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Chapter 34: Tension
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Torn Between the Alpha and the Vampire Chapter 36: Warmth
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I looked around in hopes to spot Felix bug he was nowhere to be found. The vampire before me was still ogling me and I wanted nothing more than to hide from him. Who were these people? I didn’t like them. The only vampires I liked were the ones Felix introduced me to. “What’s the matter?” he asked in a low voice. “Cat got your tongue?”“Nobody says that anymore,” I said sharply. This made him laugh. He flashed his sharp canine, which made me shiver a little at the sight of it. “Is that so? Forgive me. I come for a different time.”“I know.”“Really?” he asked. “What else do you know, since you seem to know everything?”I pressed my lips together and didn’t say anything else further. He stared at me with an amused expression, which made me wonder why all these vampires were so obsessed with witches. What was the matter with them? I didn’t have any powers of enticement, as far as I was concerned. I was just ordinary. The only thing I was good at (apparently) was killing werewolves w
Torn Between the Alpha and the Vampire Chapter 40: Comforting
Felix and I went back outside. By then, tears were running down my face. I was heavily affected by everything I had seen and this sickening feeling grew inside of me, leaving space for nothing else. He only stopped when we were a safe distance from the house. Once we did, I covered my face with my hands and cried. The feeling of lightness and relief I felt earlier vanished; that insolent and cold-hearted vampire ruined everything. Felix put his hands on my arms comfortingly. His touch was gentle and welcome. He didn’t say a word; he only watched me cry until I felt cleaner and better about myself. When I took my hands away from my face, he wiped my tears gingerly. “Don’t cry,” he said intensely, his eyes on mine. “That’s exactly what he wants. He feeds off despair and helplessness. Don’t give him what he wants, not ever.”“He’s such an asshole,” I said because I didn’t know what else to say. And it was true. He was an asshole. He was the worst vampire I’d ever met. “He’s always be
Torn Between the Alpha and the Vampire Chapter 41: Raw
I hadn’t stopped thinking about Felix since he left my side outside after we shared that kiss that should never have happened. I was sure the sun had already risen and so I wouldn’t be seeing him again anytime soon. The way he left and the sound he made as he fled the scene made my cheeks warm up each time without fail. I was embarrassed by what I felt and thought in the moments before the kiss. How had things changed so drastically? How did I go from hating him with all my heart to thinking it was okay for him to kiss me? Where was the old Jade? Had feelings of guilt and loneliness shaped her forever? I had to admit that I’d become unrecognizable, even to myself. Now, I was only wondering what he thought. Had he felt because of how disgusted he was? I didn’t want to think that way but he hadn’t given me a choice. I was now self-conscious and too self-aware to wind down and not worry about it at all. I wondered why it was that he didn’t look at me after the kiss when he was the one
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