Clark POV:
If I had known that day was the beginning of my hell on earth, I would have followed Lucas. I would have caught up to him before things spiraled even further, before his mind ran away with those ridiculous ideas. I would've made him understand—I didn't bring him along just to offer him up to Blaze. That wasn't my plan. But now... now I had left him with that misunderstanding. I would have stayed close to him, tried to explain that I never intended for him to be Blaze's snack, never meant for him to be caught up in whatever twisted mess I had accidentally found myself in. I should've told him everything—told him that Blaze was an enigma to me too, that I had no idea what kind of monster I had just gotten involved with. But I let him walk away. I figured, after he cooled down, he'd come around and understand. He'd hear me out. But he didn't calm down. And I wasn't sure if he ever would.
That was the first of many mistakes.
