Eventually, the noise in my head began to fade, like waves pulling back from the shore, and I drifted off to sleep. But my peace didn’t last long. A sudden, sharp slap across my cheek yanked me back to consciousness.“Wake up, Princess! We don’t have all day!” Victoria’s voice snapped, her tone a mix of impatience and amusement as she leaned over me, already turning around to get out of the van.Disoriented, I squinted against the bright light, my head struggling to piece together where I was and what had woken me so suddenly. As I finally came to my senses, I realized we were standing on a broad, smooth road—and for the first time, I took in the sight around me.We were in Sichuan. And it was like nothing I’d ever seen before.The landscape was a tapestry of green, rolling out in every direction, woven with shades of emerald, Green, and forest that I could never have imagined. Mountains rose in gentle, terraced steps, each layer tinged with a hazy mist that clung to the peaks like si
Reproducing blood so quickly somehow became second nature to me, I know it sounds impossible, an instinctive action rather than magic or vampirism. Yet each time I touched my own wrist, felt the pulse slithering beneath the skin, I was reminded of the fragility of the barrier between life and death. It was a thin line, one I seemed doomed to cross again and again, never quite escaping the hold it had over me.The warmth surged through me, its energy as swift as it was insatiable, tempting me to surrender, to let it carve a path and spill into the world, as if begging me to cut myself and set it free. It was overwhelming, like a river coursing through veins not built to contain it.And somewhere in the current of it all, I had grown closer to Dominic—bonded in a way beyond words. Somehow, we’d broken past boundaries, reached into each other’s minds. Now, I could hear his thoughts as if they were my own, feel the steady beat of his heart echo within me.I first sensed it in a moment of
All I could think about, all I wanted, was for him to drink from me, to feel his mouth on my skin, and that intense pull that made the rest of the world disappear. It was heaven, a sensation beyond words, an ecstasy that went deeper than any pleasure I’d known.His fingers traced over me, slipping down between my thighs, pressing gently against the soft folds of me through the fabric of my underwear. But his touch felt distant, muted, almost like I was slipping away, sinking into the darkness that seemed to pull me under.A shiver ran through me, my vision blurring as my pulse slowed, each beat growing weaker beneath his grip.We were locked in this room, just the two of us, caught in this intense, dark moment where nothing else existed. He was drinking from me like a creature possessed, his mouth urgent and hungry against my skin, drinking deeply, lost to the need inside him. He didn’t notice as my body grew limp beneath him, as my skin turned pale and cool in his arms. The only soun
The control I’d fought so hard to keep began to slip, my body surrendering, arching instinctively into his warmth. “I can’t…” I tried again, but my fingers betrayed me, clutching his collar as I turned, pushing him back against the wall, my breaths coming in shallow, frantic gasps. His lips hovered close to mine, and the distance was maddening, this teasing, aching pull that had me starving to taste him.And then, as if we both snapped at once, our mouths met in a fierce, wild clash. I could feel his hands moving, exploring, pressing into my skin with a desperate intensity that matched my own. My fingers wound into his hair, holding him close, unwilling to let a single inch come between us. My body seemed to know this hunger as if it had waited a lifetime for it, responding to his touch with a fierce, unrestrained need.His grip tightened around my waist, his hands trailing lower, pulling me closer, fitting us together like two halves finally colliding. My own hands moved instinctivel
Before the Sheriff left Asco, he handed us a slip of paper with a single cryptic location scribbled across it: “Fulong Temple.” That was it: no further details, no explanation, just a temple name. I stood there staring at the words, wondering what he could possibly mean. Why would he send us to a temple of all places—was Gang a monk? The whole thing seemed like a riddle we didn’t have time to solve.Luke handed us the keys to a sturdy-looking vehicle along with a driver who, he said, would take us "to China." The idea was foolish; there was no way we were getting there by road! I turned to Luke, skepticism visible in my gaze, and demanded answers. “Where exactly are you sending us, Luke? Don’t even think about lying.” My voice was calm, but each word held a quiet threat. “I know we’re being watched, constantly. Just admit it.”His response caught me off guard. He straightened, and his face changed—no humor, no fakeness. His eyes flicked around the room as if sensing eyes and ears hid
Before the Sheriff left Asco, he handed us a slip of paper with a single cryptic location scribbled across it: “Fulong Temple.” That was it: no further details, no explanation, just a temple name. I stood there staring at the words, wondering what he could possibly mean. Why would he send us to a temple of all places—was Gang a monk? The whole thing seemed like a riddle we didn’t have time to solve.Luke handed us the keys to a sturdy-looking vehicle along with a driver who, he said, would take us "to China." The idea was foolish; there was no way we were getting there by road! I turned to Luke, skepticism visible in my gaze, and demanded answers. “Where exactly are you sending us, Luke? Don’t even think about lying.” My voice was calm, but each word held a quiet threat. “I know we’re being watched, constantly. Just admit it.”His response caught me off guard. He straightened, and his face changed—no humor, no fakeness. His eyes flicked around the room as if sensing eyes and ears hid