LOGINRowanValtheris laughed and when he did, something cold slid through me. Cold enough to become calm.The vampire shrieked in front of me, rotten chest split and spilling into the pristine snow. Black blood pooling hot and foul by its feet. It staggered backward, hands clawing uselessly at the ruin I
RowanThe Bloodborn's smile didn't falter. If anything, it sharpened.The vampire in front of us swayed slightly, its dead eyes fixed somewhere near my throat, but it didn't move without being told to. That was what made my stomach tighten. It wasn't hunger holding it back. It was command.The Bloo
The air changed.Cold sharpened into something metallic. The trees seemed to lean closer. Somewhere deep in the forest in front of us, a branched cracked.Faint beneath the pine, beneath the snow, beneath the wet bark and old leaves...Decay.Rot. Sweet. Copper thick. Like blood left too long in a s
Rowanthe cold air hit harder once I reached the edge of Sector 4. Out here, away from the house and it's humming wards, the forest felt bigger. Hungrier. The trees pressed close in thick black rows, their branches clawing across the wanning sun like crooked fingers. Snow dusted the ground in uneve
Mable snorted.Both Asher and I looked at her. She didn't look remotely apologetic."Sorry." She said dryly, "Nightmare DLC was pretty funny."Asher's eyes narrowed."How much did you hear?""I'm old, Asher. Not deaf."His face tightened."Mable.""What?" she asked, finally turning from the counter.
SavannahAsher crossed the room like he had walked through fire to get here. Not physically at least this time, but something about him looked burned anyway.His face was too still. His jaw too tight. His eyes kept flicking toward the door like a part of him had been left on the other side of it. H
AsherHer hand moved to my jaw, tilting my face up."Then don't, my wolf..." she breathed softly. Permission slid between us like a blade. It was a challenege and a surrender all entwined in one."You don't know what you're asking..." I warned."I don't care..." Her thumbs traced my cheekbone, her v
Savannah stared at my ribs like she was trying to match what she saw in the muddy snow to what she sees now. "It's healing... fast. Alot faster than I thought." She whispered. "It's always healing." I grunted, voice rough, "The problem is keeping up with it."I moved back toward the bed.Slowly.D
AsherI tried to slow it.Tried to keep it controlled, careful because my ribs, because I was still healing, because the entire house was still on edge and I had no business losing myself in a bedroom while a bloodsucker lay bound somewhere below. But Savannah kissed like she wasn't willing to be d
His eye darkened and he smiled."I know. Unfortunate." he murmured. "But so it my self control."Rowan.My heart was pounding like I just sprinted the perimeter.Which was ridiculous.I'd done patrol. I'd done reports. I'd watched many of others kiss before. None of that made my pulse do this.But







