PTE
US'
mbered was the desper
g me out into the streets like a rabid animal. And now, she was
his even
urrounded me; it was intoxicating. I needed to get away from her; I need
throat. The moment my fangs grazed her bare skin, the last thread of my sanity snapped. I pressed my teeth into the
at myself, fighting aga
I panted heavily, horror rushing through my veins as a thin crimson trail trickled down her
?" I whispered in
though trapped in a terrifying nightmare. She was my mate, the o
. I had no idea where her apart
into my chest and surged throu
ing she was comfortable, I retrieved a warm washcloth an
throat. But as soon as my skin touched hers, a jolt of searing heat shot throug
t against her forehea
tonight, her human body was breaking down under the sh
out of her. I climbed onto the mattress and pulled her warm body against mine, wra
RA'
is going on? Wh
eep. But as I shifted, a heavy, solid weight pressed again
d through my mind. I a
MA
ut waking him, and slipped off the edge of the high mattress. My shoes were sitting
to the hallway, my brea
ned the high walls, and glossed marble stretched out beneath my feet. Everything looked impossibly expensive and antique, giving the vast space an
gest anyone actually lived here. Just that one name
forcing my legs to move. This was no
ind me. I didn't wait around to see who or what made the so
alarm clock an
at was all I had bef
bed the first clean outfit I could
iped a circle into the fogged mirror and inspected it, but there was nothing. All
There was no time to think about a luxurious house, a mysterious handsome
restaurant, arriving breathless ri
I whispered under my breat
pboard and wearing the exact stern expression he used right be
de today, Miss Smith," he said
!" I breathed out, darting p
ted. On the walk out, I pulled Ari to the side and whispe
nly grown two heads. "Clara, did you drink before coming to
sound insane, right? ". I h
the mouth of the dark alleyway, a series of
into the s
as quickly as the images came, they vanished into
ute later, collapsing onto my bed t
at the back of my brain. How did I end up in that mansion? Mor
very second of last night, but everything afte
d. The sharp jawline, the dark h
ed wide open,
rude, handsome man fr
had I ended u
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