Every hit I threw at Joselin, and every dodge, was more fluid than before. Each strike was also harder as I gave every bit of my energy into my sparring session. Each time I glanced up, his eyes were still on me, and I would push myself further. Joselin smirked at me knowingly, but I brushed her of

Vampires. We had all thought they were extinct. The Great War and the aftermath of the battle had made sure of that. Those poisonous leeches sucked the life out of everything they touched. They had kept buildings filled with bleeders of all species, chained up for their clans to feed from freely.

Her mumbling took me by surprise, and I froze in my chair as she flipped the page once and continued reading, her lips moving with the words silently. The excitement that maybe she would answer one of the questions that Killian refused to, had me leaning forward in my chair. "How do you know I was

Joselin's eyebrows pinched together, and I watched as she waved her hand with annoyance. My body slid across the floor toward her from her magic, making my head jerk back as she bent down and grabbed my ankle. The world spun around us as I shouted for her to let me go. "You're a liar!" I screamed a

The words left my mouth, but even I didn't believe them. Natalie had been pushing, trying to get to know me or, at the very least, be around me, and I pushed her away each time. I had no reason to believe that she would be okay during her first heat, especially if she was going through it alone. "N