Chapter 117

CAMILLA’S P.O.V

As soon as Ryker rushed into my office, I knew that something was wrong. He could barely speak and he looked like he had seen a ghost. I stood to my feet instantly as he closed the door behind him to give us a semblance of privacy.

“What’s wrong?” I asked the moment he was within reach, it was obvious that there was something wrong from the expression on his face but even I couldn’t deduce it.

“I need your help and you know I would never ask unless it was important especially not after you almost drained yourself.”

“Whatever it is, I will help as best as I can. Just tell me what it is.”

As soon as the words were out of my mouth, he handed me a letter. I wasted no time in taking it out of his hands and reading and with each line, my mouth fell open further. I wanted to see Riley with my own eyes, I wanted to make sure that she was okay and I couldn’t believe that this had been going on for so long and Damien didn’t say a word until now.

“I already gave the physician the symptoms to work up a poultice but just in case it doesn’t work, we need-”

“My blood,” I deduced and he nodded.

“It is the only way that we can be certain it will work. Please, Camilla, I wouldn’t ask this of you.”

“You don’t need to ask, of course I will help her. Riley is my sister too, I want to make sure that she is healthy. I’ll give whatever she needs and more.”

when I got there but neither of them would look me in the eye. I could tell there was still a little guilt from the son over what he had told Alastair and I didn’t know how to tell him that I didn’t blame him. I knew he didn’t have a choice and he did what he thought he needed to do in order to stay alive. It was what anyone would have done. Each time I opened my mouth to tell him that, he would scurry away as if terrified that I was going

how

the son rushed into the inner portion of the room and didn’t come out again. The physician finally met my eye and he sighed deeply. He had bags under his eyes like he hadn’t slept in a while and he looked like he had aged ten years since the last time

just needs a little more time to adjust,” he said softly.

I just want him to know that I hold no grudges.. He did

secret to the vampires. The attack

he went through and if he ever needs

his eyes so I smiled at him and turned on my heels. Ryker followed directly behind me and he waited until we were out of the physician’s office before he pulled me into a bone crushing hug. He pulled me as close to him as our bodies would allow and he buried his head into

and he would have done the same thing for me if the cases

than I had seen in a very long time. He had been truly terrified and I understood. If something happened to Christine and

out safely, I will come to you after, okay?” he asked and I nodded. “Where

I want to see if there is anything more I can learn about Alastair.

and kissed me softly on the

we entered, I didn’t return the key. It had laid neatly in my pocket every day as if I knew I would come back. I wanted

the dusty room once more. We had cleared out that entire spot by the bed but from what I had read, my father was a very cu nn ing man. There was no

the bed but I couldn’t find anything. I checked

each of the walls slowly until I got to one that sounded hollow. I smiled to myself as I took a fireplace poker and slowly

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