ANNE

“ How long are we going to stay silent? ” Giana whispers, breaking the hours-long silence between us.

A few hours ago, we left the so-called vampire territory. Zero didn’t ask much. All I had to do was to ask him to take me back and he didn’t utter a word, just grabbed my hand and strolled away.

To my surprise, the Vampire King didn’t even try to stop him, stop us all. It seemed like we had a silent agreement that I had guaranteed that I won’t let Zero succeed in his plan if there is one, to begin with.

Now, Zio is driving his car back to Ryker’s pack. Zero is sitting in the passenger seat and I am forced to sit in the backseat with Giana.

I am so fucking angry at her for almost making me lose my head.

“ I am sorry. ” She whispers, gripping my wrist.

I shake my head, looking outside the window. We are about to enter the Night Walker pack’s territory. It’s the same as I remembered it.

Nothing changed in the last three months here. Only I changed and Zero changed. Or maybe, we were