The dim light of the room cast eerie shadows across her pale skin, accentuating the bruises and scratches that marred her delicate flesh. But it was the sight of her foot, drained of color and marked with the unmistakable imprint of a vampire's bite
His fingers traced the outline of the bite mark, his touch light but filled with an undercurrent of fury. "Ah... Fuck!" he exclaimed, the words escaping through gritted teeth as he struggled to contain the rage that boiled within him. "Who did this to you?" he demanded, his voice tinged with a raw edge of anger as his eyes bore into hers, searching for answers in the depths of her haunted gaze.
Alicia's breath caught in her throat at the intensity of his fury, her own fear mirrored in the depths of his stormy eyes. "It was Kaelon," she whispered, her voice barely above a hoarse murmur as she recounted the nightmare that had unfolded before her. "When I was trying to escape from him, he tried to drink from me."
