I turned away from the window as my dinner started to come back up. “That’s disgusting.”
Shaking, I sat down hard on the ground. “Totally,” Meredith said.
My breaths started to come easier after a few minutes. But then the worry for Dastien seeped in. I hugged my knees into my chest.
Holy s**t, that was close. I owed Dastien my life.
There was a knock on the open door. Dr. Gonazales didn’t wait for me to answer. “Are you okay?”
I started to say yes, but hesitated. “I don’t know.” My neck still ached. I ran my fingers over it. “Something burned me.”
The doctor set her bag next to me. “Vampire venom. Toxic stuff. But he didn’t bite you, so that’s good. If it gets into your blood stream, then you’ve got a bigger problem.” She cleaned my neck with an alcohol swipe and spread sticky goo o
