CROWNED BY BLOOD
"You promised the guilt would fade, that I'd forget. But it's getting worse. Every night, I feel her. I hear her. Sometimes I wake up thinking she's near, that I can smell her perfume in the halls."
Victoria's jaw clenched, her composure cracking slightly. "That's impossible. You rejected her. The bond is broken. Whatever you think you're feeling is just"
"No," he interrupted, voice gaining strength. "Something's still there. Something real."
Good, I thought viciously. Let it haunt you. Let it tear you apart from the inside.