Chapter 20: Truth Be Told

*VICKY*

The pale moonlight shone down on me as I opened the front door to my house. It was already midnight, and after tonight's events, I was more exhausted than when I exited hibernation.

I had no choice but to take Leon home and check his injuries before deciding what to do with him. There was no way I could take him to a human doctor—if word got out about what happened, it could mean the exposure of the Kindred world.

And if the Elders learned about this…well, they'd be hard-pressed to go against me. According to their records, Baden died 500 years ago. There's no way they'd believe he had survived.

Thus, my house was the only option. Thank god I had enough experience bandaging my own wounds without modern medicine that I was confident I could manage.

I undid the piece of cloth I tied around his waist and tossed it to the side. That was the easy part. I then took a deep breath and grabbed at the base of his shirt, lifting it up to his chin. The perfect curve of Leon's musc