Mia's POV"By the way," Sol said as we walked into the mansion and up the stairs to our rooms, "there will be a business party the following night that I'll have to attend."Sol told me as we stopped in front of my bedroom door. I wasn't sure why, but a sudden sadness came over me when I realized he would be gone for the entire night."A business party?" I inquired about it.Sol nodded. "That's what my father wanted to discuss with me. