Erin’s POVIt was about an hour’s drive back to our old home from Gavin’s pack. Henry had come to pick me up much to Gavin’s dismay.We didn’t speak much during the morning as I packed my things, but we said our goodbyes, and I even said my goodbyes to Seth who seemed as if he was actually going to miss me. I wasn’t sure at what point I fell asleep. But one moment I was sitting beside Henry in his car, and the next I was staring at Jessie in her face.It was the moment I found out what she was; she had blood all over her face and soaked through her clothes. Her eyes were red and piercing; it was like she was no longer the Jessie I had known.It’s been a couple of months since I had seen her; when I joined the Moonshadow organization, I hadn’t had a lot of time for her. Perhaps it was my fault for being too busy to notice the changes in her.I saw the drained human on the ground; he was long dead and Jessie was standing over his body.“Jessie…” I croaked, rushing toward her with tears

Erin’s POVBane had the location of the Slayer organization. I stared at Henry from across the kitchen table with the small radio placed between us.Gavin had done exactly what we wanted him to do without his knowledge that he was actually helping us. He was able to make Bane remember everything and now we had more than enough information.“We should inform Theo of this information,” Henry suggested as he turned off the radio.He had written down the coordinates of the organization and written some notes on what Bane was saying. I hoped that Gavin would be able to get out of there without getting hurt or being harmed in the process. As confused as Bane was, there was a part of me that still didn’t trust him.Maybe it was because of the rumors I had heard about him, or maybe it was because of the way he was when I first encountered him.Or perhaps it was an intuitive feeling.Whatever it may be, I felt like there was something off with Bane. Like he wasn’t telling us the entire story a

Susanna’s POV“Please get out of my head,” Susanna cried, curling up on the hospital bed. Her entire body was trembling; the woman, the leader of the Slayers, was placing thoughts in her mind. Telling her she needed to use her powers for bad; hurt people she didn’t want to hurt.She wanted Susanna to get rid of both Gavin and Erin.“I’m begging you,” Susanna cried again, placing her hands on her ears, and trying to keep her body steady. “Just leave me alone.”Up until that point, they gave Susanna some free range. But now the Slayers were done playing games and they intended to use Susanna as a full vessel.“I’m not leaving you alone until you either complete the mission or die trying,” the woman hissed.She didn’t know the woman’s name, or what she looked like. But the woman was channeling herself into Susanna, giving the powers she never thought would be possible.“What do you need me to do?” Susanna asked as tears escaped from her closed eyes.“We are getting you out of this hospit

Erin’s POV“Gavin, you can’t be serious,” I said, approaching him.He glared down at me and I saw the resentment in his eyes; it turned my stomach.“She committed a lot of crimes, Erin. I can’t let that go unpunished,” he explained; he turned away to walk in the opposite direction, but I grabbed his arm, stopping him quickly.“That isn’t fair though. She wasn’t herself. She was being controlled,” I argued.“The world isn’t going to see it like that. Until we can prove she was under the control of the Slayers, we need to keep her locked away,” Gavin said with finality in his tone. “Besides, if they got her the first time, they could get her again.”“What about Bane?”“Bane didn’t kill anybody.”“No, but he could if they decide to use him again,” I said, folding my arms across my chest. “If you are worried, they are going to take control of Susannah again, then you should be worried that they will take control of Bane as well. There could be more vessels as well—”“For right now, until

Erin’s POV“How’s your meal?” Henry asked as he often did from across the table, staring at me with a loving curiosity in his eyes. It was like old times, and I would be lying if I said this wasn’t nice.“It’s delicious,” I tell him honestly. “Thank you, Henry.”He beamed at my feedback and went back to eating his food. We ate silently for the most part; we exchanged some words here and there, but mainly we didn’t have much to discuss. We had said everything we needed to say earlier, and I had run out of words for him.Henry doesn’t know what I am planning, and I wanted to keep it that way. He would only try to stop me if he knew the truth.I was going to find the Slayer hideout and defeat their leader, tonight. I couldn’t risk anybody else finding out about this.I knew where they were hiding; I had the coordinates in my backpack, which I had shoved under my bed to hide it from Henry’s viewing.As soon as he saw that it was packed, it would all be over for me.Gavin was planning on g