Elias realized they had seen me standing there, and he stepped between us, telling me to get back inside the cave.
Vampires and werewolves had always been enemies. They’d been fighting each other for hundreds of years, and when they weren’t in battle, they were plotting how to wipe each other out. But as I stood there in front of these vampires, I could tell something about them didn’t feel right.
I didn’t listen to Elias’s command. Instead, I walked out of the cave and stood behind him. I could see the worry on his face. He clearly thought this was going to end with me getting hurt—or worse. But the vampires weren’t attacking. They were only staring at me.
“You’re not here to kill us,” I said.
“What are you talking about? They’re vampires. Of course they’re going to kill us,” Elias sn
