"Countess…" he smoothly spoke and his voice was just as deep as I remembered, enough to jostle my entire body. It's not fair I get to feel this way… all these past feelings getting caught up to me… I don't want it, I don't deserve it.
You should have stayed away Dace… it would have been better for the both of us. I'm now the very creature you despise with every fiber of your being and seek to destroy.
"You kidnapped me," I said, masking any emotion in my voice and keeping my hard gaze on him. I was trained to keep my emotions in check, I was trained to be the very creature I am today... Let's see if those merits will finally earn their importance.
