Page 24 of Vampire so Virtuous
“What?” She waved a hand. “No one around here cares.”
Cally was convinced that if she had high blood pressure by the time she hit thirty, Eve would be solely to blame. “Whatever,” she said. “Yes, is the magic in ourblood?”
Eve gave her a look. “Yourblood. You really think Zara has a single mystic bone in her body? Or that Lily sees revenge spells as anything but a cheap alternative to therapy?”
“All right. Hypothetically…myblood.”
“I’ve been wondering when you’d ask me.” Eve took another sip of coffee, then gave a firm, “Yes.”
Cally waited, but it didn’t look like more was forthcoming. “That’s it? ‘Yes?’”
“Yes.”
“Just yes?”
“Hell yeah. Affirmative. Ten-four. It’s all you, babe. Hundred percent. It’s in your blood. Yes. Amen.”
“Got it,” Cally muttered.
Eve raised an eyebrow. “Did you have any doubts?”
Plenty. “Why did you even invite me to join the group?”
“How long have we known each other?” Eve asked simply.
“Third grade.”
“And how long have you been weird?”
Cally blinked. “Er… since never?”
Eve reached across the table and patted her hand condescendingly. “Of course, dear.”
“You’re weirder.”
“Never denied it. And to answer your question, I found this group for usbecause of you. I wanted to see, well, if what happened might happen.”
“Wait, really?” Cally stared at her. “You never said.”
“Would you have come if I had?”
“Fair point.”
“You’re the world’s biggest skeptic.”
“Am not.”Possibly true.
“You know I’ve had an interest in the occult for a while.”
“Obviously,” Cally said dryly, waving at Eve’s all-black attire to emphasize her point. Even when they were growing up, Eve’s bedroom looked like death and darkness had a baby, no pink in sight. She went full-goth for a few years, but now her hair was back to its natural auburn color, and Cally had to admit her black clothing set it off well.
“I’ve been reading up on you.”
“On me? What does that even mean? I don’t have a Wikipedia page, do I?”
“On the stuff you do. Like when you predicted Chuck falling out of the tree on campus.”
Cally gave her an incredulous look. “That wasn’t magic, it was obvious. He was wasted.”
