Chapter 108: Half Breed

Laurel could barely breathe. Eden stared down at her, but she didn’t recognize him like this. In place of the kind young man who had helped her find a place to live, a calculating man stood with a calculating look on his face. His expression was placid as if he felt nothing and his eyes watched her with a sense of knowing that made her deeply uncomfortable.

What did he see?

His presence seemed to shimmer with darkness and malicious intent. Her heart raced. Would he kill her?

“You are quite resourceful.” He approached her slowly and crouched on the other side of the rock. “Unfortunately, you need a bit more than a rock and brute force to break the shackles.”

“Why are you doing this, Eden?”

He sighed, “It would have been easier if you had just agreed to come with me…”

“I told you I couldn't do that. I thought you just wanted to make things better for humans…”
She swallowed past the dryness in her throat, “Was that a lie too?”

“I do. But how am I meant to do that with the vampire quee