APRIL
The moment shattered like glass.
"Hey. Are you okay?" Nathan's voice snapped me back to reality. I nearly dropped my fork.
I turned to find him beside me, eyebrows pinched in concern. I glanced quickly toward the hedges—
Gone.
The figure was gone. Like smoke. Like it had never been there at all.
"I—I'm fine! Yah, totally fine," I chirped with a too-bright smile, waving my hand like I hadn't just seen Satan's cousin lurking in the bushes. "Probably just... the lights playing tricks."
Nathan didn't look convinced, but he nodded slowly.
I needed a distraction. Fast.
"So..." I leaned in, waggling my eyebrows. "Any gorgeous vampire girls wrapped around your finger yet?"
He chuckled, grateful for the change in topic. "I was seeing someone, Beth. But she wasn't... my beloved. We'
