“Are you alright?!” James’ voice was laced with worry.

“Yes James, don’t worry,” Zoe was home, and she had changed into a turtleneck to hide the finger marks from the Vampire. She knew if Aubrey or James saw it, they would be a bundle of nerves.

“I’m sorry I didn’t think of Elijah at that point,” said Christopher, who had changed into his human form, and borrowed James’s clothes. “It was just– she had been hurting Zoe, I couldn’t bear to see it…”

Zoe could feel heat traveling to her cheeks. James looked between the both of them and slowly nodded.

“I understand, if it wasn’t for her injury you...