ALEXANDER'S POV My phone rang again. The phone interrupted Katherine and I while we were having sex and while she didn't say anything when I suddenly told her I was tired, I knew she suspected something was wrong. She wasn't wrong though. I'd never allowed a phone call to interrupt my moment with her no matter what it was but this time, I stopped. The sharp sound sliced through the room, dragging me out of my spiral. For a second, I just stared at it on the desk, vibrating violently against the wood like it was desperate to be heard. Unknown number. Not unknown to me, though. I knew that number like a cursed tattoo burned into my memory. Clara. She was the only one who would dare to call me this way and it was pissing me off. My heart clenched, not in fear, no, I wasn’t afraid of her, but in pure, choking frustration. She was a parasite who knew exactly what veins to sink her teeth into… and the one vein I couldn’t protect without bleeding was Katherine. The phone rang again
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