(TRIGGER WARNING: BEING TIED WITH ROPE, FORCEFUL FEEDING, BLOOD)

Zoe’s eyes followed his, and there from the dark shadows of the trees came Christopher, his fists clenched, his face was blank, green eyes cold, focused on Elijah. Behind him followed the two dark-haired Vampires Zoe had encountered before.

“Chris?” Zoe called out to him. He didn’t even acknowledge her presence.

Zoe’s eyes were still on him, it felt as if another person stood there. The warm, welcoming, smiling Christopher was gone. She couldn’t believe the one person she had put all her trust in stood there with her enemy. It was true then as her mother had once told her,...