Chapter 9

• Something inside me snapped no, ignited. My blood surged hot, electric, like a live current tearing through my veins. A swell of energy erupted in my limbs, muscles locking into place the instant my scream tore through the air. Without thinking, I shoved the blond man off me, his teeth missing my skin by a breath.
• This couldn’t be real. It had to be a nightmare some twisted hallucination I couldn’t shake. My mind flailed for logic, but all I found was sheer, suffocating panic. Frozen, I stood shaking, unable to move as my eyes met the man's. The same one who’d just tried to sink his teeth into me.
• He stumbled back, visibly stunned, as though no one had ever dared resist him before. Then his expression shifted his mouth curling into something cruel and amused, eyes gleaming with feral delight.