“What?” he requested.

“It’s not your fault,” I stated. “It’s mine and Vena’s and Cross’.”

He frowned barely on the point out of Cross.

“Why do you consider it’s your fault?”

“Yesterday, Cross instructed us about your social app. He discovered about it from some vampire he’d talked to. Cross confirmed us your thread about search efforts for Anchor. We had been all centered on that and never the very fact you’d posted the placement to the problem. I by no means thought they’d assault. None of us knew there have been so lots of them. We didn’t let you know the app had been compromised as a result of we didn’t need to distract you proper earlier than the battle.”

Shepard shook his head and leaned in to kiss my brow.

“Whether or not they knew or not isn’t the difficulty. Our very function is to hunt and kill vampires. It’s not your fault there have been so many in D.C. That’s the actual situation and one I’m going to wish to reply for.”

“Are you involved in regards to the assembly tomorrow morning with the delegates?”

“No. They’ve a proper to air their grievances, and I’ll have a plan of motion prepared.”

I pulled away. “Does that imply you gained’t sleep tonight?”

“I’ll sleep sufficient to heal, however I don’t want a full night time. You do, although.” He turned me towards the bed room. “Lisa shall be right here quickly with garments for you. I’ll see you within the morning.”

“I need to go to the assembly,” I stated as I glanced again at him.

He nodded. “You’re welcome to return, however you’ll want to remain silent. Wolf conferences with delegates concerned don’t acknowledge human opinions.”

“I simply need to be there.”

He positioned a kiss beneath my ear, and I fought to not shiver. “You at all times have a spot subsequent to me. Evening, Everly.”

I walked to the bed room and seemed again at him, however he was already gone, and his bed room door snicked closed.

By the point Vena emerged from the bathe, pajamas and garments for tomorrow had arrived. As she dressed, I rapidly showered. I needed the blood off me, and I needed to snuggle with a pillow and neglect every little thing that had occurred.

The injuries on my neck didn’t appear too dangerous. If not for the very fact there have been 4 on one facet and solely a single one on the opposite, the holes would look extra like vampire bites than claw punctures. Bruising was already beginning to type round them. I dabbed just a little antiseptic on them and left them alone.

Once I slipped into mattress, Vena wrapped round me like a koala.

“What are you doing?” I requested.

“You blocked me from Anchor, so that you get to be my cuddle buddy.”

“I’ll enable it for tonight. Solely as a result of I’m afraid of getting nightmares, however loosen your maintain just a little so I can breathe.”

She relaxed her grip on me. “If I by no means see a vampire once more, I’ll be joyful.”

“Besides one.”

She nodded, tickling my nostril with a stray hair. “Besides one.”

After falling asleep in Vena’s arms, I solely woke one time. Her toes had been twitching, and her toenails raked throughout my leg. I flipped her to her facet of the mattress and fell again asleep.

It was nonetheless darkish after I felt her holding me once more. This time, it wasn’t her toes touching me however a finger stroking my cheek.

“Vena,” I groaned. “Return to your facet.”

“Vena is on her facet,” Cross stated.

I stared by the darkness that had the barest hue of daybreak creeping into the room.

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