He doesn't answer me, when I tell him what he needs. And I can hear his ragged breathing and slowing heart. He can barely breathe and I know this.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzD4T0O1Eka
I roll up my right sleeve and bite my wrist, as he starts to lose consciousness. I then put it to his lips.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWp2EjqUhrI
"Drink, Alaric," I instruct.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Dg4udYVZd
I'm very relieved when he does.
Ten minutes later, I pull my wrist away and it heals, as does his wounds.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHi8baLTCDp
He looks at me.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPI9fIRU3ut
"Thank you."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6SdEY0PiS
"You're welcome."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilpZGitwS5
I help him to his feet.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0AYHc3TJC
"Let's find your ring, Alaric."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6FRwN9fMF
"Well said. And clean this mess up before Elena and Jeremy get home," he adds.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuaDnXDzFZ
It isn't long before I find his ring, it's on his finger, and the kitchen is cleaned up.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs2senzm0W
I look at him.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9T6BtxNC2
"So, what happened?"548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqPgsEidfS
"A vampire attack."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXeBL3q2jY
"Who was it?"548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0aRLauqZk
"I don't know. It depends if you know anyone by the name of Logan."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7Axj6lvxU
I tense.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6u2YfxmcSC
"Katherine?"548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMg5IQshba
"Alaric, where's Elena? She could be in danger."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSrFcN4WhI
"What do you mean? Slow down and explain, Katherine."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg3T3BS29R
"Logan was Elena's Aunt Jenna's old boyfriend. Someone, I don't know who, must've turned him. He might be looking for Jenna. He might not know that she's dead."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKfgccUL28
"So you think he would go after Elena?"
"Yeah; she was Elena's aunt, after all."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorREs0X01H
"Then let's go."548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygxA46GXHY
We head out the back, closing the door behind us, walking side by side. And as we walk, I use my senses to guide me, searching for his scent and Elena's.
