After I finished telling them what I had, Marius stormed out of the house. He was, understandably, frustrated. I sat in one of the chairs. I couldn’t follow him, the sun was still out.
Talia came and stood next to me. She pulled me over to rest my head on her chest and held me there. Vampires found a lot of solace in their sires. It was comforting to me to have her there.
“We’ll find her. This wasn’t a failure on the part of anyone. I know you want to blame yourself, but you need to blame the rogues who took her. This feeling will just distract you from what you need to do to find Echo.” She murmured.
“Marius is going to take her, isn’t he?” I asked.
“I wish I could tell you he won’t, but he’s not easily predictable. I can tell him to leave her here or others will find out their co
