84. Immune To Monsters.

Damien POV

I looked at her for a long moment.

Rose stood frozen where Kate had left her, her back against the wall, her chest rising too fast. Fear sat on her like a second skin. I could smell it. Taste it in the air. But there was something else beneath it.

Something wrong.

Something that did not belong to a human.

“Katherine,” I said without taking my eyes off Rose. “Leave us.”

Kate hesitated.

I felt it before I saw it — her displeasure, sharp and ugly. But she bowed her head slightly and stepped back.

The door closed.

The room went quiet.

Too quiet.

Rose swallowed. Her eyes never left mine.

I took a slow step toward her.

Then another.

She didn’t move.

Good.

“Sit,” I said.

She shook her head immediately. “I—I didn’t—”

I lifted my hand.

Power rolled out of me, heavy and cold. Not violence. Not pain. Just authority.

Her knees gave way.

She fell back onto the bed as if her body had forgotten how to fight my will.

Her eyes widened in terror.

Then I held her neck and caressed it like a predator playing with its meal.

Not yet.

“This isn’t about hurting you,” I said calmly. “If it were, you wouldn’t be breathing.”

Her lips trembled.

I leaned down until my face was inches from hers.

My lips facing her.

I lust so hard for her now that she's not like any human, vampire or wolf I've met in my years I've spent.

“Look at me.”

She tried to turn her head.

I caught her chin gently but firmly, forcing her eyes back to mine.

“Now,” I said quietly, letting the power seep into my voice, “we are going to talk.”

Her breathing slowed.

Too fast.

Too sudden.

I frowned.

That wasn’t fear anymore.

That was submission.

Hypnosis.

I let it settle over her, smooth and deep, like sinking into dark water. Humans folded easily under it. Always had. Always would.

Her eyes glazed.

Good.

“What's you and the alpha relationship?” I asked softly.

She answered immediately.

“I don’t know.”

I stilled.

The hypnosis didn’t waver.

That was impossible.

I pushed deeper.

“You have his scent on you.”

“I don’t know him.”

My jaw tightened.

No human resisted me like this.

No one.

“Where did you meet him?”

Silence.

Not defiance.

Not fear.

Truth.

Something cold slid down my spine.

I straightened slowly.

The hypnosis was still there — I could feel it — but it wasn’t working.

She was blocking me.

I released her chin, stepping back like she was something dangerous.

“Who are you?” I asked, my voice no longer calm.

Her eyes cleared slightly, confusion returning.

“I told you,” she whispered. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

My chest tightened.

In centuries of existence, only one kind of being had ever resisted my will.

High-rank wolves.

And even they struggled.

Yet here she was.

A human.

Or something pretending to be.

I ran a hand through her hair, unsettled in a way I hadn’t been in decades.

“This shouldn’t be possible,” I muttered.

She flinched.

I leaned closer again, my presence crowding her, overwhelming her senses touching her skin.

“If you are lying to me,” I said lowly, “then you are in more danger than you understand.”

Her eyes shone with tears, but her voice was steady.

“I don’t know him.”

I stared at her.

Hard.

She tried sitting up , buh I forced her back to the bed.

My Lust instincts kicked in ..

I tore the light gown she was wearing, revealing her breasts.... She tried resisting... Pushing me but I'm stronger than her, Then I held her to the bed till she couldn't move , then pressed my lips on her neck, my fangs trying to pierce her neck but it wasn't working.

Kisses from her neck to her cleavage.

As I was about to kiss her on the lip.

Then—

The door burst open.

Kate POV

I shouldn’t have come back in.

But something felt wrong.

The moment I opened the door, my heart dropped.

Rose was on the bed.

Damien stood over her, his power thick in the room, his expression unreadable.

Too close.

Too focused.

My hands clenched at my sides.

I had never seen him look at a human like that.

Ever.

“Damien,” I said carefully. “Something happened.”

He didn’t move.

Didn’t look at me.

“What,” he said flatly.

I swallowed.

“One of our watchers followed the wolf trail.”

That got his attention.

He straightened slowly, turning to face me.

“And?”

“It led nowhere,” I continued. “Like it vanished.”

His eyes darkened.

I looked back at Rose.

She was pale. Shaking.

And alive.

Something inside me twisted with anger.

This girl was a problem.

A dangerous one.

Damien exhaled sharply and stepped away from her.

“It didn’t work,” he said.

My eyes widened.

“What?”

“My hypnosis,” he said quietly. “She resisted it.”

That made no sense.

I stared at Rose like she might suddenly transform.

“No human can do that.”

“I know,” Damien replied.

Silence fell heavy between us.

“She’s lying,” I said sharply. “Or she’s cursed. Either way, she’s a liability.”

He didn’t answer.

That scared me more than anything else.

Finally, he turned to Rose again.

“This conversation isn’t over,” he told her coldly. “When I return, we will finish it.”

Her breath hitched.

He faced me.

“Come,” he ordered.

I followed him out, my thoughts burning.

He was changing.

And I hated her for it.

Rose POV

I couldn’t move.

Even after they left.

My body felt heavy, like it wasn’t fully mine again.

My heart pounded so loud I thought it might tear out of my chest.

He knew.

Or at least… he knew something was wrong with me.

I pressed my hands into the bed, trying to breathe.

The way he looked at me.

Desire.

Not kindness.

Curiosity.

Like I was a puzzle he wanted to break open.

My throat burned.

I stared at the door they had just walked through.

And for the first time since waking up in this mansion, one thought screamed louder than fear.

Adrian…