Aldric walked with me back to my room but left me alone so he could hunt. I felt so bad that he waited to eat until he felt I was safe enough but I understood why. He has only been gone for five minutes and I miss him already. I have been sitting on my bed with the phone Marko gave me trying to gather the courage to call my parents. I knew they were worried but I also didn't want to get yelled out. I hated making them mad but I knew I needed to call them. Sighing I picked up the phone and called the house number. The phone only rang twice when my .on answered. "Hello?" "It's me, mom." "Oh my gosh. Emma are you okay? Where are you?" She yelled causing me to pull the phone away from my ear. "I'm fine mom. I meant to call you yesterday but I fell asleep." "You fell asleep. You were

