Page 53 of My Big Fat Vampire Wedding

Was it Elias?

No human could move that quickly.

“What is it?” Victor asked, following her gaze.

“I thought I saw someone.”

“Really?” he asked. “I was looking that way and didn’t see anyone.”

What was she supposed to say to that?You just don’t have super speed, so you wouldn’t have noticed.

“Hm. Weird,” she said, but she went ahead and peered down the spaces between buildings as they passed.

“So, how long is Elias going to be staying with your family?” Victor asked.

“My best guess? Until the wedding is complete,” Pandora told him, not wanting to lie.

“Is he going to be coming with you to work every day?”

“For Lucy’s sake, I hope not,” Pandora said, grimacing.“I’m sure he’ll get bored of following me around. No matter what kind of arrangement he and my mother have.”

Just then, she jolted, seeing the flash again. But as soon as she saw it, it was gone.

“See something again?” Victor asked, this time straightening, tensing, becoming more aware of their surroundings.

“Yeah,” she said, wishing the street lights would cast a wider glow, hating all the dark shadows that anyone could hide in.

“Want to go back?” he asked.

“It’s probably not …” She stopped when she saw it again.

But this time, it was closer.

Pandora stiffened when she saw a flash of moonlight-­blonde hair.

Not Elias.

Bellatrix?

Why would Bellatrix be following them around?

“It’s my cousin,” Pandora said in a hushed whisper.

“Jasper?” Victor asked, looking around.

She’d caught the two of them seeming to have a relatively casual conversation at the engagement party.

Pandora didn’t know Jasper well, only that he was a bit of a moody guy, prone to broody stares and sour moods. And endlessly embarrassed by their family’s antics.

As he was one of the younger vampires, she also figured he was the least likely to mess up and say something about the Spanish Flu or claim to have been close family friends with one of King Henry’s many wives.

“I wish,” Pandora said. “It has to be Bellatrix.”

“Why would she be following us?”

That was the question, wasn’t it?

But since Bellatrix and Pandora barely tolerated each other, she could only come to one conclusion.