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“It shouldn’t be possible,” I groaned “Right?”

He stopped his pacing next to the group of cushioned arm chairs in the corner of his room

“I’m a witch,” I said when he didn’t speak “You’re a vampire I can’t be your ue The taste of a lie I glanced at Benedict, checking my power to make sure my natural defenses were turned off “I’m not your mate”

A scrawl of ink appeared on the space of skin just above his hip

His eyes flared as he saw the lie written there, and asp

“I…” His voice trailed off as he kept staring at the strip of ink like he could soh

But I knew

I could feel it in my blood Even my power hummed in his presence, as if it loved hi to protect him

Good Goddess, this was forbidden This was so far beyond forbidden How could fate do this to us?

Tears bit the backs of uilt clawed up my throat “I’ into my hands

“Why in the name of fuck are you sorry?”

I didn’t bother looking up, not wanting to show just how fast I was cru

“For doing this to you,” I said throughyou until you caved last night If I hadn’t…I we hadn’t—”

The entle on ht ly blue eyes of his, and a stuttered sigh escaped my lips

“Last night was inevitable,” he said, shaking his head as he continued to hold my hands “You didn’t do this”

“How did this happen then, Benedict?” I knew about h Valor’s stories, but a witch and a vampire? That was unheard of Cross-species relationships were forbidden and came with a death penalty for anyone who stepped over that line