Chapter 198

“I won’t leave you,” I promise, squeezing her hand as I move lay next to her.

Her eyes flutter open for a moment, unfocused and glazed with pain. Does she even recognize me? Or am I just another hurting her.

I know the danger she’s in. I can feel her life force wavering, struggling against the change. She needs me – my blood, my strength to survive this.

As I watch her suffer, my heart constricts. I bite into my wrist, reopening the wound I’ve been using to feed her. The sharp pain is nothing compared to what she’s enduring.

“Aubrey,” I whisper, pressing my bleeding wrist to her lips. “You need to drink. Please.”

Her eyes remain closed, but instinct takes over. She latches. onto my wrist, drawing my blood in desperate gulps. I stroke her hair, trying to soothe her.

“That’s it,” I encourage. “Take what you need.”

truly saving her or just prolonging her agony. The bond between us pulses, raw and new, but it’s not enough. Her body is fighting the

to myself than to her. “Not like this. Not

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each inhale a battle. I press my hand to her forehead, feeling the fever

air, her pleas. for release tearing at my soul as she begs me to

here,” I murmur, leaning close forcing

open, unfocused and glassy with pain.

this. Not much longer.” I tell her

is necessary, I remind myself. She’s mine now. This pain, as excruciating

even as another spasm wracks her body. “Just

protective instincts flaring. Damian storms in, his face

me.

marked her, Soren?” he demands, his voice low and dangerous.

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