Chapter 33 DYING INSIDE

In one last attempt to soothe Lucas's wounds, Beatrice put her quivering palms to his lips and offered him her blood. She felt a wave of heat course through her veins as the red liquid seeped into his mouth, along with a bittersweet rush of both comfort and fear.

But the atmosphere changed in an instant. Lucas's expression changed the minute he tasted her blood, his eyes blazing with a need that made Beatrice shudder. He moved faster than she could have imagined, trapping her beneath him with such force that she was left gasping for air and unable to fight against it.

Beatrice looked up at him, pulse pounding in her chest, her voice trembling with a mix of terror and perplexity, "Lucas, what are you doing?"

His eyes, which had previously been filled with agony and despair, were now blazing with a primordial longing that made her heart race. His hungry intensity made her blood run cold as he hovered over her, his full weight pushing down on her and his every breath heated against her s