Thicker Than Water (The Briar Creek Vampires Book #2) by Jayme Morse & Jody Morse by Jayme Morse Page A
Authors: Jayme Morse
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Mary-Kate could be a vampire. Lexi
hadn’t known a vampire until she met Gabe, but she knew for certain
that all of the mythology said that they didn’t sleep. They
couldn’t.
Somehow, it made it even more difficult for her
to figure out why there was a vial of blood in Mary-Kate’s
bathroom. If Mary-Kate wasn’t a vampire, who did the blood belong
to and why did they have it?
Remembering the box of Austin’s belongings that
Anna had given her, Lexi crawled over to her duffel back and pulled
the box and Austin’s journal out and headed back into the bathroom.
She never got the chance to find out what the numbers on the bottom
of the journal entries meant.
Lexi flipped through the journal and collected
all of the seemingly random numbers that Austin had written at the
bottom of a handful of his journal entries. Matching the numbers to
their corresponding letters on the paper that Austin had in his
locked box, Lexi began to spell out the message.
Lexi almost shrieked in frustration when she
read the translated message: Lexi is in danger . “Thank you,
Captain Obvious,” Lexi muttered under her breath. Instantly feeling
guilty, she silently apologized to Austin. It wasn’t his fault that
his journal was giving her information that she already knew; he
was dead. But Lexi was hoping that Austin’s secret message would
tell her something that she didn’t already know.
What she wondered was how Austin knew that she
was in danger…and how much he knew.
*
“Lexi, get out of bed!” a voice shouted in her
ear.
Lexi felt someone shaking her arm. When she
cracked one eye open, she realized that Violet was hovering over
her. Lexi groaned. “What time is it?”
“Nearly noon,” Violet snapped. “I came to bring
you home. I cannot even believe what you did. You had us worried
sick.”
Lexi glanced at Mary-Kate’s bed. The sheets
were tossed off to the side, and it was empty. She wished that
Mary-Kate had waked her up. Lexi was sure that it would have been
way more pleasant and less annoying than Violet shouting in her
ear.
“Get up and get changed. We’re going home,”
Violet said before leaving the room.
Since Lexi hadn’t brought spare clothes, she
changed back into her wet dog clothes she had been wearing for the
past few days. As she slid into her shoes, she glanced around at
Mary-Kate’s walls. The paintings that Lexi had thought were dark
and depressing last night were gone. She could see the thumb tacks
on the wall where the paintings had been the night before, but they
were missing now. Why had Mary-Kate taken them down overnight? It
had to be because she didn’t want Lexi to see them, but why? There
was nothing incriminating about them; they just seemed a bit
depressing.
Instead of letting herself wonder, Lexi
strolled down the stairs, fully prepared to deal with her angry
aunt.
****
Chapter 15
The car ride home was not what Lexi had
expected. She had been bracing herself for the screaming and
lecturing that was bound to come, but Violet didn’t say a word to
her or even look in her direction until she pulled into the
driveway. “I have projects to grade for school, and Tommy’s doctor
is supposed to stop by the house. Your selfish behavior isn’t
something that I have time for right now, but I will be dealing
with you later. I hope you will be able to constrain yourself and
any further urges you have for running away.”
“Tommy’s doctor makes house calls?” Lexi asked.
Her mom had been a physician, so she was familiar with the way
things operated in the medical world. She had never heard of a
doctor making a house call in New Jersey. Either it was only
something that happened in small towns like Briar Creek, Tommy was
on his death bed, or Violet was lying.
“Yes, and your uncle is very sick, Lexi. You
should be nice to him right now. We don’t know how much time he has
left. The time that we get with him right now is precious, so you
should appreciate it
hadn’t known a vampire until she met Gabe, but she knew for certain
that all of the mythology said that they didn’t sleep. They
couldn’t.
Somehow, it made it even more difficult for her
to figure out why there was a vial of blood in Mary-Kate’s
bathroom. If Mary-Kate wasn’t a vampire, who did the blood belong
to and why did they have it?
Remembering the box of Austin’s belongings that
Anna had given her, Lexi crawled over to her duffel back and pulled
the box and Austin’s journal out and headed back into the bathroom.
She never got the chance to find out what the numbers on the bottom
of the journal entries meant.
Lexi flipped through the journal and collected
all of the seemingly random numbers that Austin had written at the
bottom of a handful of his journal entries. Matching the numbers to
their corresponding letters on the paper that Austin had in his
locked box, Lexi began to spell out the message.
Lexi almost shrieked in frustration when she
read the translated message: Lexi is in danger . “Thank you,
Captain Obvious,” Lexi muttered under her breath. Instantly feeling
guilty, she silently apologized to Austin. It wasn’t his fault that
his journal was giving her information that she already knew; he
was dead. But Lexi was hoping that Austin’s secret message would
tell her something that she didn’t already know.
What she wondered was how Austin knew that she
was in danger…and how much he knew.
*
“Lexi, get out of bed!” a voice shouted in her
ear.
Lexi felt someone shaking her arm. When she
cracked one eye open, she realized that Violet was hovering over
her. Lexi groaned. “What time is it?”
“Nearly noon,” Violet snapped. “I came to bring
you home. I cannot even believe what you did. You had us worried
sick.”
Lexi glanced at Mary-Kate’s bed. The sheets
were tossed off to the side, and it was empty. She wished that
Mary-Kate had waked her up. Lexi was sure that it would have been
way more pleasant and less annoying than Violet shouting in her
ear.
“Get up and get changed. We’re going home,”
Violet said before leaving the room.
Since Lexi hadn’t brought spare clothes, she
changed back into her wet dog clothes she had been wearing for the
past few days. As she slid into her shoes, she glanced around at
Mary-Kate’s walls. The paintings that Lexi had thought were dark
and depressing last night were gone. She could see the thumb tacks
on the wall where the paintings had been the night before, but they
were missing now. Why had Mary-Kate taken them down overnight? It
had to be because she didn’t want Lexi to see them, but why? There
was nothing incriminating about them; they just seemed a bit
depressing.
Instead of letting herself wonder, Lexi
strolled down the stairs, fully prepared to deal with her angry
aunt.
****
Chapter 15
The car ride home was not what Lexi had
expected. She had been bracing herself for the screaming and
lecturing that was bound to come, but Violet didn’t say a word to
her or even look in her direction until she pulled into the
driveway. “I have projects to grade for school, and Tommy’s doctor
is supposed to stop by the house. Your selfish behavior isn’t
something that I have time for right now, but I will be dealing
with you later. I hope you will be able to constrain yourself and
any further urges you have for running away.”
“Tommy’s doctor makes house calls?” Lexi asked.
Her mom had been a physician, so she was familiar with the way
things operated in the medical world. She had never heard of a
doctor making a house call in New Jersey. Either it was only
something that happened in small towns like Briar Creek, Tommy was
on his death bed, or Violet was lying.
“Yes, and your uncle is very sick, Lexi. You
should be nice to him right now. We don’t know how much time he has
left. The time that we get with him right now is precious, so you
should appreciate it
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