My Vampire Second Chance Mate

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ade my heart race. The connection between us had deepened, but every time I tried to confront it, doubt gnawed at me. My mind screamed that

mountainside, seemed to blend with the landscape. The air felt different here, thick with magic and something

e of everything. But every corner I turned, I felt

lage. The fog rolled in quickly, clinging to the trees like ghosts. A shiver ran down my spine, but I ignored it.

at I'd lost. I had been the Luna of my pack, proud and strong, until everything I had built was shattered by Alpha Scott's betrayal.

otsteps behind me. I froze, my body tensing. The hair on the ba

oftly, my voice ca

view, his figure emerging from the mist like a shadow. His

lvet. He closed the distance between us, his gaze

ied, trying to sound casual, though m

a trace of something darker in his eyes. "It's n

was warning me or simply statin

tell he was deciding whether or not to s

uld be better l

enly uncomfortable. "Wha

ied in the past." He paused, his eyes studying me with an intensity that made my breath

this time, it felt heavier. He was offering something more than ans

back, distancing myself from him both physically and emotionally.

voice gentle but laced with something I could

nstead, I found myself nodding, unable to argue with him. S

voice soft but insistent. "The

o turn around and head back to the safety of the village. But despite the trepidation clawing at my ins

fa

ken, could see the conflict in her eyes. She didn't trust me-yet. She didn

rough centuries of regret, each step heavier than the last, until I had found her. Sienna. She was the ans

She couldn't walk into this blind

ofter now, trying to ease the tension that crackl

aw the tiniest flicker of trust, buried deep beneath the war

n that had always been there, even when we were st

" she finally said, her vo

y should have, but I didn't l

l, like everything had been suspended in time. I reached out, my hand brushing aga

nning. The beginn

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ouch was brief, but it left a lingering warmth that I couldn't explain. My b

en us was undeniable, but it scared me. I couldn't explain why, but I had the sense that

ure if I was r

me?" I asked, my voice trembling d

expression serious. "The

decide whether I wanted to hear it or

alk ahead, his movements fluid and graceful, like he

ce low but firm. "You'll

moved further away from the village. The path ahead was uncertain, shrouded in darkness, but there was