Kiss Of Death

s well as her toque to help fight the frigid wind. She didn't know how long she would be able to sit outside since the observatory was not an enclosed space, but simply a gigantic telescope

endly when Kate came through the doors. "Glad you found th

aught your name ye

m K

or maybe even grad students, and almost exactly identical. They had taken to tinting their hair different colors in order

you," Kate s

tinued, introducing the peop

luminated his face as he examined something closely. He had quite a bit of equipment with him a

troducing Kate to three more women. They were standin

?" Kate couldn

e not all of our membership has to be made up of university students, she is welcome to attend. Ceries is a first year like you and B

Really? Are they lo

ng you on unless you brought a couple more with you. You would have to help them hav

s, the kind with real magic and if you don't have i

itches, what are

alk to the president. Sh

re the true Gemini. We're not two souls trapped in the same body. We're one soul

or?" Kate asked, eager to

e windows and drawing the conversation back to herself. "Normally, when I tell someone someth

eally into this stuff, aren

wins," Alex said seriously, and t

p, "Are you sure? Aren't conjoined twins always the same gender

they are lying. They say that one of them is cross dressing, so they might be two boys or two girls." Alex glanced over to them. "I've been watching the two of them for years and I can't decide which gender they cou

n't very curvy, but Kate didn't feel like criticizing her for that since she wasn't very curvy herself. Kate studied Rylan. Wh

o Alex sheepishly. "I wish

l this. You see, the Occult's Addict is not a club that

c connection in order

ow did the

ons. So, we were invited to join. Blanche, Ceries and Kamila are witches and I've explained about Taylor and Rylan and Kasha and

e wh

end spoons with her mind." "I c

"I heard you say you're not a wit

. Do you tell an accurate fortune? Ha

shoulders. "I co

though she had just thought of somethin

de in shock. "Do you

d time in our club if you researched some of our campus vamps. I might be able

to respond. She wasn't sure if she wanted to give upda

Well, you can think about that later. D

her bag and brou

faculty are you in? But then they asked other questions and some of them Kate didn't exactly want to answer. For one thing, they wanted a detailed account of where Kate had lived her entire life. She'd been born in Toronto, but her parents moved to a small town called Clearwater and s

the table. "I brought you that lovely p

twenty dollar bills that came straight from the ATM. She was going to r

handing Kate the poster. "Unroll it

d it wide. She gasped. He was even more beautiful tha

nk Rylan has something else for you, Kate. That

e accidentally let go of one of the po

even brought his mini printer. I think he's selling pics

al if you're going to be a repeat customer. Bu

a few minutes. Our little coven is still chant

bands on the poster and j

t our club needs my fundraising efforts. Anyway, these are the other pictures I took th

was not enough for Kate. After a while, she decided that taking the pictures had to have been a combined effort. Yes, Seth was g

n her conversations that she hadn't even realized that she was gon

," the tone he used was derogatory. Exactly like he could think of a hundred

. "Don't you like l

l you've loved the moon

ously, like she was getting h

follow the others onto the roof. They all gathered around t

e could see Venus, but she wasn't sure which one was Mars. The moon was bright too. Most of the face was showing, though it wasn

t week at this time, it'll be a waning crescent moon. Too bad our meetings are on

ll moon on Thursday." "Har-har,

the man in the moon, what

ft eye is made up of two seas; the Sea of Tranquility and the Sea of Serenit

t Kate was. "Way to go, Rylan.

t their attention. Someone on the ground was shouting, or blowing a whistle, or perh

uing him ran effortlessly and much faster. Within moments, he had overtaken the other. He forced him onto his stomach and pinned his wris

iend," Rylan said,

t's

ep

asing that guy?" K

sons. Seth's always doing that sort of thing.

to walk you across campus when it's late? How weird! He can'

ect cover. While it's still controversial exactly why vampires prefer night, it's still a given that they do. Safewalk doesn't operate during the day. And it gives him a

him doing anything

s!" Kate whined. "It's not somethi

ulnerable female university students across campus. He might not have anything

r watch. It was twelve thirty. She looked down at the scene and measured how long it would take him to finish up at campus security and head back to the Safewalk office to wai

ot chocolate which they shared with everyone. Kate had never seen such dainty little mugs as the ones they served thei

the craters and seas, but the atmosphere distorted her vision of the moon. She couldn't see anything through the te

clues that would lead her to the truth of his identity. She was far more interested in unraveling the mystery, but if he was hitting on her, he was going about it the wrong way

aid she was done for the night and that

he's done for tonight, so I'll announce the next meeting. The next meeting will be in the Forestry's greenhou

ight next Friday. Don't miss it." "I w

" Rylan said, probably usi

with a wink. "I'm goi

roof of his mouth. "I knew that

t's not so lam

s doing was sexy," Rylan said blankly. "Well, whatever. I'll s

o let him get away with it. She went back toward Rylan and said, "Hey, why are you giving me a hard time? You knew I wa

pathetic," he said,

t?" Kate

ne of voice. "There's no reason why you can't call

gh, so she turned around and headed toward the elevator. She w