It wasn’t his problem after all.
And he was busy trying to find more fledglings.
Apparently there were at least two more waiting out there.
“You’re scaring me,” Bennie said, his hands gripping my shoulders, his nails digging into my skin so hard it hurt.
I didn’t mind.
I welcomed the pain.
It was… grounding in a way.
Taking my mind off the emptiness in my chest, at least for a while.
I closed my eyes, reveling in the way his nails pierced my skin. The way a bit of blood welled up and slowly soaked through my shirt, staining it black.
Black.
Just like everything felt right now.
Bennie sighed.
He wasn’t smiling.
I hadn’t seen him smile since Saturday.
That was… weird. Bennie always smiled, and I knew it was wrong for him not to. That I should feel bad about scaring and worrying him so much he’d lost his smile, but… I was relieved.
I wasn’t sure I could handle seeing him smile as if the world was okay.
Because it wasn’t.
Nothing was okay without Finn.
“We have a meeting with Aries in an hour.”
“Okay.”
Couldn’t he go alone?
The thought of going to CRAVE without Finn was bleak. Daunting.
It was the place I’d talked to him for the first time. Where my whole existence had changed trajectory. Where I’d gone from watching from afar to being an active part of his life.
Maybe I shouldn’t have interfered.
So what if that sleazy sleazeball had taken a bite?
Would it really have been that bad?
I growled, my fangs dropping at the thought of another vampire feeding on my Finn.
Not yours anymore.
I’d lost him.
“I know you’re in pain, I can feel it, but you need to snap out of it. You need to focus. You know that there are at least two fledglings out there, and we don’t know what they know about usor how long they’ve been here. We don’t know if they’ve seen you with Finn. We need to figure out timelines and make sure your mate is safe.”
