I was stupid.
I knew falling for him was wrong. I knew that we could never work out. I was only a friend of his lover, after all. The girl whose best friend was everything that he could ever need.
And he... he was perfection. He was Prince Charming and she was Cinderella. He was the boy who could do no wrong in my eyes. He was the boy I was so infatuated with but knew I could never have. He was the boy who was in love with my best friend, whom he gazed at as if she held the sun and the moon and the stars in her hand.
And I knew. I knew, I knew, I knew I could never have him, but why did I keep feeling this way? Why did I keep feeling like I needed to be by him, to be close to him? Why did it feel like he was my sun, and he was my moon, and he was my universe?
Why did it feel like I would do anything to protect him?
Yes... I would do anything to protect him. Even if that meant making him hate me. Even if that meant separating myself from him.
Even if that meant I had to kill myself by doing so.
Ari and Soren's adventures continue as Soren struggles with his new vampiric urges and a coven of witches attempts to recruit Ari for their own ends.
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As dark dreams plague Soren, Ari finds his new abilities difficult to control. Something is awakening within him, and as his power grows, he attracts the attention of a group of witches who call themselves the Hecataeon. They believe Ari is an emanation of the goddess Hecate - a physical manifestation of her power - and they want that power for themselves. With their relationship facing challenges from within, Ari and Soren must find a way to unite their strengths before external forces tear them apart.
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NOTE: This book is the sequel to Bound by Blood.
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Content Warning: Light violence, language, and sexuality. PG-13
Cover designed by Adam Budny