"Hey, Astrid," Erik smiled calmly at his fiancé.
Yet, instead of greeting him, the young vampire looked at him with panic, anger, and pain. "Don't 'hey Astrid' me!" she exclaimed with frustration. "Quickly save my mother! I— I can't stand to see her like this!"
Erik noticed her fists were constantly clenching and releasing as she paced through the room. He realized Astrid was feeling a lot of things, and had no way to release her emotions.
So instead of walking up to Liv, he went up to Astrid and hugged her waist to stop her from pacing. His calm, amber gaze pierced into her panic stricken crimson eyes. "You mother will be fine, Astrid. We have her now. We just need a little time. All you need to do, is not implode from your own nerves before then, alright?"
