Chapter 53

Then he went on to say, "I was under the impression that you were no longer alive. I honestly believed they'd killed you right then and then. I stood there watching them advance on you as the others remained motionless in the circle..." He gulped, closing his eyes as he attempted and failed to even his facial expression to that of a regular vampire emptiness, which he had become accustomed to. "Luci, I would have had to remember that dreadful vision of you for millennia if I had been there. The rest of my life, at least. I was so concerned that all I could think about was keeping you away from the ferals as I dashed away from the cavern. All I could think about was keeping your scent disguised, which is why I abandoned you in the muddy field. Please accept my apologies."

"I know." Lucinda mumbled.

A vampire never sheds a tear. Throughout her life, Lucinda had lived by this fiat, which she had applied to her encounters with the intriguing species. They are the most dangerous pre