I leaned forward, resting my elbows on my knees.
"They tried to attack Evelyn in the forest tonight. If I hadn’t intervened, Valerian’s clan would have used her the same way they use other humans at Six Flags. I did what I had to do to save her, Viktor. I don’t regret it."
Viktor turned toward me, studying me seriously now that he understood the gravity of the situation—why I had done what I did that night.
"How is she now?" he asked cautiously.
"Fine. Sleeping upstairs." Then I tilted my chin toward the growing light spreading across the sky beyond the window. "Dawn is coming. We should be doing the same."
We were creatures of the night.
We rose when the moon climbed into the sky and crawled back to our coffins when the sun replaced it.
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