Clasping his hands tighter, Ben leaned forward slightly with his head slightly bowed. The fangling wanted to apologize. And he was ready to receive any revenge. Ben had been been hard on himself already. Davian had snatched up and destroyed the wooden stake the vampire had crafted for himself.
"James pointed out just how much Andrei hasn't been...this sounds stupid...attentive enough to me," Ben began and the looked up at Jack. "I'm so stupid. James arranged to speak with Leon...and planned that I would lay in wait until I could grab Leon."
Memories of just how much James belittled him and Andrei attacking him as he tried to walk back to his House rushed through his mind. Then just how everything felt when he was attacked by the vampire that ended up siring him tore through his mind. Ben bit his lower lip and shook his head.