My Vampire's Love

aved the blood in that bucket with an intensity that was all-consuming. Every instinct I had, honed over cen

and Olivia' s quiet, venomous glee, sparked somethin

ad, my eyes me

" I

hisper, but it echoed in the s

hed. Olivia' s eyebr

Ethan asked, his v

ed, finding a sliver of

e had expected me to break. He had been countin

age. "You foolish creature. Do

emental. A white-hot agony erupted from my very core, originating from the blood pact that still tied me to him.

me. It felt like my blood was boiling, my cells tearing themselves apart from the

Olivia asked, a note of mo

a flicker of confusion. "The pact. It'

ith a dismissive shrug, stepping ba

ack veins started to appear on my skin, crawling up my arms lik

ury. He strode forward and grabbed a ha

snarled, his face close t

froze, his eyes fixed on my arm. The black veins

he demanded. "Wha

s fading, the world dissolving into a haze of pain. The last th

to, I was be

ision blurry. Ethan had me by the ankles, pulling me out of the basement and up a

y. The night air was cool, but it did nothing to soothe the fire still simmerin

n the cold marble floor. I pushed myself up, my arms shakin

was c

, his chest heaving

trembling with rage. "You want to defy me? Fine. Le

nd. It was the ultimate destroyer.

"You think that' s your escape? I won' t let you. I' ll drag you back into the shadows at the l

st going to kill me. He was going to use

from the pact had subsided into a dull, throbbing ache. The bla

gainst the balcony railing. I looked past him, to

My voice was surprisin

have. He stared at me, searching my face for a hint of fear

' m bluffing?

ailing until I was facing the rising sun directly. He held me there, his ha

my ear, his breath hot and angry.

ange brightened, turning to gold. The first sli

eyes, ready

y face. I braced for the searing pa

didn'

sensation, like soda water on my sk

was staring at my hand,

away, turning into tiny, gray particles that dissolved into the air like dust. It

humb simply...

his grip on my shoulders loo

, and for the first time since he got his h

s plan. This wasn't a

else entirely. An