FREYA'S POV
The car slid through the night, the engine's steady hum creating a comforting background noise. Aiko's eyes were on the road, but she kept sneaking glances at me. The air inside the car felt heavy, like something unspoken hovered in the spaces between our words. There was a strong tension between us all. She wanted to know. She was so eager for me to tell her everything about what happened tonight. The name that slipped through my mouth, the reason why I froze at the sight of the vampire I saw at the woods. She was bent on knowing all these and even though she hadn’t asked me any question ever since we started moving on the road,I still knew that it was on her mind, it was evident in the was she could not focus on the road ahead but instead always turning in my direction to lo
