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back, the drive is long and you need rest.”
    I stomped my foot like I was three. I wasn’t sure if it was the hex or the exhaustion but I was frustrated beyond belief. “No. I am not leaving until I have answers.” The hollow sound of my foot hitting the floor made Simon and I look at each other. At the same time we both dropped to the ground and started to pry up the board. It came up with a pop and so did the two to the left of it. There sat a notebook full of papers. I touched the cover and smiled. “It has a preservation spell on it.”
    “Which means what?” Simon asked as I pulled it out.
    “That the writing won’t fade and the pages won’t deteriorate.” I sat cross-legged and opened the binder. “These are the runes, this.” I said quietly, “this is everything I need.” I tried not to sound too excited because fate tended to bitch slap people who thought things were handed to them.
    I closed the binder and stood. “Okay, now we can go.” We walked through the house and made sure all the lights were shut off. I shut and locked the door, hesitating for just a moment.
    “You okay?”
    I nodded. “Yeah, just wondering if I’d ever get the nerve to live here.”
    “I think that’s why Levi kept it. You have a lifetime to decide.”
    Though my lifetime was slightly longer than a normal human’s, I wasn’t immortal like the vampires. “Yeah, but if we don’t get this hex sorted out, I’m not going to live that long.”
    He made a sound that I assumed meant he agreed with me and we went back to the car together.
    At some point on the drive back, I fell asleep. I woke to the faint sound of Simon talking on the phone.
    “Yeah, she handled it well. Yes, we did find some things. I’ll make sure she calls you tonight.”
    He paused in the conversation and I was sure he was talking to Levi. Not many people wanted me to check in at night.
    “She’s exhausted. She did the spell on the bar and I saw it in her eyes. Let me know if anyone makes leeway on that hex. She needs it gone.”
    He made a few noises of agreement. “Yeah, Clarissa promised to stay with her on the full moon while I run with the pack. Good night, Levi.”
    See, knew it was the vampire. I kept my eyes closed and concentrated on the motion of the car. Simon was right. I was exhausted and probably shouldn’t have pushed myself so hard after being released from the hospital. In fact, I was pretty sure the doctor told me to go home and rest. I was always a horrible listener.
    “I know you’re awake.” Simon muttered. “I can hear the difference in your breathing, so there’s no use pretending.”
    I gave a small laugh. “I wasn’t pretending. I was debating on going back to sleep.” I opened my eyes and saw the sun starting to peek over the horizon. “We almost back to the city?”
    “Yeah, we’ll go to my place and crash for the day. Then we can try to get that...arm? Taken care of.”
    I groaned. “I don’t even want to think about the arm right now. I’m still trying to figure out why someone would use magic to take an arm, and explode a body. Not to mention why there were two victims in the first place.”
    “There’s not a dull day in your life is there?” He asked.
    “Nope, and just think, Levi wants us to get married.”
    Simon snorted. “Yeah, he’s talked to me about that. I still wish you’d go out on a date with me, but trust me, a lot comes before marriage, it’s not the first step. It’d take a hell of a whole lot more steps than a first date.”
    That was comforting. “Tell you what, once I get this hex off me, we’ll go on a date. Someplace other than your bar.” Maybe it was a near death experience that made me reconsider his offer, but either way, a drink was the least I could do for him having to baby-sit me.
    “I think I can arrange that.”
    I saw him grin in the faint light as he turned the car off the freeway. I shook my head. “I’m not promising anything.” He’d even arranged for