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A part of me doesn’t want to show my face outside of the tent. I honestly have no idea what I’m doing here. I feel the eyes of other vampires on me, and not in a good way. I know they’re wondering the same thing. What am I seriously doing here? I have no idea where the well is. I’m not even a shifter. How the heck am I supposed to do anything for them, in return for keeping me safe?
All I want to do now is hide underneath the blanket and stay here for the rest of the day. I feel lost. I feel like I have no idea where I am or even worse, where I will go from here. What happens when Edmund finds the well? Or if there’s no well at all? He’ll be gone, with his vampires, and what about me? Do I stay here? That’s impossible.
The shifters never forgive and forget. Such a thing doesn’t exist in their vocabulary. I will have to go away… but where?
Just imagining how vast this world is, beyond the confines of the town where I grew up, makes me shudder with fear. I know I always wanted to see it, to leave, to find myself, but now seems like the worst possible moment for it. Maybe I want to stay so desperately because I know I can’t.
I sigh to myself heavily, and just as I’m about to pull the cover over my head, I hear the zipper of the tent open.
“You awake?” Edmund asks me, peering inside.
“Now I am,” I say.
“Well, get up,” he says. “You need to come with me.”
“Where?” I ask, frowning. I had no intention of getting out of the tent, let alone going somewhere specific.
“You’ll know in due time,” he says mysteriously, then his head disappears, but he doesn’t zip the tent back up.
I inhale deeply before I uncover myself and get out. I expect to see everyone there, but to my surprise, we’re the only ones here. I look around, my brows furrowing.
“What’s wrong?” he asks, facing me.
“The sun is too bright,” I tell him, lifting my hand to shield my eyes from the sun.
He laughs. “Should I turn it down?”
“Not funny,” I frown. “I just woke up.”
“It’s noon,” he tells me.
“What?” I gasp. “I slept til noon?”
“Yeah,” he nods. “I didn’t want to wake you. You needed to rest.”
“I never sleep so late,” I admit. For some reason, I don’t want him to think that I’m a lazy bum who sleeps til noon and does nothing to pull her own weight. That’s not me. That’s never been me.
“That’s OK,” he says, with a smile. “If you slept that well, that means that you felt safe here. It’s a good thing.”
He’s right. So, I don’t say anything to that. Instead, I focus on the fact that we are all alone.
“Where is everyone?” I ask, looking around.
“I sent them out to try and find something,” I hear him say, sounding somewhat defeated.
“To the shifter town?”
“Some, yes,” he nods. “Others are basically wandering through the woods, hoping to stumble onto something meaningful.”
“What are the odds of that?” I wonder, then think to myself that I should have probably kept my mouth shut. He doesn’t need me to pour salt on the wound.
“I know,” he shrugs. “But we have to keep doing something.”
“But… you aren’t with them,” I point out. “Why?”
“Because I promised I would keep you safe, didn’t I?” he reminds me.
“You did,” I agree. “But that doesn’t mean you need to be by my side 24/7.”
