Only, Cam had slaughtered the men who had pinned me to the ground that day.
And I highly doubted he was going to show up now.
Why did Mira bring me here? Why did she betray us?
They were questions I might never learn the answers to because the imposter at my back was about to destroy everything I held dear in this world—my ties with Cam.
I fisted my hands against the pillow, barely aware of Fake Cam’s grasp around my wrists.
He had me pinned.
There was no escape.
Just like that night.
And this time, I had no heroic vampire in the shadows stalking my attacker like prey.
CHAPTER FOUR
CAM
What the fuck?
MyErositawas broken.
First, she’d spouted some bullshit about a ruse and how I wasn’t “her Cam.” All of which had made no bloody sense whatsoever and had given me just enough pause to engage her in the asinine conversation.
Then she’d fought me with a passion that had suggested she’d felt her very existence was in danger. Maybe because I’d threatened her. But something about her reaction had felt more desperate than a mere need to survive.
And now she was frozen beneath me.
Completely still.
Silent, too.
Exactly what I’d desired when I’d entered, only I’d wanted her on her hands and knees.
But this… this wasn’t what I wanted at all. Her impassioned fight had made me harder than I could ever have anticipated. Just for her eerie quiet to deflate my interest in the next breath.
I didn’t understand. I should be fucking her right now. Vampires thrived on intimidating and subduing their prey. Yet no part of me seemed to desire this.
Why?
Is it just this way with her? Is it a side effect of our bond? If it is, why have I tolerated it for so long? Is it my weakness? Isshemy weakness?
I frowned.No. If that was true, I would have killed her centuries ago.
So why do I keep her?
She felt amazing beneath me. But there had to be another reason I tolerated this behavior.
Unless this wasn’t normal.
“I’ve never died before.”
Her words echoed through my mind, deepening my frown. I’d asked if her brain hadn’t reset properly during her rebirth. Perhaps I was right. Maybe I’d broken myErosita.
Then I’ll have to kill her. For good.
