MY CRUEL PROTECTOR
part of the neural bridge—the part that held my memories of art, of Florence, of the soft Tuscan sun—was being pushed into a corner.
In its place, something cold and crystalline was rising.
Nevan was standing beside me, his hand a vice around my fingers. Through our link, I didn't feel his pain anymore, even though blood was still matted in his hair from the explosion. I felt his hunger. The serum in his blood was singing in harmony with the child in my womb, a terrifying duet of biological aggression.
"They’re coming," Nevan whispered. He didn't sound worried. He sounded eager.