Winter:Not in that, no.
Dad:All joking and inappropriate discussion between father and son aside, I just want to ensure you’re indulging in what you need to. And that you’re safe and being treated right.
Did he know something?
Not about my sex life.
Well,yes,about that.
I’d come to him for advice numerous times when I was younger.
Especially right after Zayn.
Zayn.Now that was a complicated situation.
And then there’d also been the Evira thing. She was—no. Don’t address it.
I shook my head to myself. I couldn’t be thinking about any of that right now.
But… with my dad’s comments…fuck,it could mean that he knew about the feeding.
Or maybe I was just being paranoid.
I hesitated for a moment before typing back.
Winter:All is well.
Dad:And if it wasn’t?
Winter:I’d let you know.
Dad:Okay. See you soon, son.
Hmm.That had been easy. Too easy?
I pocketed my phone and headed out of the club, weaving my way through the crowds.
When I pushed out into the alley, I took a few moments to collect myself and come down from that last feed.
I needed to be on point for this dinner with my dad. It wasn’t usually like that with him or any of my family members. I could definitely be myself around them.
It was just… this feeding… considering what I was… it could cause concerns. Especially for Dad with what he’d lived through with his own father, Morien Morgrave. That nightmare being had become so incredibly unhinged the moment he’d allowed his darker predilections to lead the way. My dad was hyper-vigilant when it came to that sort of thing. And because I was young andstill learning,andabout to venture out into the world away from my family, he’d definitely be all over it more than ever.
When I’d seen his texts and registered the time, it’d had me realizing that I’d been insidePolarisfar longer than I’d initially planned.
I’d fed from five different beings tonight—three before my session with Selena and Carter.
I was a little anxious about my upcoming enrollment at Loxley Academy.
And a certain someone crawling under my skin who just happened to be a student there too. I’d finally begun to do something about the situation when it came to that someone, and I knew it would be coming to a head soon. I just wasn’t sure which way it was gonna go.
I blinked, swallowing it down.
“All right, here goes nothing,” I breathed, before I called my amber magic to my palms, then swept myself up in a cloud of teleportation.
Lunaris Nocturn.
A magically-infused fine-dining lounge.
