Chapter 20
“WHAT? NO HUG for your uncle?”
Pain obliterated the coldness in my chest, closing my throat and making it impossible to speak. This is not happening. This is a horrible dream.
He took a step and threw his arms in the air. “Look, I can walk again. Aren’t you happy for me?”
Tristan let go of my arm, and before I knew what was happening, he and Ben had Nate restrained between them. Nate did not struggle, but fangs grew from his mouth as he continued to smile at me. “I have a message for you from the Master. Eli was his favorite and he was very upset to lose him. The Master thinks it’s only fair that, since you took one he loved, he should take someone you love.”
Roaring filled my ears, and I staggered backward. I did this. I’d brought these monsters into our lives. I’d killed
