Chapter 63

Chris’s POV

“Just leave me be.”

I knocked on Vivid’s door harder. “It’s been two days. You can’t keep sulking. You either open up, or I’m breaking it down.”

Hearing scuffling, I waited until the door cracked open, her tear streaked face staring at me. “What do you want?”

I held up a paper sack of food. “You know what I want. I want you to eat something and make sure you’re okay.”

She held out her hand. “I’ll take the food, but you can go.”

“Yeah, right. I’m coming in and going to watch you eat this.”

“Not happening. I don’t want to see you or Killian.”

My jaw dropped. “What did I do?”

“Exactly that. Nothing. You didn’t do anything. You stood there and did nothing.”

“What was I supposed to do, Vivid? She’s Mother freaking Nature. Did you want a vine through my chest, too?”

She flinched. “No.”

“So let me inside, and we can talk.”

She stepped back, cracking the door enough for me to slip inside. I held