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Our eyes met. The wall he had erected since our first meeting crumbled. All truth revealed in an instant. So handsome, so heartbroken. This vampire harbored deep pain. Betrayal lingered in his heart second to the need for vengeance.
“Take my blood!” Damian yelled, his voice pleading. “Take it, or I’ll force it between your lips. You’re not dying on me, my fierce little pet. Not tonight.”
“No,” I finally moaned, my body racked with pain. I wasn’t joking. I didn’t care if it would heal me. The ancestors would either allow me to die or help me survive. I didn’t need Damian’s help.
Apparently, he didn’t get the memo.
“Fine! I’ll make you.”
He didn’t hesitate to use the full power of his strength. I fought him with the minuscule amount of energy I had left. Despite putting up a good resistance, I didn’t win.
Damian sliced along his wrist with a sharp fang and held it over my mouth, forcing my jaw open with his other hand. Furious, I stared into his eyes, but he wasn’t sorry and wouldn’t stop. His piercing red gaze held mine in triumph.
The warm, thick fluid of his immortal blood trickled down my throat as I gagged on the coppery taste, but Damian didn’t pull away until he was sure I’d had enough. Sputtering and coughing, I nearly retched, but he kept me upright, and I didn’t vomit all over the lawn like I thought I would.
The pain in my body receded, rapidly replaced by fatigue so intense I fought to keep my eyes open. My body became limp, my muscles and organs relaxing unnaturally. This was so freaking wrong. Witch and immortal blood shouldn’t mingle. His blood messed with my cardiovascular system. My heart skipped several beats, and I inhaled a shaky breath.
Despite the alarm flashing in my brain, I closed my eyes and started to drift away.
“Cas, my fierce little Raven,” Damian pleaded. “Please. You have to wake up.”
I moaned with the intense pain that still gripped my body from head to toe. I barely held onto consciousness. “Damian,” I croaked.
“Cas, let me into your home.”
My head lolled to the side as I stared into his mesmerizing eyes, shimmering a fierce silver. Tears glistened on his cheeks, but they weren’t clear. Or even red.
Shouldn’t a vampire have clear or red tears? Is that too human?
“I need your invitation, pet. You have to allow me to enter,” he pleaded, lowering his forehead to mine. “Please let me enter so I can protect you.”
My vision tunneled further, and I felt the last grip on coherent thought slip away.
“Cassie. Please!” Damian shouted. More tears dripped down his cheeks. In the moonlight, they stained his cheeks a wicked black.
With the last ounce of my strength, I gave in. “You’re welcome to enter,” I whispered, my hand resting against his smooth, cool cheek for only a few seconds before falling to his chest. “Damian.”
My entire body lost all function, and I closed my eyes.
“Cassie! No!”
