Chapter 56: Making the best of the cards you're dealt with

"Are you alright? You're acting weirdly." I furrowed my brows as I pushed myself up and got off the bed, heading in Darryl's general direction as he stiffens.

"S-stop! Why are you coming closer?" Darryl backs himself against the wall as I raised an eyebrow and shorten our distance, clearly concerned by his behaviour.

Despite his peculiar reactions, he remained fixated in place as I cornered him against the wall. He flinches and averts his gaze from me as I couldn't help but notice how nervous he seemed. That's weird. Is he maybe not nervous but sick? Can vampires get sick? Perhaps it started from the day he got lost in the mountain with Sol? Speaking of which... I didn't thank him for that. I guess now is a good time?

"Hey... about that..." I leaned close to his ear, thinking of how to phrase my sentence as it was rather abrupt to just bring it up out of nowhere.