“Leila?” Lance asked, suddenly panicked. He leaned me back into the crook of his arm. Then, he bit his wrist and held it to my lips. “Here, drink this. It’ll make you feel better.”I nodded, drinking his blood, wondering what I had gotten myself involved in. Lance, the man that I loved, as a mafia don. And he wasn’t just a don—as if that wouldn’t be bad enough—he was in charge of a whole coven. Slowly, the blood started working and my vision began to return.“Leila, say something,” Lance said. “Look, I didn’t want to have to tell you this, but now you must know. Because I’m the head of a coven, you are at risk.”“And you didn’t think it was important to tell me before now?” I shouted, unable to believe what I was hearing. “Well, now, this just opens up a whole new can of worms! Anyone could have killed Steven for any reason!”“Leil

I carefully wiped off my stomach with the tissues that Dr. Ryan had provided for me and dressed quickly, excited to begin our new life together, when I suddenly thought of Raven and the sunlight serum. How was I going to develop the serum before the baby was born? But I had no choice. Lance needed to be unlinked to Raven as quickly as possible. If she died while they were linked, then he would die, too, and vice versa. They couldn’t stay linked indefinitely.I opened the door, and Lance and Dr. Ryan were waiting for me in her office. Lance wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me in for a hug and then bent down and kissed me on the lips.“Well, I’ll give you two some privacy,” Dr. Ryan said, headed toward the door when I stopped her.“Amy, will you wait a moment, please?” I asked and she turned around expectantly. I looked up at Lance and whispered, “The sunlight serum.”“We can wait until afte

“Why are we here?” I asked as Fredric got out of the car and opened my door.“It’s a surprise,” Lance said as his green eyes danced. Then, he leaned over and gave me a quick peck on the lips. “Come on.”I laughed, shaking my head, then gave Fredric my hand to help me out of the car. I stood and stretched, looking out over the dam. The lights were already starting to come on, illuminating the dam, and the sun was setting behind it, creating the perfect backdrop as streaks of pink, purple, and red shot across the sky. It was truly breath taking.Lance was suddenly by my side, carrying a blanket and a picnic basket. Then, he held out his arm to me. “Shall we?”“Lance, this is great,” I replied. I took his arm and let him lead me to the edge of the dam. I sat on the edge as he spread out a blanket across the ground and pulled food containers out of the picnic basket, along with what looked like

After our shower, I tried to dress into my scrubs, but I couldn’t get into them. In fact, I couldn’t even pull the pants up past my upper thighs. I sighed, opting for a loose-fitting blue dress that came to just above my knees and showed off my legs. Then, I slipped into some low heels. At least I hadn’t gained weight anywhere else other than my stomach, ass, and breasts, of course. I was beginning to think that I had two cantaloupes on my chest instead of breasts. I laughed to myself as I ran a brush through my hair and pulled the front up, but let the rest fall loosely into blonde waves over my shoulders. I wasn’t going to work, after all, so I could look a little more casual. I stepped in front of the mirror, satisfied, but ran a hand over my stomach, unable to believe that it had actually grown bigger overnight.Lance let out a long whistle, looking at me, as he came into the room, dressed in a light gray suit and blue shirt, open at the neck. Obvi

“Okay,” he said, cringing. I snapped the drapes closed and he doubled over to his knees.“What happened? How do you feel?” I asked, stooping down beside him.“It was painful, but not as painful as before.”“And you didn’t blister this time,” Amy said, jotting down the results.“Again,” Kellen said, rising to his feet.“Do you need to rest?” I asked instinctively.Kellen smirked. “I’m a vampire. We don’t need rest.”“Do you need a minute, then?”“No, I’m fine,” he said, bracing himself, ready to go. “Again.”I nodded and filled a syringe with another ounce. “Ready?”“Let’s go for two more ounces this time,” Kellen said, as a smile played on his lips.“We really should go slowly so that we can record the results at each stage,&rdquo