21. In and Out

Catalina’s POV

It was just a small cut and nothing serious, but his face was all written like it was something horrible that he needed to heal the cut so properly, or he would collapse from smelling my blood. He applied a bandage to my wounded foot while staring at my face.

"I was not always like this...it's only that the smell of your blood turned into an addiction for me." He was trying so hard to swallow, and his Adam's apple moved back and forth as he spoke. "Like I was needing it all the while...."

"Why don't you simply bite me and get over it?" I inquired as if I were not considering the repercussions of my actions. He laughed about how I had stupidly offered myself to him, and he shook his head and kissed the back of my hand, making my heart throb again for him.

“No…I don’t want you to be a blood slave of mine, you are so important to me, and you are my wife."

I let out a soft sigh and looked into his eyes, which had been staring at me the entire time, "Do you want to go with