"There are no ghosts in the bus, thankfully '' Ben breathed a sigh of relief.

The school bus was still on the way to Kinney village and everywhere was active with noisy chattering from students so he didn't have to worry about anyone eavesdropping on his discussion save Dan who was pretending to have a nap.

The seating arrangement was two students to a seat and earlier he had rushed to Lia's side after she sat near the window before anybody else occupied it.

Dan had not arrived with them but he was sitting behind them while his female seating partner kept staring at his sleeping figure without blinking.

Lia couldn't blame the poor girl admiring Dan's face engrossingly, most vampires were drop-dead gorgeous and looked unreal from normal humans. It was no hidden fact that humanity was always drawn to the unknown.

Perhaps, she would have set them both on a date if Dan had not gotten Sabrina already - even as Asher's mate, there were still some boundaries she dared not cross.

"Tsk tsk, lucky him" Ben sighed when he discovered his goddess wasn't listening to anything he was saying.

"He doesn't even need to do anything yet the girls are falling head over heels for him," Ben said with a tinge of envy.

"You're special in your own way" Lia simply told him.

Ben snorted," I've heard that pep talk over and over again yet nothing's happened. What's so different about me? I'm rich, handsome, and intelligent, what more could girls ask for?"

"A bit more muscles?" Lia teased him.

Ben was not lanky but he was not muscular either, his tallness needed more muscles to even out his body proportion.

"Come on, I'm not joking here. I'm almost nineteen and I can't even boast of ever having a girlfriend talk more first kiss-wait, I kissed you then, didn't …"

Lia slapped him on the back of his head when his lewd gaze dropped down to her lips.

"I'm sorry, I swear to God that was Lawrence's doing. I wouldn't dare taste your -"

Her glare intensified and he shut it.

Moments later, Lia's face scrunched up in thought and was the first to break the silence she had induced.

"What if you, not being able to find a girl, has to do with the fact you're being a medium?"

Ben's interest was piqued, "What do you mean?"

"You're a medium aka psychopomp personified, what if there is still aura or energy around you that repels normal people away and can only attract people or creatures of the same energy?"

"Creature like you?"

"Perhaps, think about it. I'm the only one who stuck around long enough to be called your friend "

There was a shocked look on his face and just when Lia thought he was calculating his losses, a broad smile appeared on his face.

"Does this mean I can only marry vampires?"

Lia facepalmed mentally, she should've known discussing this kind of topic with this fool would result in this.

"What does it require to marry a vampire? Any special tradition? I have the right to demand to be turned by my wife, right?"

Dan who was feigning asleep blew his cover by snorting laughter. It was not surprising, only this idiot would request such a thing and here he was asking why girls don't like him.

"You know what? Forget I ever said anything" Lia dismissed Ben, she had no strength to listen to his gushings.

Silence reigned between them until Ben disrupted it with his whisper this time,

"Alexa visited me last night"

"You and your ghostly girlfriend had a date?" She decided to irk him.

"She's not my girlfriend " Ben protested as expected," She just visited me in my bedroom yesterday"

"Oh, it developed into a bedroom romance already?" she teased Ben who was looking like a cooked shrimp.

His cheeks were flushed with both anger and embarrassment. He never dated Alexa while she was alive, why would he, now she was dead - medium or not!

His gaze turned serious," Are you willing to listen to whatever I have to say or not ?"

"Fine, go on. I'm all ears "

Ben leaned towards the hybrid and whispered, "Caroline is planning on holding a candle night vigil for Alexa and she thinks if it holds, her killer might come and she would be able to identify her murderer that day"

Lia was in deep contemplation," She lost her memories, what makes her think she would find that person?"

"That's why we both are here. The plan is, if anyone drawns her interest, we would be the one to investigate that person"

"I never signed up to be a detective nor help find justice for someone who was an accomplice to my bullying. Moreover, the police are doing their job by investigating the case, so what could we possibly do that they haven't done?"

"We have the victim on our side for a start "

"A victim who can't remember whether her murderer is a he or she, what's her use then?"

"Alexa strongly thinks her murderer is a male besides, she needs more time for her memory to recover completely"

" How much time? A month? Year?"

"I've seen a notable improvement in her memory these past few days when I recalled some events to her, just give her weeks "

"And what if in the process of investigating her murderer, I mistakenly tip off the enemy who then goes after my family? I might be immortal but my family's human. I'm sorry but I can't help you on this one Ben, my family's safety comes first" She straightforwardly said to him.

Ben was disappointed but he couldn't force his goddess into doing what she didn't want.

"Fine, I'll do it all alone "

"Good luck" Lia sincerely wished him, hoping he doesn't get himself killed.

They both went back to not talking to each other, alone with their thoughts when Lia's phone vibrated with a message.

"Once you get to my pack, you'd automatically gain an aunt but act normally ~ love, Daniel"

Her brows knitted together in confusion, what was her mate rambling about? Well, until she got to his pack then.

"You're easily distracted," Caroline turned Eric's face for the umpteenth time already.

Eric flashed the blonde girl a smile but inwardly he was fuming. He had chosen to hang around Caroline so he didn't seem odd but the bimbo was taking liberties with him.

Lia was not stupid, she would figure out something was off about him if he hangs around her directly.

But staying with Caroline and showing his interest in Lia, the supernatural probably thought of him as nothing but one of those teenage playboys veering for her attention.

Thanks to this approach, he could observe the girl and so far, it would be quite a tough challenge abducting her; she was under tight scrutiny.

That annoying human called Ben was always beside her, he couldn't help but wonder if they were conjoined twins- you couldn't see one without the other.

Yet Ben didn't bother him as much as that vampire called Dan bothered him, he could easily remove that pestering human out of the picture with a little distraction.

The fact that Dan was a telepath and could access his mind made him increase his guard. Even without studying about them, he instinctively knew telepaths couldn't access the mind of people with strong mental power.

But what he couldn't understand was Dan's relationship with the girl, were they a couple? Rumors were flying about them but he hadn't seen them being intimate with each other; in fact, their relationship was strange, he could almost say the vampire was her bodyguard - he would have believed if Ben was the girl's boyfriend instead judging from their closeness.

It seems the information Alexa fed him was limited or maybe she had stubbornly withheld information from him.

Perhaps, he should have taken Caroline on that day instead. Alexa had mentioned something about her being one of the founding families and had more information about the supernaturals.

Which was one of the reasons he was intentionally hanging around her.

Sadly, he couldn't just ask her about the supernaturals straight away, it would arouse suspicion about him - Caroline might be dumb at times but she was still smart.

He could have kidnapped her and done the same thing he did to Alexa but security was currently tight in Little Town and also, Caroline came from a prominent family; they would comb the whole of the town to find him.

So he had to play his cards well, gain her trust or get love - but getting into her pants was much easier and thankfully he had the looks.

When he wrapped her around his finger enough, he would get the information he needed - he just hoped that time wouldn't be against him.

As for the vampire, he just had to be vigilant and think of a plan to get him as far away from Lia. Once he achieved all of this, his plans no doubt would be successful.

And soon, Little Town would know of the creatures they were housing and rise to fight against them.