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