didn't

in moonlight and half in shadow, Lucien Draven didn't feel like a dream or an intruder. He felt

she asked, voice cal

htly, as if her question

ulse

not just physically, but psychically, emotionally. The air itself seemed to bend around h

home," Arielle said

ut closing the space between the

id n

correcting a child. "Not with

t in her throat.

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human," sh

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to pull away - and brushed a lock of hair

n told, Arielle. More than y

move. Could

s that mean?"

means the world you think you know is a lie. An

ees we

ful ache for understanding. For truth. He made her feel like there

k another

but the space between the

said softly. "You hear voices no one else does. S

e out. Every sentence hit like a

o make you small," he said, eyes darkeni

oke the

harply. "Yours? I

f anything, the heat in

But you will. In bloo

rcasm. "Let me guess. I'm some kind of long-lost vampire

ou think I nee

across the room, the next inches from her, his h

t you because you're wild. Untamed. Because something inside

iled. Not because of strength. But

en know me,"

w how your blood tastes when it dreams. I know

ered closed fo

hoved him

hock - h

away, hands r

riosity for consen

a king indulging a bo

want from m

me," he replied. "But I'll give

mber

fore this life. What was taken from you. Why you feel like you're

s breath

he was

l like that

g things soon. The veil is thinning. Your senses wil

his shoulder - his eyes blazi

n. When you're ready t

wind and shad

ace, her skin still tingli

The.

r. Touched her. She walked to the window and looked out, but the street was e

are

red. Not

omethi

sharp sting

ooked

g, and a single drop of blood had bloomed from her palm wit

t its cent

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back, A