From His Shield to His Nightmare
My family is human. We were gifted a long life by the Thorne clan, something close to immortality. For generations, we’ve been their most loyal guardians.
And I fell in love with Cedric, the vampire lord I was sworn to protect.
For a hundred years, I was his secret. His sin. His only bedmate.
I was his shield against dark magic. The sworn protector of his vast clan.
I thought I’d earn the mark of an eternal bond. I was even ready for him to turn me.
After all, on every blood moon, he would claim my body.
Then, at the peak of an agonizing pleasure, he’d sink his fangs into my neck and drink my blood.
He’d press his cold lips to my skin and whisper that I was his one and only. That no other bl