Serena's POVI scrunch my face as I get to my locker and open it rapidly, tossing some books inside and slamming it immediately with the irritation in my body. I can't understand myself right now and I don't know what is going on. Why the hell am I feeling irked about the thought of it when it's what happened a few minutes ago? Why didn't I feel like this then? When was it so extremely freaking hard to resist when he began to touch me? I remember the feeling of his lips against my nipples and it makes me bite against my bottom lip with frustration. That heavy sensation returns back to my body and I blink my eyelids rapidly. Great, I guess this crazy stupid feeling is inevitable. I should really stop thinking about this. I close my eyes and take a deep breath about to turn around when I suddenly bump into somebody, forcing me to open my eyes quickly to say Cassidy and Luna standing in front of me, giving me questioning looks. "Uhhm. What the hell happened to you Serena? You l
Serena's POVI roll my eyes and keep my attention focused on the book in front of me, trying my best to make sure that Cassidy and Luna are ignoring him just as I am. I am glad they are following my lead as we focus on the books directly in front of us chatting with each other and smiling as though we are not aware of the person that is slowly approaching us. He finally comes to a stop directly in front of me by my table and slams his palm against it, calling my attention. I am forced to jerk back with shock, not quite expecting that impact. I look up at him with anger. "Hey. " I get up from my seat and point at him giving him a cold stare. "You should watch how you walk up to people and attend to them when invading in their personal spaces. "God I feel ashamed talking to him right now. It's so hard to take away the image of the experience between us and his car a few moments ago. Fuck. I avoid his gaze and look at the table in front of me.He looks at me for a brief minute an
Serena's POVI continue to stare at Damon with all the infuriation and anger I can muster, but Luna and Cassidy walk up to me, standing on either side and taking hold of my hands, trying to pacify me."It's okay, Serena. Just ignore him, okay? Pretend he's not even here. You know how he is," Cassidy says as I close my eyes and exhale deeply, picking up my backpack from the ground and dropping it against my chair.It might be incredibly difficult, but it's the only solution I have right now.After all the drama and everything that has transpired in the past few days, culminating in him dropping me off at school, I have an intense headache, struggling to keep up with everything.It's simply overwhelming and too much to handle.I'm not going to let his frustration get to me this time.I'm just going to let it pass me by as if nothing has ever happened.But then I look up to see him still standing in his position, smiling at me, probably gloating over the fact that he's succeeding in rili
Serena's POV“Uhhmm, Serena, you are still in school! Okay, you could still get into detention.” Cassidy stands in my way and tries to pacify me, but I’m not listening to her right now. I shove her aside with all the power in my body, and everyone gasps.Yeah, I guess I might have accidentally slipped and revealed my super strength.“Shit,” Cassidy curses and attempts to stand in front of me again, bracing herself against my hand, but I’m not budging.“Well, I really like what I see. Isn’t that the beautiful, ferocious side of the almighty Serena Blackthorn? This is the classroom, and it’s not a convenient place for us to settle this, so why don’t we just take it outside?”Okay, this time a lot of phones are up, and it kind of increases the anger in my body. I suddenly scream at him, but Luna quickly places her hand over my mouth, sharply pulling me back.“Serena!” she says with a loud whisper in my ears. “Your fangs are out. What the hell are you doing? Control yourself.”For some st
Serena's POVWhile I’m still trying to figure out how to respond to him and bear the frustration, I hear the endless chuckle and laughter of someone a few meters away from me to my left.I slowly tilt my head as slightly as I can to see Damon leaning against his table with his hand against his mouth as if struggling to control himself.Is he seriously laughing right now?The moment he notices that I’m looking at him, he smiles.“Hello, baby. I can see you’re hanging on pretty well over there.”Okay, he might not actually be paying attention to the fact that he’s here because, well, this isn’t his first time being here, and he’s been here like a million times, but I’m not that kind of person.Is he seriously gloating over me being here?Goddess!!!I swiftly turn my head to look away from him before I get up and do what I’m not supposed to do right now.Now is not a good time for this, and I have to focus on what I need to do.“I want perfect order and silence, okay? I don’t want any mo
