~NYRA

It took a while to calm my mother. But she eventually agreed to stay after I promised to fix this.

But the moment she left my room, the weight of the situation descended upon me like a failed plane.

How was I even going to expose Dylan? How was I going to convince Ried that his visitor was a dangerous vampire after me?

I didn’t even know why he was here in the first place— “Maybe I should start from there…” I mumbled to myself.

Yes, if I knew who Dylan was to Ried, maybe then I ...