Chapter 18

• The next few weeks until New Year passed in silence, as quiet as the snow that covered the landscape outside. Marcus and Dragan stopped talking about the ghouls in the church and I didn't have the will to ask. Yes, I was curious, but I felt like a fly attracted to something that would kill me in the end. But one thing I did notice was that since we'd met in the car, he'd gone out of his way not to meet me alone. I used to see him almost every day in the library, but now he was only there very rarely, even for lunch.
• Marcus regularly apologised to him, that it was because of work regarding the attacks. It was weird... when I needed his closeness, he spent the night guarding me from pain and nightmares, but as soon as I helped him, he ran away. There was a knock and Vici came in, followed by two blonde women, a clearly gay man in a pink tank top and a rack of clothes.
• "What the hell is all this? I thought we were getting ready for the ball together in peace."