149. The Horror

~ CASIMIR ~

At first when she went still and I took the first step back into an entirely new life, fury was still my fuel. My hands shook, but my bones thrummed with power and adrenaline and sheer thrill.

I could barely breathe. Yet my body had never felt stronger.

I took another step back, then another, taking in the carnage of the room… inhaling the scent of blood.

Two bodies.

My brother.

My love—no, the female who had betrayed me.

Both of them, I reminded myself. They were both traitors. Both self-serving, two-faced liars.

There was a flash in my head of Sheba curled up in my bed, her head on my shoulder, laughing at something I had said, her hand stroking my chest—

I staggered back two more steps as the world began to spin.

My father’s voice became a hurricane in my head as I watched the female I had started to think I would mate bleed out on the floor.

“…they will use you. They will deceive you. Smile to your face, then bare their fangs behind your back. They will take everything