Chapter 31I watched as my 18 year old self came to the realization that Damien wasn’t lying. I couldn’t hear my own thoughts, but I know how I think. I didn't move from his lap, where he had placed me. I kept one hand on his shoulder, and the other I brought up to lightly trace his facial features. An intimate action, and I knew that he had me at that point. “Why would you keep this from me?” I asked him. “Snow, it’s complicated. You’re a Hunter, and I'm a Vampire. How could we ever make this work?” Damien said. “I don’t know, but I don’t care.” I said, and I pressed my lips to his, wrapping my hand through his onyx hair. I knew I could feel the lightning dancing between us and only a fool would ignore such an intense pull. It seemed like he wanted to pull away but the gifted mate bond was just too strong. I watched as he pulled me closer, deepening our kiss. There was passion, there was need, there was sparks and lightning. The gifted mate bond was so intense, I could feel it and I

Chapter 33I was so fueled with rage that I didn’t even comprehend what he was talking about. That, or I just chose to ignore it. “I don't know how to make this right, Snow. How do I fix this?!” Damien asked, desperation tinging his voice. “There is nothing here, there was never anything here. I don’t know who you think I am, but clearly I'm not her. I feel nothing for you. I don’t even fucking know you. I have never seen you before in my entire life... And if I had, I would have killed you.” I snarled. Damien looked absolutely defeated, and as much as it hurt me to see him that way, It was his fault. His fault for leaving me the way he did, and taking my memories. My mind was trying to save me from heartbreak, the same heartbreak he caused already. The way I did a complete 360 when it came to him was completely and utterly his fault, and he knew it. Damien then surprised me, and kissed me. He held me tightly while the memories flashed back into my mind. Judging by the amount of time

Chapter 35“Snow, please. I’m begging you. Let me fix this.” Damien pleaded. I just shook my head. “How does it feel to have everything you have ever wanted sitting right in front of you, right within your grasp, and be told no?” I said, with tears streaming down my cheeks. He just looked at me and he was fighting back tears too. “The difference is, I will forget all of this, but you… You never will. I hope it hurts you just as much as you've hurt me. Now get it over with, take my memories, I can't bear this pain any longer.” I said, and closed my eyes. I watched as Damien scooted closer to me and took me in his arms. “I deserve every ounce of pain these interactions cause me, but I will never stop trying to make things right with you.” He said. He didn't remove my memories, instead he tilted my chin up to him and kissed me. I watched as the gifted mate bond started to click into place between us. It was so strong, you could practically feel it from the sidelines. That, of course, le

Chapter 37Morning came faster than I had hoped. I instantly regretted opening my eyes, as a barrage of thoughts from my conversation with Jericho last night infiltrated my brain. Sleep was a nice reprieve from the chaos running through my frazzled mind. I know I hadn’t had any time to really process what Jericho said, but how in the hell was I going to convince The Academy to withdraw their hit? Especially if they were doing it to get control of his business. I looked over at Damien who was still asleep, lying on his back with his head turned towards me. I watched as his chest rose and fell softly with each breath and it was like I could feel the gifted mate bond clicking more and more into place with every second I spent with him. It made my desire to stop the Academy even that much stronger. I would stop them, or we would both die trying. There was no way in hell I would let them win. I knew my clock was ticking and the urgency pushed me forward. Suddenly Damien reached up and grab

Chapter 39Once he got inside and we started driving to an unknown location he turned back to me. “Matt thinks he is getting proprietary information and giving it to The Academy. What he’s really getting is proprietary information riddled with bugs and code that will never work. It will never let them copy my designs.” He said with a laugh. “Also, his name is Bartholomew, not Matt. I keep him around because it keeps The Academy at bay. I have a feeling they are eventually going to try and take things a step further, but for now they are appeased by his reports back to them.” Damien said. I just kept my mouth shut, it was extremely smart and he definitely knew what he was doing. He, however, didn’t realize that The Academy had already taken that next step… Me. I still had to kill Bartholomew though. I still had to, because it would put a wrench in The Academy’s plan, and I didnt have any other tools in my belt at this moment. “Well I’m glad you know, because the second he touched my ha