Amanda and Cord had basically dueled for dominion earlier, trying to be the person to get on top the other. Skin contact was already established.
She should have known then that he was different from other vampires, but only now, when Cord embraced her, their bodies pressed so close no gap were visible, that she noticed one pertinent detail about him.
Contrary to popular belief, Cord actually felt warm.
Warm.
He was as warm as she was, and damn, it actually felt good.
She hadn’t been embraced like this before. It was with so much passion that it weakened her anger. She couldn’t deny that it tugged a string in her heart, no matter how she trained it to be as dead as possible.
She knew that vampires always, always weren’t supposed be trusted, but with the Vitalis Master, she wondered if she could make an exception.
“Cord, you-you can let go of me now, ” Amanda stated, her ha
