Chapter 36: Our place

Kinsley

"Is it true what they said about the vampires? That there are many of them out here?"

Zan inhaled softly, as if my words pulled something heavy from him. For a moment, he didn’t answer. His jaw tensed, but then he glanced at me, and the conflict in his expression softened. It was as if he didn’t want to scare me… but also couldn’t lie to me.

"Unfortunately, yes," he said quietly. "There ar