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mbered was the desper

g me out into the streets like a rabid animal. And now, she was

his even

urrounded me; it was intoxicating. I needed to get away from her; I need

throat. The moment my fangs grazed her bare skin, the last thread of my sanity snapped. I pressed my teeth into the

at myself, fighting aga

I panted heavily, horror rushing through my veins as a thin crimson trail trickled down her

?" I whispered in

though trapped in a terrifying nightmare. She was my mate, the o

. I had no idea where her apart

into my chest and surged throu

ing she was comfortable, I retrieved a warm washcloth an

throat. But as soon as my skin touched hers, a jolt of searing heat shot throug

t against her forehea

tonight, her human body was breaking down under the sh

out of her. I climbed onto the mattress and pulled her warm body against mine, wra

RA'

is going on? Wh

eep. But as I shifted, a heavy, solid weight pressed again

d through my mind. I a

MA

ut waking him, and slipped off the edge of the high mattress. My shoes were sitting

to the hallway, my brea

ned the high walls, and glossed marble stretched out beneath my feet. Everything looked impossibly expensive and antique, giving the vast space an

gest anyone actually lived here. Just that one name

forcing my legs to move. This was no

ind me. I didn't wait around to see who or what made the so

alarm clock an

at was all I had bef

bed the first clean outfit I could

iped a circle into the fogged mirror and inspected it, but there was nothing. All

There was no time to think about a luxurious house, a mysterious handsome

restaurant, arriving breathless ri

I whispered under my breat

pboard and wearing the exact stern expression he used right be

de today, Miss Smith," he said

!" I breathed out, darting p

ted. On the walk out, I pulled Ari to the side and whispe

nly grown two heads. "Clara, did you drink before coming to

sound insane, right? ". I h

the mouth of the dark alleyway, a series of

into the s

as quickly as the images came, they vanished into

ute later, collapsing onto my bed t

at the back of my brain. How did I end up in that mansion? Mor

very second of last night, but everything afte

d. The sharp jawline, the dark h

ed wide open,

rude, handsome man fr

had I ended u