Andrei
The Moonshadow estate was dark when I pulled into the driveway. Most of the guests had left hours ago, the cleanup crew had finished their work, and the staff had gone home. I should have been here earlier, playing the gracious host, but I couldn’t bring myself to care about appearances right now.
All I could think about was Jane’s small body in my arms, lifeless and cold from the lake water. The way she’d coughed back to life, looking up at me with those green eyes that were so much like mine.
The front door was unlocked. I stepped into the foyer, my wet clothes still clinging uncomfortably to my skin. I needed a shower, a change of clothes, and about three glasses of whiskey.
“There you are.”
I turned to find Lilith sitting in the living room, illuminated only by the dying em
