182 Chapter 182

"Yeah, he is. But we'll get him. Right now, don't worry about any of that. You need to regain your strength, and then we'll have to figure things out. No one on our team got seriously hurt, thank God. And Brandon told us about the Vampire that had trailed you from KC."

"You know, then, that the poem Giovani left was about me?" I asked.

Cadence nodded. "We figured it out just a few minutes too late."

I dropped my eyes. "Cadence, I know I shouldn't have ever gotten on that train. It was reckless and stupid. Someone could've ended up dead because of me."

"Yeah, they could've," she agreed. "And it was almost you."

"It could've been you, too," I reminded her. "I wouldn't have been able to live with myself."

She leaned forward and brushed my hair back from my face. "I told you. Don't worry about me. I'm fine. But you Cassidy I know I don't say it enough, but you are one of the most important people in the world to meokay former personwhatever you are," she joked. "Too soon?"