Christian found himself subconsciously heading back to New York.
Avery had made her peace with Taylor's family very easily at least, and with Zac breathing down his neck (and even bringing in her old boyfriend) he figured it had been time to hightail it. He'd checked with her first, of course, but ultimately had left without giving Taylor or Natalie much notice a couple of days earlier.
He pulled his bike into the garage of the apartment building he'd previously shared with Avery. Locking it up, he began to make his way up to the apartment and casually picked the lock to get inside.
Apart from all of Avery's furniture and belongings being gone, nothing else had changed. It appeared no one else had moved in yet. He wondered idly if she had continued paying the rent, or... Steel. It was probably Steel. Knowing their landlord Jethro as well as he'd gotten to, he figured once he'd see the skylights installed and the massive viewing platform that he would have hurried to get in some money-toting tenants.
He closed the door behind him and sighed, making his way over to the window and looking out at lower Manhattan. His backpack was still half full of shapeshifter blood which he knew he'd need to refrigerate pretty soon. Maybe he'd stay here for a few days and let it wear off for a while... just to make sure he wasn't getting any unknown side effects from its use.
He set the bag down gently and then sat down with it. He'd missed the city skyline at night.