Chapter 229

• She seems somehow stronger in this second, determined, and there’s a look in her eye that tells me she isn’t about to go down without a fight. A moment hits me in the stomach, a tiny little tremor that had I never come back to Colton, I think she would have been a Luna in her own right. She maybe isn’t the warm and approachable Luna in the traditional sense, but maybe in time, she might have grown that way if she had felt secure in her mate’s love. She’s a warrior for sure.
• “Witches are no longer an issue; my only responsibility is what the vampires first asked of me…. To get Lord Varro to give up this vendetta and return to where he belongs to begin learning to rule. I can achieve that tonight, and your people will see an end to a twenty-year fight once and for all. So, I’m coming and can offer a little protection where it’s needed.” Leyanne’s voice cuts in from the open doorway, surprising me, and I realize that despite her leaving, she didn’t actually go far, or she’s come back. She is lazing against the frame, seemingly bored and looking out of place in such a casual manner.
• Despite not being sure about Leyanne, I feel we can rely on her, and trust is growing regarding which side she fights for. She doesn’t seem bad. She seems disconnected and lacks feelings, yet helpful because it suits her to be. She keeps people at a distance much like Carmen does and she has an aura that she doesn’t care too deeply, but I guess at three thousand years old she has cared about many and had to watch them die. Maybe the repeated loss of people growing old and fading around her made her not want to soften towards anyone anymore. I cannot imagine the loneliness of her existence at all, and I could forgive her lack of heart when I think that maybe she’s just bled one too many times.