Seeing the way my expression darkened in fury, her face followed it, and for a long moment, she looked outraged.

“Talk. Talk to them.”

A vein popped on my forehead at her words, and I felt like she was treating me like a fool.

“And?” I squinted. “What are you going to tell them? That you're a turned, but you've been living with me for months? That there are others trying to kill you, and instead of getting rid of you, they almost ended my life? Do you think they'd let us stay?” My voice grew loud until I was screaming. I'd never known the way it could reverberate through...