Chapter Thirty-Six

We spent about three hours at Tessa’s apartment. Nadia had been sitting in the bedroom when we arrived and I could hear Tessa talking softly to her as we waited in the small living room. It looked exactly like I remembered it and Rev looked angry.

“Nadia,” I said her name from behind Tessa. She visibly tried to shrink away from me and I could see that this was going to be difficult.

“Lucas, just give us a moment,” Tessa said softly.

I pushed past Tessa and sat down on the edge of the bed. I looked at Nadia for several minutes and then motioned for Tessa to leave us alone. I took my jacket off and hung it over the chair and sat down on the bed again, this time a bit closer to her.

“I’m Lucas Grey and I’m not going to hurt you. I want to help you Nadia and I know Tessa told you about me and that she showed me that video you made. It was a very brave thing to do,” I said softly.

“The anger you feel from me is not towards you, it’s towards those animals that are doing these things. I can