Music of Souls

Sarah and Connor rushed to the kitchen. "What's the matter?" Upon seeing the blood, she shrieked, "Oh no, are you all right?"

The cut had almost closed, though remnants of blood remained. Elisabeth said, "I'm fine," while pointing to Jackson.

"What happened to you?"

His lip had started to heal, but there was still evidence of a burn. He held up Elisabeth's finger, "THIS happened to me."

"Her blood did that?"

"Yes."

"Wow, that is really weird."

"Ya think? I want you to taste it."

"Are you kidding? I don't want that on my lip."

"Just take a drop to your tongue, see if it burns."

She crunched up her face, then used her index finger to wipe Elisabeth's thumb. She touched her finger to the tip of her tongue, tasted, and then licked the rest of the blood off. "Very sweet, just like you."

"Son of a bitch!" Jackson slammed his fists on the counter, then began pacing.

Sarah mused, "Maybe the powers that be want to make sure you can't hurt her."

He growled, "More like Karma getting back at me for all the years I objectified women."

Elisabeth stared straight ahead, then picked up her cell phone and walked out of the kitchen. "I need to make a call."

Jackson followed her into the drawing room. "Who are you calling?"

She held her hand up as the phone rang. "Sam, hi. It's Elisabeth."

The scream that came through made Elisabeth pull the phone away from her ear. The voice rang deep and sultry with a southern accent. "Girlfriend, how are you? I miss you."

"I'm well, I miss you too. I'm thinking of coming to see you. There is a situation I need your help with."

"What's going on?"

"It's kind of complicated. I'll fill you in when I see you."

"Oh, no you don't, you give it up now. I got nothing but time."

"Well... I have fallen in love with a vampire."

The scream came again, only this time longer. "Holy shit, a vampire? You? Oh girl, isn't the vamp sex the best? Remember that Swede vamp I hooked up with in the sixties? What was his name? Dumb as a brick, but in the bedroom, my God-amaaaaazing!"

Jackson could hear everything and shook his head, laughing.

Elisabeth rolled her eyes. "Sam, please focus There are some weird things going on with us and I'm hoping you can help make some sense of them."

"Like what?"

"Well for starters my blood burns him."

"Whoa, that is bizarre. You better get your bony ass here pronto, and bring your vamp. I can't wait to meet the guy who melted the Ice Queen."