Chapter 43

It was like an illusion, so unreal that I had to scrub my eyes and pinch myself so hard that my flesh bled. I was breathing heavily while watching Blake transform into his vampire nature in readiness to fight them. He was really going to kill anyone who touched me, including his fellow vampires.

I felt angry at myself for putting the ring he gave me on my necklace instead of wearing it as a ring over my finger as I had always done. Maybe these men won't have recognized me with it.

Now he is about to attack his clan hunters back.

The thought of this made me burst into an intense sob with my hand clutching my lips to muffle it.

I began trembling, not from fear or panic, but this time, it was from an overwhelming emotion swelling inside of me.

I know Blake loves me, but this is too much. He was breaking the rules and going against his family just to protect me.

My gaze was drawn to the vampire hunters, who were now cowering in bewilderment and popped eyes. They were all dumb and short o