Before It’s Too Late

New Estra, Two Hundred and Fifty Years Before

** Trigger Warning: This chapter contains an emergency c-section and infant loss. This is not highly detailed. **

Tony’s predicted rain came late, arriving with full dawn as Talen stopped by Tony’s house, waking the other vampire from sleep with his hasty explanation, before riding to the docks. There were no ships at dock, and Talen cursed Harry under his breath. He suspected that Harry had left so swiftly in order to avoid having to discuss the matter further with Talen that the other vampire hadn’t considered that the fastest route to Sigrid was the ship that Harry had absconded upon.

Which made Talen think that whatever was going on with Sigrid, Harry had a hand in it. Had Harry played a prank that had gotten out of control? How out of control? Before it’s too late… What did that mean?

“F-king hell,” Talen grumbled under his breath. He could not run the distance. There were too many obstacles between if he did not take the road, and he