I died on a Tuesday.It was a car accident. Some asshole ran a red light, T-boned my driver’s side at sixty miles an hour. I remember the impact, the sound of metal screaming, the taste of blood in my mouth. Then darkness.I should have stayed dead.Instead, I woke up three days later in a bed that wasn’t mine, in a room I didn’t recognize, with a hunger so intense it felt like my insides were being torn apart.“Easy.” A hand pressed me back down when I tried to sit up. “Don’t move too quickly. Your body is still adjusting.”The voice was male, deep, with an accent I couldn’t quite place. I turned my head and saw him. He was tall, dark-haired, with eyes so green they seemed to glow in the dim light. He was beautiful in a way that seemed almost artificial, too perfect to be real.“Who are you?” My voice came out hoarse, wrong. “Where am I?”“My name is Lucian Thornele. You’re in my home. And I’m the one who saved your life.” He paused, and something guilty flashed across his perfect
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