Katelina had a lot of questions that needed answers, but she didn't want to ask them with the others around. She decided to wait until they landed and Jorick got rid of them. If that ever happened.
It was a ten-hour flight and the vampires spent much of it asleep, except for Neil. Every time Katelina opened her eyes, she saw him sitting rigid in his seat, staring straight ahead. Though vampires didn't sweat, she expected to see beads of perspiration on his forehead.
Her disquieted mind was equally hard to silence, and she'd finally drifted off when she was jolted awake. The plane bumped along, as if it was bucking small hills and shrubbery, and she clung desperately to the chair and tried not to scream. Jorick sat stoically beside her. When he noticed her panic, he caught her hand in his
