My Vampire's Love

floor. He stared at me, his mind clearly struggling to process what he had just witnessed. The quiet, ine

ic. He paced back and forth on the balcony, running a hand through h

the shade, but a small chunk of my thumb was simply gone, leaving a strange, smooth e

he roared, lo

beginning of the end I had chosen. The Severance. A ritual so old and forbidden that most of our kind believed it was only

er. He lunged forward and grabb

at you did t

as the bone snapped. The sound was sickeningly loud in the morning air. He had

ming. The pain was immense, but it was a physical sensation I cou

She was wrapped in a silk robe, a cup of coffee in her hand. She took in

laced with amusement. She walked over, her eyes landing on

gesturing wildly at me. "The sun. It didn'

t my hand, her expression one of fasc

face a mask of calculated concern. "Darling, don' t you se

n repeated, latch

m. "She' s trying to frighten you. To make you think you' re losing control. Her body is pro

playing directly to his ego and his obsessi

ia concluded, her voice firm, as if stating an

, an anger fueled by Olivia' s poisonous words. He saw my condition n

. He looked at my broken arm, at the black veins, a

e of our bond. He had used it to sustain me, to control me. H

manic certainty in his eyes, "then I' ll force mine

longer beat, sank. I kne

t, ignoring my cry of pain. He started draggin

' t," I pleaded

man with a solution, a g

oken arm hitting the ground with a jolt of agony. Olivia f

, and made a swift, clean cut on his own forearm. Dark, rich human blood welled

is voice a low growl. "Your body b

back and exposing my neck. I struggled, tryi

amed, thrashin

ing the warm, metallic liquid into my mouth. I ga

is face a mask of grim determin

feeding me; he was branding me, trying to overwrite my very being with his own will. It was the ultima