered her older sister's response for a moment before asking, "What do I tell them about Elliott?" Cadence looked surprised. "Do they k

