Even my two best friends in the world just saved my life; I still didn't think I would fully recover from the flying car experience. We stopped at a gas station later. I borrowed Alyssa's cell phone to call Octavia. And thank kindness, she picked up on the first ring. At the same time, we both just exhaled in relief.

"Are you okay?" She beat me to it.

"I'm fine," I said. "Everyone's fine."

"I was so worried about you," she said again.

"You too, but I'm okay," I reassured her. "Anyway, there's something I want to tell you."

"What is it?"

"We ran into the undead vampires earlier," I...