“Your heartbeat. When you lie I can hear it increase but right now it’s steady.” She had no idea if the girl knew about them or not but considering she was locked up, nothing bad could happen if she freaked out. “Wait..is that the only way that you know? What do you know about…the supernatural? And I don’t mean stuff you read, I mean for real.”
“You can hear my heartb—why can you hear my heartbeat? Oh, god,” Summer’s voice ran rough with tears and fear. “Please don’t hurt me. I don’t talk about it. I don’t. The only others I know are in LA. I swear.” Her hands closed white-knuckle tight. “I only know me, my sister, and my sister-friend, really. I promise.”
“Hey, you don’t need to be scared of me. I’m not going to hurt you, I swear. But for you to understand I need to show you something.” She let her eyes flash amber as her fangs elongated and she looked over at her. “I’m a werewolf. So are Derek and Peter. We’ve been having some trouble with a nogitsune who is trying to kill us all and has taken the body of one of our best friends. Everyone’s really on edge so I’m really sorry about this. Derek and Peter think you have something to do with it…what actually are you though?”
When Erica shifted, Summer swallowed a scream. That was the reason for the edge of wildness she’d felt in all of them. “B-but why would you think I have anything to do with a dark fox spirit? I’m just an empath.” God, those golden eyes were terrifying. “J-just an empath,” she repeated in a whisper.