Chapter Twenty-Seven
Hurried whispers lured Nola back out of sleep. It took her a moment to realize the voices came from the shadows beyond her door.
“This is my fault, Dad.” Jeremy dragged a hand over his short hair. “I should have protected her. I should have made sure she got home safe.”
“You should have.” Captain Ridgeway took his son by the shoulders. “You should have walked her home. You should have made sure she wasn’t alone in the dark. Every day for the rest of your life you’ll wish you had walked that girl back to her mother.”
Jeremy clutched his chest as though someone had punched a hole straight through him.
“But it’s still not your fault. There was no reason you should have thought Vampers would have found a way into the domes, let alone targeted Lenora Kent’s daughter. J
