THE SECRETS- I share with a Vampire

24. New beginning

California is a complete mess.

And on top of it, having three people look at me with expectation was a bigger mess. I knew nothing. I trusted the word of a mystery girl who only happens to appear before me and dragged three others to an alien place.  We managed to get an accommodation and passed off as safe in the opinion of our house owner. He was sweet man in his sixties who was more than happy to lend his villa to four foreign kiddos. That's exactly what he called us.

Now these foreign kiddos did not know what to do. The mystery girl did not show up again. Julian acted like he would kill Sienna with his looks alone and she on the other side seemed like she would cry any moment. For some reason, mighty Sienna Rhodes is not that mighty in front of Julian.

Apparently, the prediction of California is correct. When Miranda managed to contact her sister again, she had cut her off saying she cannot trust her anymore. She accused her of being selfish for telling the Queen about her residence. She mentioned that she shifted out of New York but did not mention where. So, the fact that she was in NYC before and shifted out now are entirely true. But if she is in Californa or not is something for us to find out.

And the men do not seem impressed.

Julian had been pessimistic since the beginning of the operation and now he has even managed to plant the seed in Luc's head. Even he started pestering me about what we should be doing next.

"I think we should listen to the convo" I told the three of them who sat opposite to me on a wider sofa. Lucifer sat between Sienna and Julian to avoid any type of combustible conversations.

"What convo?" Julian asked, making sure his boredom was evident in his tone.

"The conversation Miranda and Desiree had, duh! The last call she made to her sister! Miranda's phone was being tapped. Dylan had some back up plans in place" I said confidently.

Finally, something useful to us has happened. We have something close to a clue to get to the one person who can clear some obstacles on our path.

"Play it" Julian said seriously.

All this while, Luc kept staring back and forth between me and Julian. Sienna looked at me with a determined and ready-to-fight expression.

I nodded and fetched my phone from my back pocket. I typed in my password and reached the voice clips section. It was the only voice clipping I had. This phone was given to me by Dylan to make sure we could be in contact. Nobody knew this number except the King, Queen and our tiny group here.

I felt so much like Sherlock Holmes.

Just that Sherlock Holmes would have made better progress than us if he had had these clues with him.I'm being a bad captain for the team. 

If I can't handle a small group of three people, how can I handle an entire vampire community?

"Are you sure I'm the daughter of Ari?" I asked, laughing uncomfortably.

Lucifer sighed, "Begin with it, will you? I can't explain the same thing to you everyday"

"Then how come you can kiss her everyday?" Julian raised an inquisitive eyebrow.

"Okay" I rolled my eyes, "Shut up...I'm playing the audio"

I tapped on the icon and the screen changed color from white to black with a small symbol of mike in the center and a blue dot moving, indicating that the audio is playing.

"You think I will be okay with it?" This voice definitely belonged to Miranda. I spoke to her so many times now, it got registered in my mind. 

"Yo...you should" The one on the other side said. She sounded so much like a scared Kitten. Her voice was low but melodious.