*Abner*

Immediately, I was put off. How was this creature supposed to protect Esmerelda? This was the exact creature I was trying to protect her from. After I had held her in my arms, there was nothing that I wouldn’t protect her from.

That included the bloodsucker in front of me, even if I had to impale him with the Rowan growing outside the school.

“You know what,” I sneered at him, “never mind. I wanted to ask you about Esmerelda, but I was mistaken. You were ...