Page 4 of The Whispering Night
Winnie: Okay, then I’ll tell him.
[Erica shrugs.]
Winnie: She’s a Diana.
[Jay, leaning against a riding lawnmower, stiffens.]
Erica: I am. And Jay’s a werewolf.
[Jay stiffens more.]
Winnie: This is a big deal, Erica. You do recall that you broke into my house to steal my dad’s clues?
Erica: Because your dad tookmy sister’sstuff. That dampener belonged to Jenna, thanks.
[Now Winnie is the one to stiffen. She pushes her glasses up her nose.]
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Winnie: And you’ve known that for how long? Four years? You’veknownyour sister was a Diana and my dad wasn’t—
Erica: I don’t know anything about what your dad was, okay? [lifts both hands] Maybe he was a Diana too. I have no clue. I just know that the dampener I found in your room belonged to Jenna, not him.
Winnie: But how did you even know the dampener wasinmy room?
[A pause while Erica crosses her legs at the ankles and smooths her jeans.]
[0:42]
Erica: I saw that map your dad left on the library shelf, and since I’m a Diana… I knew what I was looking at.
Jay: [snorts] So you aren’t even gonna try to deny what you are?
Erica: Are you? It’s not like you can call the Tuesdays on me, can you?
Winnie: Okay, but Jay didn’taskto be a nightmare, Erica—
Erica: [eyes narrowing at Jay] Yeah, howdoesthat work?
Winnie:—while you voluntarily became a witch.
Erica: [shrugs] I only recently joined the Dianas, and only because I wanted to know why Jenna died.How,too. The official report from the Tuesdays says avampira horde killed her on her second hunter trial, but I don’t buy that. For one, Grayson said…
Jay: What? What did Grayson say?
Erica: He said he saw will-o’-wisps near her body when he found her. Not vampira. And for two, it just… it’s never felt right. Her being on that trial, her dying in the forest. So once I learned she used to be a Diana, well… [Erica trails off.]
[1:34]
Winnie: So what—are you saying she was killed because of what she was?
Erica: I have no idea.
Jay: And how did you figure out she was a Diana in the first place?
Erica: How didyoufigure out you were a nightmare?
Winnie: [speaking at the same time as Jay] Stop deflecting questions, Erica!
