*Esmerelda*
I listened to Abner’s story without pressing into anything. Even when I had questions, I kept them to myself. I listened to everything he had to say. Before he had spoken to me that day, I had felt only anger at Abner for everything—for his betrayal and the terrible commotion he had caused at the night school.
I shuddered to think what would have happened had Elijah not arrived in time. I pushed the nightmarish thoughts away from my mind forcefully.
I had been angry with Abner before he had started speaking. There was no doubt about that in my mind. But now, since he had made his confession, I struggled to hold on to the same anger. I wasn’t even sure that I wanted to.
I pressed my lips together. Could I really blame him for everything still? What would I have done had the roles been reversed? Had I been raised as a vampire hunter by parents who loved me, and then had them forcibly taken away by those same monsters? What would I have done?