Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Thren

Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Three

I awoke in bed, wrapped in a blanket-but beneath it, I was completely naked. Daemon lay beside me.

"I'm sorry." He said, "I lost control."

I recalled passing out and couldn't help but feel embarrassed. "That wasn't on you. It was my fault."

"Not really. You passed out from blood loss. I should have fed before, but I had never tasted any blood as sweet as yours," he said.

"That feels and sounds like a compliment."

A small smile played on his lips. "Now, everything else tastes like dirt."

"You're always welcome to drink from me.

"No. I'm not putting you through that."

I reached for my neck, and the bruise from his fangs was almost completely gone. "How...?"

"You don't have to worry about that," he said.

I nodded, rising from the bed.

"You shouldn't..."

my legs gave out. He caught me

sore." He said, and I could almost see the guilt in his eyes. Not many things made

night, you've earned all the

chuckled at that. "That

say, you

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from him; I could listen to that sound for years and never

The only mysterious one in the room

away

"I don't believe you."

have no idea about

yes, because it felt like

had been close to back then,

of you ever suffering..." He closed his eyes, as if trying to

memory away.

recalled his words from weeks ago. I had ignored them then, but now, thinking about

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