Chapter 13: Children of the Damned & Fool Me Once

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"JENNA!" Brea yelled down the stairs to her aunt. "Jeremy stole one of my shoes."

"She stole my toothbrush," Jeremy yelled down from the other side of the stairs.

Jenna groaned before looking up to stare at them disapprovingly from the bottom of the stairs. "God I wish, Elena was here. You're both too scared of her to do this when she's around. You, drop the toothbrush and, you, drop the shoe. On the count of three. One, two, three," both Jeremy and Brea dropped each other's stuff and dived on them, smacking heads on the way down.

"OW!" They both exclaimed as they stood up rubbing their heads.

"You idiot!" Brea scowled.

"Me? You attacked me!" Jeremy protested.

"Attacked? I'll show you attacked," she threatened.

"Don't show him attacked," Jenna sighed from the stairs. "You!" she pointed at Jeremy, "go to your room. And you," she pointed to Brea, "your room. Go!"

Brea looked up at Jeremy. "Did we just get sent to our rooms?"

"It's your fault," he grumbled.

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"How long do you two plan on staying with the Salvatores?" Pearl asked as they walked on the grass. "People talk, Katherine."

"With good reason," Brenna agreed.

"You, carrying on with both brothers, doesn't help the situation," Pearl lectured

"The Salvatores have been kind to take us in. As far as everyone here knows, we're just two poor orphan girls from Atlanta who lost our family in the fires, or at least one of us did," Katherine said with a side glance at a stiff Brenna.

"A match you lit, no doubt," Pearl all but accused.

"No Pearl, I wouldn't do that to Brenna," Katherine said seriously, she knew how seriously Brenna cares for each of her families.

"Honey please be careful," Pearl called out as Katherine and Brenna turned around to see Annabelle patting a horse. "Honoria Fell came by the apothecary yesterday, with a case of this elixir. She asked that it be sold at a reduced rate."

"I don't follow," Katherine sighed, failing to see why this should concern her.

"Try it," Pearl said handing it to Brenna.

Brenna tipped the vile onto her palm allowing a little of the liquid to hit her hand before handing it to Katherine. "I'm confused Pearl, what is it?" she asked as Katherine hissed in pain.

"What in hell?" she growled as Brenna grabbed her sister's hand confused.

"Vervain," Pearl confirmed.

"Why is there... they know. You should keep this," Katherine said handing the vial to Brenna. "I don't trust some of the others," she explained quickly.

"They're trying to find us and they're getting crafty about it."

"The townspeople ingesting vervain. Well, that's inconvenient," Katherine growled.

"It might be time for us to move on again," Pearl suggested.

"No," Katherine immediately refused, "I like it here. I'm not interested in leaving just yet."

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