Chapter 23
It took me almost an hour to tell Christian everything about what we had discovered to be going on at Lucent because he kept asking questions. When I finally finished, he was sitting on the ground looking pale. And I still hadn’t even told him the worst part.
“Are you going to throw up?” I asked.
He gave me a weak smile. “This is so much bigger than I thought.”
“What did you think was going on?”
“That maybe a Guardian had turned rogue and was selling blood to Vykens.”
I chuckled. “You were half right.”
Christian’s eyes were full of sadness. “I’m so sorry, Llona. It’s like you’ve gone from bad to worse.”
I shrugged. “I’m just glad I found the diary and met Liam.”
“Liam,” Christian said and twisted his mouth like the name was sour-tasting. “That’s one thing I don’t get. W
