There are a lot of things Erin could blame Alaric for. After all, he had been the main reason that her previously “peaceful" life had been wildly disrupted, as if she had an unplanned child that she suddenly had to take care of— only that child was taller than her, most likely older than her, and turned out a lot weirder than she expected. The changes in her life that he brought with him were mostly acceptable—the intrusion of her space, having to share a bathroom with someone, having to cook meals instead of just buying takeout every night, being unable to walk around naked in her own apartment —not that she did that often, but she liked knowing she had the option to do so if she wanted to. All of those changes, she had come into peace with. In fact, she had even started to appreciate hav
