Chapter 7

Camilla

Even though Rin just saved my life, I can’t stop shaking as I take in his hulking form.

Why do demons have to be so large and intimidating?

Dread settles like lead in my stomach when Rin approaches me. I’ve feared demons ever since the day I was born. My parents were murdered by one, and now Rin wants to carry me home—the idea of touching his purple skin and being up close and personal with him makes me want to scream.

“Camilla?” His voice is smooth like velvet. “Let me take you home. You’re freezing.”

No.

I don’t want to go anywhere with Rin!

I gulp as he comes closer. His pants look like shorts after his transformation, and the rest of his tattered clothes are on the ground. He is too big for them now.

“Come with me.”

I don’t dare to look up at him. “I...I can’t.”

“Why not?”

I look up and see a frown on his face, and it makes me feel worse. This man had just killed the vampires, for my sake. He saved my life, and I’m...

So damn afraid of him.

“I can’t...I can’t t