Serena's POVI turn around and look ahead of me, trying to calm myself down and relax as I close my eyes, inhaling and exhaling slowly.Okay, take it easy, Serena. Just take a deep breath and try your possible best to calm down. It's not over, and it's not going to end like this. There has to be a very quick, easy solution to sort this out immediately. I really can't depend on Cassidy and Luna because, according to the context, we are definitely going to be scattered in different directions.The lecturer has already stated that he is going to ensure that we are separated from our best friends to ensure easy cooperation and the smoothness of the test, so there will be no distractions.I'm going to be stuck and left alone with no means of knowing what to write.Fuck.I want to cry right now. I can't afford to fail the test.My dad's going to kill me.It would have been much easier if the previous test I had taken had given me a very high mark, way above the cut-off mark I'm expected to
Serena's POVOkay, so the most terrifying situation I can ever imagine happening to me has finally occurred, and I'm stuck, seated in the water closet in the toilet cubicle with him standing in front of me, flashing me with the blinding lights of his phone camera.I quickly look around me with fear, my hands trembling as I fall to the ground on my knees and struggle to take the phone away from his hand. But he's quick to move it out of reach."What the hell are you trying to do? Are you trying to destroy hard, solid evidence?"God, the tone of his voice right now is making me even more frightened as I continue to look at him with trembling lips."Okay, Damon, please don't, don't just do this, okay? We can talk about this. You know we can just come together, reason together, and see how we can make sure this doesn't get any much worse, you know? But please don't let this out, I beg you."He looks at me with a raised eyebrow, his hand suspended before finally bringing it down and placin
Serena's POVHis voice sounds so deep and magnificently sexy, I can feel myself panting hard where I'm sitting as he continues to rub his thumb against my bottom lip.Then he releases his index finger and begins to slip it into my mouth."Suck on my finger," he instructs, and I look at him with shock in my eyes. "Looks like you really want me to post those pictures, right?"Oh, fucking goddess. Is this really what he wants to resort to?I try to calm the annoyance already brewing in my body as I finally give up and wrap my lips around his index finger.Then he begins to slide his finger in and out of my lips slowly and in a very sexy way that I can feel my nipples harden.Oh great, I think I'm getting the drift of what he's suggesting right now.I'm panting hard, and I'm trying to regain control of my over-excited pussy right now as I continue to look up at him while he slides his index finger slowly and deeper into my mouth before finally pulling it out completely.He's also panting
DAMON'S POVI've never been this afraid in my entire immortal life.Not when I first turned and felt my humanity slipping away like sand through desperate fingers. Not during my worst hunts through pitch-black forests with nothing but instinct guiding me. Not even when I fought my way out of a vampire pit at seventeen with nothing but a broken fang and pure, undiluted rage burning through my veins like acid.This—this—is something else entirely. Something that makes my ancient blood run cold.Serena is on her knees in the middle of the ruined living room, surrounded by splintered furniture and shattered glass. Her arms are bent at unnatural, impossible angles behind her, trembling violently like leaves in a hurricane. Her head is thrown back at a painful tilt, her mouth slightly open in a silent scream, and her eyes... gods, her eyes are rolled up so far I only
SERENA'S POVThe pain is indescribable—beyond any human language's capacity to capture its essence.It's not just in my head—it is my head in its entirety. It feels like someone's driving razor-sharp claws straight into the soft tissue of my brain, methodically twisting and shredding every coherent thought, every cherished memory, every fundamental shred of who I am at my core. I can't breathe through the agony. I can't form a single rational thought.I can barely maintain a sense that I exist at all.Isabella watches me with predatory intensity, her expression twisted into a sick, delighted smile that reveals too many teeth. Her glowing crimson eyes drink in my excruciating pain like it's an exquisite feast prepared solely for her consumption. There's unmistakable hunger there. Desperate, primal need. Something infinitely deeper and more disturbing
SERENA'S POVThe air turns heavier with every breath I take. It doesn't just press on my chest—it crushes it with the weight of impending doom. Like trying to breathe through viscous tar. Thick. Suffocating. Oppressive. Every labored inhale feels like it might be the last, my lungs straining against an invisible force that seeks to silence me forever.I see it in the others too—the unmistakable strain, the slow, painful unraveling of their strength. Damon's broad shoulders sag visibly, his normally perfect stance losing the military precision that usually defines him. His once-fluid movements grow increasingly sluggish, as if he's fighting through waist-deep water, each strike requiring double the effort. Cassidy stumbles mid-swipe, her dancer's grace momentarily abandoning her as she barely dodges a vampire's yellowed claw that slices the air mere inches from her flushed face. A fraction slower and her fles
