*VICKY*

The pale moonlight shone down on me as I opened the front door to my house. It was already midnight, and after tonight’s events, I was more exhausted than when I exited hibernation.

I had no choice but to take Leon home and check his injuries before deciding what to do with him. There was no way I could take him to a human doctor—if word got out about what happened, it could mean the exposure of the Kindred world.

And if the Elders learned ...