nce of our reckless abandon. His scent-dark, earthy, irresistible-filled the room, wrapping around me like a spell. Most people would've bolted after learning their lover was a vampire, but t

like Sleeping Beauty's awake." I shifted, throwing a leg over his waist, cl

I teased, my smile da

kiss that tasted like danger and promise. I rolled off, but his p

's alive-just tried to kill me!" Fr

eady yanking on clothes, ur

, hurry!" The call cut out.

, my voice small against

kiss to my forehead before vanishing out the door. He'd told me vampires couldn't ente

e-a trick my mom taught me years ago, back when she still cared. I tried calling Rose, but her phone was off. Then i

, fear clawing up my spine as I tugged at the handle. Locked, of course. I scanned the room-where would h

t, tucked in a shoe under the wardrobe. Cold metal in hand, I returned

ck!

shirt to cover up, thinking it might be Sebastian.

ice called back. Delivery? I h

me stood inches away, his evil grin chilling my blood. He was Sebastian's height, but his build was sh

rred, his voice thick wit

pnotic. I felt a tug, a fuzziness-like I'd been here before. Had Sebastian

" I mumble

My brother does have taste, you must admit."

l me?" My voice was a

he barked, sharper now. I dropped into a c

," he said, closing the distance, pred

, pulling out wine. I saw my chance-lurch toward the door-but h

ine, eyes never leaving mine. "I bet m

ric's laugh was hollow, bitter. "Is that what he told you?"

one after Sebastian didn't return. He'd had a lover, Riya. When he found her, Sebastian was draining her dry, lost in a blood-fueled rampage. Eric attacked, a ca

?" I whispered, reel

s place," he said, voice like frost. "I

racing my neck, hunger flaring as he smelled my blood. He leaned in, tastin

ing to kill me?" I

He tied me to a dining pole, my struggles useless against his strength. The bomb went above my head, clicked on-ten minutes

her," he said

one to Emma?" Sebastian'

s ticking. Ten minutes, or she's history.

He's good at saving his own skin. Good luck."