a long mane of blue-dyed hair cascaded down over the woman 's shoulders . a soft , pretty face with big blue eyes and a distinct nose-ring glittered under the light . '' emily , '' alora whispered with a hopeful smile . the two newcomers ran towards the group of shadows . '' stay away from my brother and sister ! '' rowan warned , withdrawing a small metallic handle from under his leather jacket , which morphed into a long blade

she dangled her gummy worm in front of her mouth , then slurped it in , which seemed to delight brian and his mother . then she popped in her nut and started chomping on her carrot stick . brian picked up his box of animal crackers and started to open it . sami stopped chewing as she stared at brian 's alien hands work at the box

i rotate in circles , searching the light for him , but i 'm blind everywhere i look . '' i already told you , it 's your future , '' his voice purrs in my ear and i flinch , swinging my arm around . i only hit air and curse under my breath . '' how do you know it 's my future

'' everything 's cool with me , lucan . '' the vampire 's expression held steady , measuring on the other end of the video feed . '' i do n't appreciate being lied to , my friend . i need to know if the order can still count on you . are you still with us ? '' '' the order is all i have ,
lucan