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PROLOGUE

I wasn’t supernaturally inclined to knohen vampires were around, but I kneay I was empathic and that oing on around ht now, as I was on top of the Heffler where I volunteered for a crisis hotline, I knew there were eight nearby I’d been the unfortunate one to answer the call and now I stood there, teetering on the edge with a ‘jumper’ before me I was keenly aware of the two varound Vampires didn’t usually care about death I had no idea why they were here, but it didn’t matter at that moment

“Okay…okay” I took a deep breath and tried to inch forward

The juirl with inflamed cheeks Her red curls whisked around her from the wind, which didn’t help our situation at all She turned, saw hts, but I hoped that I wasn’t the oncoe

“Hi—hello—how are you? No—I mean…” I should have stopped then, but I was the only one from the hotline there I’d been the last to leave and because of that, I was the only one that heard the phone, answered the phone, and figured out where the girl had called from

I took another breath, and then said more calmly, “My name’s Davina, but you can call me Davy—if you want” A part of me waited for the normal ‘Stay away from me or I’ll jump!’, but it didn’t come

She didn’t say a thing I saw the tears and that’s what made me pause She’d been hysterical on the phone I’d heard the words ‘a guy’, ‘kill myself’, and ‘love’ My ht she was going to kill herself over a guy and a part of me felt a little contempt for her I know, I know — she’s suicidal I should be syuy?!

That had been irl wasn’t the suicidal virgin with a love gone reality I looked into her hazel eyes and saw true agony in this girl It was real and it blewa lot

“Okay” I needed to settle round and I needed—I looked at her again The pain was crippling I could feel it There was a sense of contentirl was done What she was done with, I had no idea, but I felt it She’d fought a battle, she’d lost, and she was done with it all

For a moment, I stood in awe of her I’d had le, but I still had hope This girl had none

I closed my eyes and opened every sense I had Every eainst this, but I needed to knohat this girl had gone through Soe, and I felt myself slip inside of her

Turony

Worst of all, I felt the surrender It slaainst me like waves of sleet in a downpour It actually hurt and I bit ue I wanted to feel more I wanted to understand so I pushed further Eainst this for a reason If we touch too deep inside a person sometimes a part of us doesn’t come back

There was so that promised me that it’d be worth it It was like… I needed to uncover it Surging forward, I fought past the hopelessness and defeat Then I reeled back when I touched the core