Bound By The Midnight

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n hours since that fleeting encounter-since I caught a glimpse of her. Yet, no matter how many reports I

into morning, but my thirst remained unsatisfied. My fingers drummed against my mahogany desk as I glanced at the p

led me from my thoughts

from one of the noble families in my clan. Her golden curls cascaded over her shoulders, and her sharp emerald e

ssion and seduction. She stepped closer, her hips swaying in

her. Vivian was a distraction, and perhaps a needed one. If I co

n my desk as she bent forward slightly. "Let me ease your

elled of roses and power, but it was wrong. She wasn't her. Still, I let my hands roam over her

hair, but all I saw was her. That girl in the dark alley.

ly. Vivian gasped, startled by my sudden wi

between rage and humiliation

towering over her

, I was already turning away, dismissing her with a flick of my han

The most powerful vampire in existence. I did not crave things. I took them. And if fate had da

obsession. Run all you want, littl

erine

r home. My mother was already out, trying to sell what few flowers we had

ay Jace had dragged me away, the way I had felt h

nted to see

me from my thoughts. He stood in t

small smil

im. His usual playful demeanor was gone, repla

mitted. "I should be.

He was silent for a long moment before h

as ca

n't understand, Katherine. Elliot... he's not just a vampire

"You think he'll co

on his face. "I don't know. But if he does..." He exhale

set of his jaw, the tension in his shoulders. T

mine. And for the first time, I saw some

d his fists as if trying to contain his

room shifted.

? Lov

s came. My mind raced, scrambli

head. "I know," he murmured. "You never saw me that way.

opped

hat?" I as

g away. "Before ev

own my spine. Because deep

I could feel it. I ju

thing was

ed to see Ell

was that it was al