Chapter 20. MOM!

Colton doesn’t turn to look at me but acts like nothing is wrong and wades further forward, increasing his speed, so he flips out of sight in a blink. I pause, grabbing her arm and finding her palm with my own to bring us back together to lasso her to me. I aggressively yank her back to my side to shield her from what she’s about to find.

“Colton told us to stay.” I fix my gaze on her, tone commanding so she knows not to argue, aware of the movement around us and my body bristling with tension as I search for hints of vamps in the forest. My senses are tuned in, but I feel nothing of close presence, which is weird for them. Given what smell lingers around us, I can’t understand why there’s no lingering scent of our enemy with it.

We’re far from the stead, out in the densest area before it starts going uphill toward the mountain, yet not a single vampire has stuck around. They obviously did this to her recently, so why are they not still here?

“No!… He would only te