Wait," Kael interrupted. "If they bit her-if those vampires bit her-Does that mean she's going to turn into one of those things?"
"He didn't try to turn me," Mallory said. "You only get turned when you die with a vampire's blood in your system. Well, I didn't die."
"Yeah that's correct," Dante breathed. "Because if you'd been turned-"
"I know," Mallory said, and her voice shook. "I know what happens to werewolves who get turned." She turned to face Kael, tears streaming down her face. "Baby, when he bit me, I thought-I was so scared, thinking he was going to turn me"
"You're okay baby," Kael assured her, pressing kisses to her forehead, her cheeks, anywhere he could reach. "You're okay. That's all that matters. I'm so grateful they didn't turn you."
"If Candice truly did t
