“Abigail…she…I…”
She nodded sadly. “I know. You"re going to be okay.”
His mind was still sluggish, but he remembered reaching out to Riley. He had to know… Alaric started to try to get up, but his mother"s hand on his shoulder held him down. “Riley is okay. Bryan is with him.”
“He can"t be okay… not after…” Alaric shook his head as it flooded back to him, her terror making his heart beat race. Then he remembered the people outside. “There were people there, Mom. They knew she was in there.”
Her hand was soft on his arm, above where the skin was red and blistered. “I know.”
“They burned her alive.”
“I know.” There were tears tracking down her face.
“Emily, Anson would like you downstairs.” Alaric looked up to find Victoria filling the doorway of the bathroom. “I can take care of Alar
