Chapter 4

• "That's impossible."
• I reached forward and took the sheet of paper from Cain's hands and examined it. There was very little light in the train due to the drawn shades, but I squinted enough that I could read the contents of the paper.
• I looked through the dates of his hospital visits and I shook my head in disbelief.
• Cain was right. My grandfather hadn't been seen at any hospital for the past seven years. He didn't have so much as a prescription filled. This didn't add up seeing as I'd been led to believe he'd had a serious, life-threatening heart condition for a number of years.
• "I don't understand," I said, my eyebrows furrowing. I laid the paper down on my lap and looked up at Cain as he stared at me intently.
• "Are there any other medical records there?" I asked him, referring to the folder in his hands. Maybe he had them out of order and read the wrong thing.
• Cain shook his head.
• "There isn't a medical examiner's report here or a certificate of death," he said.
• "He wouldn't have been looked at by a medical examiner."
• I argued. "He had a heart attack."
• "No, he was supposed to have an autopsy," Cain said, sitting back in his seat. "As soon as we were notified of his death, I pulled a few strings and requested one be done." I looked at him in shock.
• "So he is dead," I said. "And how did you know he died? Who are you people?"
• "He's not dead," Cain stated firmly, ignoring my last question.
• "I never received word that the body arrived at the medical examiner's office. That's why I sent Jai to the funeral."
• The train began to move and I felt my heart begin to race.
• "Who are you?" I asked again.
• I gulped when none of them answered me and immediately began to calculate my chances of surviving a jump from a moving train.
• "Can I talk to you both?" Daniel asked, looking at Cain and Jai. They both looked at each other before standing up and following him to the door.
• It opened and the three of them disappeared into a hallway.
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• "I'm lost," Daniel said as the door closed behind the three of them.
• They stood in an empty car, staring at one another.
• "Why is she here?" He asked
• Cain crossed his arms and sighed. "She's my mate."
• Daniel snickered. "No, really, man. I'm being serious," he said.
• When no one else cracked a smile, Daniel's smile fell
• "Oh my God... How did that even happen?"
• Jai looked warily at Cain. It was the question both he and Cain had been asking themselves since they'd met her.
• "I don't know," Cain said.
• "But you're not supposed to have a mate. There's no way this should have hap---"
• Cain's glare cut Daniel off. They stood for a long moment in awkward silence before Jai spoke.
• "You're a Vampire and a Lycanthrope. How long do you think you're going to be able to keep that to yourself?" Jai asked Cain.
• Even Cain himself wasn't sure of the answer to that."Seriously," Daniel added, "you're taking her to a place full of people like us. She's going to be the only human there. It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out something was out of the ordinary."
• "And that's assuming she hasn't already figured it out after dimwit over here decided to point out she was a human to her face," Jai chimed in, crossing his arms and shooting a glare at Daniel.
• Daniel raised his hands defensively. "I apologize for not having a filter," he said.
• "You better get one," Cain said pointedly. "I can't have her figuring any of this out any time soon."
• The last thing I want is to scare her away, he thought.Daniel and Jai nodded before they turned to leave.
• Cain opened the door to the next room and stopped.
• "You think she figured it out?" Daniel asked sarcastically, noticing, as Cain had, the empty space where Ella had been sitting.
• "Shit," Jai said under his breath.
• The three of them stepped into the room, looking around with sharp eyes.
• "Split up," Cain said. "She's still on the train."
• He didn't need to look out the window to know that the train was moving quickly at this point. There was no way Ella was stupid enough to jump.
• Jai and Daniel turned around and went down the hallway while Cain walked further down the room to the next car.
• Cain came to the door at the other end of the car and, before he could touch the door handle, the door swung open.