Epilogue

Admitting to Ben that they’d lost Lila to the vampires was far more difficult for Jasper than he could have imagined.  The rage, pain, and panic that the warlock radiated upon the news made him realize just how much she meant to him.  He couldn’t help his guilt over ignoring his own feelings for her, especially upon hearing Ben’s rants over not understanding why Lila chose Jasper over him.

How blind had he been?  How geekily focused on his work he must have been to not notice that Lila had feelings for him that went beyond those of admiration for his wisdom and intelligence.  To everyone else it was clear. Why not to him?  What was wrong with him that he didn’t even allow himself to notice how he felt about her until it was too late?

After hours of apologies and patiently listening to Ben’s berating over their incompetence, Marcus, and Jasper bent heads with him to come up with a plan to rescue Lila. It wouldn&rsqu