Chapter 124

I regretted everything. Every bowl of pasta I’d ever eaten. Every piece of bread. Every cookie, cake, and piece of pie. I regretted every elevator ride instead of taking the stairs. Every time it was a quick drive instead of walking. Every lazy decision I made was coming back to haunt me as sweat poured out of my body. We had passed breathing heavy over an hour ago. Now, I was just wheezing like I had asthma.

Somehow, everyone knew that I was going to start training with my mom as soon as I got home. They also made sure to get me out on time the next day. I had the meeting with Vampire King, or Oran, tomorrow. So she said it was the perfect time to understand how much I shouldn’t be fighting him. Boy, was she right. She had asked Naresh to take a backseat this time and he happily scoffed, throwing out unhelpful critiques.

“This reminds me of when you came back from the High Council and ran away from Zeke.”

It was like she had been just taking a stroll. Not a hair wasn’t out of place;