27
Before dinner, I check on Tina.
Unlike the shifters, who had an initial few days of sickness then recovered without the ability to shift, Tina isn’t recovering. The transfusions of vampire blood she’s getting are the only thing that help to perk her up, but it’s getting harder and harder for us to cover her absences.
“Where were you?” Val asks as soon as I walk into the room.
“I just stopped by the infirmary to check on Jordan and Greg and—”
“No.” Val coldly interrupts. “Where were you when you disappeared for almost two whole days?”
I blink. Taken aback by his tone and that he noticed I was missing. I glance at Tina, who’s buried beneath a layer of blankets. “Maybe we should go outside and talk about this.”
He nods his assent and we quietly exit the room together. We remain sile
