Natalie's P.O.V. After collecting myself, I tried to leave the room, only to find the door sealed shut. Joselin was surely the culprit, and I mentally cursed the witch. I could flick the lock back and forth and even turn the knob, but the door wouldn't budge. When I knocked on it and received a rh
Vampires. We had all thought they were extinct. The Great War and the aftermath of the battle had made sure of that. Those poisonous leeches sucked the life out of everything they touched. They had kept buildings filled with bleeders of all species, chained up for their clans to feed from freely.
Natalie's P.O.V. Killian had done as I had expected and returned to his cold and brooding self the next morning. I was just happy that he hadn't killed anyone else since we had come home. Brooding, I could deal with. He was already halfway out the door before I had regained consciousness, and the
Her mumbling took me by surprise, and I froze in my chair as she flipped the page once and continued reading, her lips moving with the words silently. The excitement that maybe she would answer one of the questions that Killian refused to, had me leaning forward in my chair. "How do you know I was
Natalie's P.O.V. Tobias seemed to find it amusing how much harder I worked in training the next day. My body was running hot, and I was angry that Joselin had tried to invade my thoughts. I didn't want anyone in my head, least of all someone I didn't know I could trust. I just couldn’t figure out w
Joselin's eyebrows pinched together, and I watched as she waved her hand with annoyance. My body slid across the floor toward her from her magic, making my head jerk back as she bent down and grabbed my ankle. The world spun around us as I shouted for her to let me go. "You're a liar!" I screamed a
Killian's P.O.V. I couldn't sit still. Every time I moved, her scent seemed to grow stronger. I had searched every part of my office and couldn't find the source. It was almost like she had left something of hers in here just to drive me crazy, and I was completely oblivious as to where she had hid
The words left my mouth, but even I didn't believe them. Natalie had been pushing, trying to get to know me or, at the very least, be around me, and I pushed her away each time. I had no reason to believe that she would be okay during her first heat, especially if she was going through it alone. "N