Joseph’s POV
“When?” Was the only thing I managed to ask.
“As I said, she doesn’t know,” he said.
He seemed a lot stronger than I felt. The thought of losing Bernard has never occurred to me before. He’s been with me from the very beginning. He’s my teacher, my guide, and my friend. He’s like a father figure to me, just as Anastasia is like a mother.
That was something I’ve been deprived of during my human life and now that I have that in my vampire life, I wasn’t willing to give that up. If could prevent this war from happening, if I could keep Bernard from dying, I would move mountains to do so.
I know Carter and his warriors would do the same.
“I’m not upset or afraid,” he finally said after a long silence.
I scrunched my face at him, unsure if I heard him correctly.
“I knew it
