Chapter 73

Christian’s POV When Nathaniel gets back in the morning, he finds us at the dining table, having breakfast. None of us has mentioned what happened last night, but I know we are both thinking about it. Or maybe that’s just me. I want to apologise, but that would be insincere. I don’t regret any of what I said. Besides, now is not the time to dwell on that. Sara rises from her seat the moment the shapeshifter walks through the door. “Kai went missing,” she tells him. “What?” he asks as he shrugs off his jacket. “We went outside for a while but he wasn’t here when we came back.” He frowns as he comes towards the table. “Did you look around?” “For hours,” I tell him. “There was no scent, his or alien.” “Maybe he never left,” he says. I frown. “What? We looked in all the rooms. Besides, Sara can’t sense him. If he was here, she would know right away.” “Come look,” he says, heading towards the bedrooms. Sara and I go with him. He goes all the way to the end of the hallway, where there is a d