A Problem In The Air (3)
Lukas glanced at the sleeping Matthew and knew for certain that the young man was going to wake up. The only matter was the amount of time that it would take.
"It's not instant, but—"
Matthew let out a groan and sat up from the grass. He stretched out his arms and looked around at the others with a confused look on his face.
"Where are we? What happened back there?"
"Oh, you're finally awake!" Anthony dropped his crossbow and lunged for the young man, hugging him tight. "We nearly thought you died or something!"
Philip shook his head, but kept his expression neutral, the same as Lukas who both had their eyes on Matthew to see if there were any differences.
And there was a subtle change to Matthew, almost invisible unless you were actually paying attention to it.
The young man had pale skin as a Dhampir, but somehow it became even more translucent than ever, almost as if it was reflected by moonlight's surface.