Approaching Nightfall

Astrid

“Why didn’t he just reveal himself to me in the middle of the night?” I ask Bram as I sit in front of him on his horse. His arms are around me, but only so he can reach the reins. It’s a little uncomfortable, but we are getting to be decent friends, I suppose, so it doesn’t bother me too much.

“He couldn’t tell you without striking panic in your friends who would’ve flown out of the crypt a