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Chapter 12
Declan:
The screams.
The screams were the worst. And he couldn’t drown them out. Nor should he have…this was why a vampire felt like he was being cut to the core every time he made a vampire. It was a reminder that what he was doing was no trivial matter.
He heard as her bones snapped one-by-one, and still the death grip wouldn’t let go and give her release. He remembered the day of his rebirth like it was yesterday, but he couldn’t remember the pain. Rowan always compared it to childbirth … over time, the mother forgets how much it hurts, and the baby doesn’t remember at all, but Declan was sure he’d never forget this moment.
It went on for hours and hours, and there was nothing he could do to ease her suffering. She was lost in the world of darkness and pain, and she’d have to fight her own way out.
Finally, mercifully, it ended. She collapsed to the ground like a broken ragdoll. Staring at him with big open eyes. Blood ooze
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