"I'd like that too."
He rested his forehead against mine. "Bennett is dead."
"Yeah. And the fire is gone already." The burning smell and glow had both vanished.
"Don't you want to check on your roommate?"
"What? Why?" Talk about curveballs.
"He nipped from her. That means she was under his spell. Now he's dead—"
"I can't believe I didn't think of that already. She's going to be flipping out. She thought she was in love with him." I surged upright and then stopped to glower. I used to hate vampires. Roane and a few others had redeemed them in my eyes, but now I remembered why I hated them so much. Their stupid little spells they could put on humans. "I have to get home right now. The abrupt break will be sending her off the deep end."
Roane nodded and kissed my forehead. "I'll be at the Alexander tonight."
"Okay. I'll come by after she's calmed down."
Roane walked me back to my dorm and left with one last kiss to my forehead. I watched him leave and sighed. I was glowing. How could I not? I just hoped my roommate wouldn't notice.
When I walked into my room, Emily took one look and threw a book at me. I ducked, but the second one hit my chin. "Ouch!"
"What? Did you just see Adam? You're happy!" Her chest heaved up and down. She was seething. Then she twisted her hands in her hair and pulled at it. "I'm going crazy, Davy! I don't know what's wrong with me."
I did, but I wasn't going to tell her. "Do you have your period?"
"I just had it."
"There's a full moon tonight. That makes people go crazy."
She stopped pulling her hair and her hands dropped against her legs. "Really?"
I shrugged in my head. "Sure. Unless you really are going crazy."
"No, no. It must be the full moon. It has to be. It came out of nowhere."
"What does it feel like?"
"Like my reason for living just died. I have no purpose anymore. I should kill myself."
She answered so quickly, my eyes popped out. "Okay. You shouldn't work at the hotline until this is gone."
"Why?" she asked with a blank face.
"Because…" You're crazy. "Trust me. It's the full moon effect. You're not normal right now."
"Will this go away?" Desperation flashed over her face and her hands started to go for her hair again.
I rushed forward and caught her hands. "It will go away. Promise."
"How long does the full moon last?" Her voice hitched on a hysterical note.
"There's the pre moon stage and the post moon stage. Plus, you have the half moon and partial moon. I'm sure all of that makes it go longer."
"Oh." She sounded dejected as she sat on the couch. "What am I supposed to do? I felt like I lost my husband, like he was brutally murdered and slowly ripped to pieces."
"Uh…" I saw some wine coolers in the corner and grabbed them. "Drink."
She pushed it away. "That won't help. It'll make it worse."