My Vampire Second Chance Mate

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trayal to the life I had once known, but I couldn't stop. I had to keep moving.

I had found him with my sister, his arms wrapped around her like he had never known me. That moment-seeing them together-had shattered everything. The pack had turned on

supposed to be mine. I didn't know where I was going or what I

d beneath my boots was slick with ice. I had ended up in a remote village, far away from the pack and anything familiar. The place seemed almost too quie

tucked away at the edge of the village, and yet it felt like a sanctuary. I didn't know why, but some

ered by time. "You look like you could use some warmth,

s in her eyes, or maybe it was the fact that I had nowhere else to go. I

a small, cozy chair by the fire. "You're fa

run again, to avoid getting too close to anyone. But something about this place

" I finally said, my voice bar

ils, instead offering me a cup of tea. It wasn't much, but it was a gestu

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kind that had me questioning what was lurking beneath it. I had lived for centuries, b

the isolation-it wasn't a gift. It was a prison. Every year that passed was ju

ed my presence here. But recently, something had felt off. There was an energy in the air that I couldn't quite pl

ugh the village sq

he had the look of someone who was running, hiding, seeking something-but not a single word of her story was visible on h

rew me in. Perhaps it was the quiet desperation I saw, or perhaps it was the f

oving silently through the mist that

e smooth but low, laced with an

mine-those eyes, so full of sadness and defiance. There was something about

, her voice soft but guarde

, the way she refused to let her guard down. I knew exactly what

is not a place for someone like

early skeptical. "And who

I said, offering her a small, knowing smile

r gaze still guarded. "I

y. "You may not need help. But you do need s

passing through them before she quickly masked it. "I'm

to pass between us. "The village is safe, for now. But it's a plac

f we both understood that there was something much large

when there was something about her that called to me, something deeper

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t the pull was undeniable. He was different-too different-and his presence unsettled me. There

ll chasing me, and no amount of distance would change that. But there was something about this place, something