Meadow’s POV:

“MEADOW!” I could hear the raw panic in his voice. “MEADOW, ANSWER ME—”

My heart slammed back hard into my chest. The phone was on the floor, right beside Tyler’s body. “Fuck! Fuck, say something. Talk to me, baby. Please—”

I realized then that he must’ve thought I was the one who had been shot.

“I’m fine, Alaric!” I forced myself to yell. “I’m okay. I’m okay, it wasn’t me.”

“Could be,” I heard Juniper murmur before she crouched, ...