Change of Fate (The Briar Creek Vampires, #4) by Jayme Morse & Jody Morse Read Online Free PDF Page A

smile
that crossed his face. “I guess we’ll have to look somewhere else
then. Sorry to bother you.”
    Manny gave him a sympathetic look. “I’m
terribly sorry. I know that Ben wouldn’t be happy about this. I’ll
give you a call if anything becomes available for any reason.”
    “Don’t worry about it. Thank you anyway,”
Gabe replied before leading Austin, Anna, and Craig out the door of
the reservation office. He glanced across the street. There was a
hotel called the Starlight Inn. “Let’s try there,” Gabe said before
darting across the street.
    They were in luck. The Starlight Inn had
vacancies. There were two rooms available. Once they paid for the
rooms and got the keys, Gabe looked at Austin. “Am I rooming with
you?”
    “Uh, no, I don’t think so, man,” Austin
replied, pointing his chin at Anna. Gabe caught on right away;
Austin didn’t want Anna to room with Craig. Gabe knew that if Lexi
were here, he would feel the same way – which was partly why he
didn’t want to room with Craig himself. It seemed like an
incredibly awkward way to try to catch a vision.
    Gabe saw the future (and the past sometimes,
too), but it didn’t happen at his own will. He had to wait for his
visions to come – which could sometimes take days or weeks. When
Gabe was in stressful environments, it made it even more difficult
to see into the future. “Well, how about I stay in the room with
you guys? It’s not like we need to sleep.”
    “Anna needs to sleep,” Austin replied,
reminding Gabe that Anna was still a human, not a vampire.
“Besides, I thought we could have some alone time together for
once.”
    Gabe sighed. There was going to be no way for
him to win this argument. He headed to his hotel room, which he,
unfortunately, was going to be sharing with Craig.
    Once they were inside, Gabe sniffed around.
The room had that musky scent that hotels near the beach sometimes
had. Glancing down at the floor, he noticed that there was also
sand caked in the carpeting. Gabe wondered who went to the beach in
the middle of December. He’d never understood the concept of the
beach really. It probably didn’t help that he couldn’t go even if
he wanted to. Sunscreen offered vampires enough protection to go
outside during the day without burning to a fatal crisp, but it
also didn’t allow them to bask in the blazing sun like humans
did.
    Gabe turned his attention to Craig, who had
sat down on one of the double beds. “Look, the whole reason we’re
here is because I need to see into the future. I won’t be able to
do that while you’re around. So, it would be cool if you could
maybe hang out with Anna and Austin as much as possible.”
    “I understand,” Craig replied, nodding
knowingly. “I don’t want to disturb you.”
    “You already have,” Gabe muttered under his
breath.
     
    *
     
    Austin placed his duffel bag on the floor next to
Anna’s before lying down on the bed. He had to admit that it was
pretty comfortable for a hotel bed. Even the pillows weren’t too
firm or too soft; they were just right.
    “So, why didn’t you tell Mary-Kate that you were in
her house today?” Anna asked slowly. “I mean, she’s your
girlfriend. Don’t you trust her?”
    Austin shrugged. “I don’t know . . . it’s hard to
explain. I want to trust her. Deep down, I don’t think I do,
though. And I also don’t want her to be my girlfriend anymore,
either, to be honest with you.”
    Anna’s eyes widened. “Did something happen? I
thought you two were so perfect for each other.”
    Austin smirked at the sarcastic emphasis that Anna
put on purpose. He knew that was what he had told Anna when he had
first met her. At the time, he might have even believed it himself.
After all, he had been Briar Creek High’s quarterback, and
Mary-Kate was the head cheerleader. All of his friends thought they
were perfect for each other, but there was more to Austin than what
met the eye. He actually found that he was happier