(Amanda’s POV) “Exceptional timing, youngling, join us for supper,” Andrastia spoke as if she had not left me behind to die. While I owed my new power to her, she owed me more than that. She owed me her life. While I wouldn't have gained these powers, she wouldn't be walking around now. “You left me for dead,” I growled. “You appear to have come out unscathed.” She sunk her teeth into the flesh of an unresisting human; completely unconcerned about me. For as long as I can remember, she always seemed unconcerned about everything around her. Even that day when I saved her life, the impending doom did not matter to her. If she hadn't made it, it wouldn't have mattered either. “I could have died,” I growled again. Blood had been dripping down my arm and my clothes. I held my right arm as

