CHAPTER 36: BLOOD OATH

"Zander, tell me everything there is to know about Amy Wormington," Hazel demanded. She was hurt that he kept secrets from her. She caught sight of the strain Zander felt from the lengths he went through to bury such information deep into his mind, hoping Hazel wouldn't pick up on it. "You deliberately hid it from me. You chose to keep this from me, Zander. But why - why would you intentionally lie to me?" Hazel paced back and forth in the small space of the RV's bedroom. She paused and stared directly into her husband's eyes. "Oh, my God! You love her - that's why you went to such lengths to hide her from me, YOU FUCKING LOVE HER!" Hazel doubled her hand into a fist and punched the wall. "FUCKKK!"

Zander hurried to her side. He grabbed her palm. "Kitten, stop overreacting." He lifted her bruised knuckles to his lips, and he licked each of them - healing them with his saliva. "I love no one else but you." He released her palm then circled his hands around her waist and pulled her to h