Chapter 6: ConfrontationAs the day wore on, my nerves began to disperse and I relaxed. Striker bounced back swiftly from his despair, before long he was laughing and smiling again and I marveled at his ability to recover so rapidly. As Holden pointed out in a quiet moment - vampires were resilient. Given what they were subjected to during their long existence and the violence which surrounded them almost constantly, they had to be tough.
When Conal arrived with Ralph and Phelan in tow, he greeted me with a warm smile. There was no sign of last night's tension and he seemed relaxed, which in turn had me loosening up and worrying less.
Lucas was treating me with cordial politeness and he and Conal managed to be in the same room without glaring daggers at one another. I wondered if things w