SERENA'S POV The fear around me isn’t just thick—it’s suffocating, pressing into my chest with invisible hands, making it hard to breathe. It’s not panic. It’s worse. It’s the knowing kind—the kind that seeps into your bones when your body realizes you might not survive.Vampires pour into the room like a flood let loose. Their eyes burn with frenzy, fangs gleam wet with blood, and every last one of them is locked on me. I can feel their hunger like heat against my skin. My breath catches in my throat, shallow and useless. My legs refuse to move. Every muscle in my body screams to run, to fight, to do something—but I can’t even figure out where to go. There’s nowhere safe. No space left.“Hold the line!” Damon’s voice slices through the chaos like thunder cracking the sky.And then—just like that—they’re around me.Damon, Cassidy, Luna, Brooke, Ryan, Brian—they close ranks with the kind of coordination that only comes from shared survival. It’s instinctual. Protective. Fierce. They d
SERENA'S POVThe moment Brian and Cassidy step into the living room from their hiding place, I see it in their eyes. That shimmer of gold, pulsing beneath the surface like molten metal struggling to break free, tells me everything I need to know. It's their werewolf instincts kicking in—heightened senses, sharpened awareness, primal intuition thrumming beneath human skin. We were not the only ones who felt it. That oppressive pressure in the air, like the sky itself dropped a few feet lower, crushing us beneath its invisible weight. That split-second stretch of time, how the shadows dragged just a little too long, as if something unseen pulled at them, toying with reality itself. Something is terribly, dangerously wrong.Cassidy's eyes narrow, sweeping over the large space like a blade ready to strike. Her posture shifts, muscles coiling tight beneath her skin, tense and poised like a predator se
SERENA’S POVThe warmth still lingers between us—tender, quiet, and deeply comforting.I tug my shirt over my head and smooth my hair down with a soft exhale as Damon finishes buttoning his jeans. There's a softness in his gaze, a kind of afterglow that transcends the physical—it's emotional, magnetic, and hard to look away from. We don’t need to speak. The way he reaches over and intertwines our fingers says more than a thousand whispered words ever could. We’re wrapped in something real, something deeper than desire.As we step out of the room and descend the winding spiral staircase, the low hum of laughter and conversation rises to greet us. Down in the cozy living area, Luna, Ryan, and Brooke sit huddled around a rustic wooden table, a deck of cards splayed between them like a colorful puzzle. Luna’s fingers move with elegant flair, each shuffle deliber
DAMON'S POVHer words, raw and demanding – "Give me all of you. Now." – resonate deep within the core of my being, echoing through me like a physical blow. They send a powerful tremor down my spine, a vibration that has absolutely nothing to do with the lingering, pleasant tension of bringing her to a shattering release just moments before. This is something new, something fiercely reciprocal. My gaze locks with hers, instantly captivated, drowning in the brilliant, almost feverish shine that illuminates her eyes from within. I see the deep, becoming flush staining her high cheekbones, spreading down her neck – undeniable, visceral proof of the inferno I deliberately stoked within her soul. An inferno that now rages with an almost desperate need for completion, for absolute possession. She wants me. All of me. Badly. The knowledge is a potent drug, intoxicating and overwhelmingly satisfying.A lo
DAMON'S POVI can't help it. The need claws at me, an overwhelming tide that’s been building for hours, days, maybe longer. It’s a physical ache deep in my gut, a frantic energy buzzing just beneath my skin. And now… now she’s here. Right in front of me, in my apartment, the very place my fantasies have played out a thousand times. There’s nothing between us, no watchful eyes, no imminent interruption – at least, not yet.I know this is borrowed time. A stolen moment before the world, before her father, inevitably discovers she’s gone and rips her away again. That knowledge sharpens the edge of my desire, making every second precious, potent. There’s no room for discussion, no time for hesitant talk. Action is the only language that makes sense right now.With a low growl rising in my chest, I surge forward, pinning her against the cool wood of
SERENA’S POVThe night air is cool on my skin as Damon holds me close, carrying me as though I’m the most precious thing in the world. His strong, steady arms beneath me feel reassuring, the steady rhythm of his heartbeat vibrating against my cheek as I rest my head against his chest. It’s the only sound I focus on as we finally reach the apartment, my heart pounding—not just from the run, not just from the fear, but from the overwhelming swirl of emotions inside me: relief, joy, love... hunger.Damon pushes the door open, the scent of warm takeout and something faintly herbal filling the air, but there’s something else too—a tension, thick and unspoken. Inside, his friends are sprawled across the living room, a deck of cards scattered across the table between them. Brian, Ryan, and Brooke all look up in unison, their eyes widening slightly as they take in the sight of Damon cra