The way in which Keira spoke was already making Ning feel a bit uncomfortable, so her words could only be the cherry on top.
Larissa pulled on Keira's arm quickly, lowering it, but Keira's arm snapped back into place as if frozen, pointing directly at Ning.
"Keira, what are you saying?" Larissa asked. "Why would they want to kill him?"
"Truth. Fate. Future," the woman said. "They have one. They have me."
"They have you?" Larissa asked.
"No, just like me. He sees things. The stars speak to him. Stupid stars. They talk to him more than they talk to me. Fine, I'll stick to my birds."
Ning fell into thought. "So this vampire woman is here to kill me because she thinks I'll kill her."
"The new thing will kill them. They know. They're scared," Keira said.
"So the vampire has a fortune teller of her own?" Larissa asked. "This may complicate things. And you said they? How many are there?"
