Chapter 59

• There’s been no word of any vampire attacks beyond ours since the orphanage, or at least none that Juan has let anyone know about, and there have been no new hits or hints of a threat. Apart from my new living situation, it’s like it never happened, and no one mentions the lives we lost that day. I didn’t even get to bury them or pay my last respects. The cleanup crew moved in, and their bodies were burned outside the city limits, with no one being told until after it was done like worthless trash that needed to be disposed of. A black mark Juan wanted to wipe clean and push out of sight because he can never be seen to be failing at anything.
• Juan hides more shame, the same way he hides his failure mate, Luna Sierra Santo. It seems he likes to keep secrets and pretend history is not what it is. I wonder how many of the stories of our war victories have been exaggerated and twisted. No one talks of the fallen or the battles they lost. They only teach us about the heroic wins and the wolves that came back.
• “Tell me about it. Colton is high on my hit list today, not that I’ll get close enough to do anything about it.” I sulk into my lap, answering Meadow, depressed and exhausted with this situation, and Meadow leans up on her elbows to look at me.