25
I SAT AT THE TABLE and stared outside into the darkness. It seemed like it had been hours since Ethan had left and I was getting anxious. He was immortally fast and this was taking much too long. Several times, I considered leaving, but something inside of me urged me not to. Not to mention that there were many things lurking in the darkness around Shore Lake and I would be easy prey. I decided to wait; at least until daylight.
As I stared at the moon and thought about everything that had happened earlier in the evening, my eyelids began to get heavy, and eventually I nodded off.
“Nikki,” whispered a soft, feminine voice, jolting me awake.
I opened my eyes and relaxed.
Celeste smiled. “Sorry. I was trying not to scare you again. I know how pissed off that gets you.”
I wiped a lit
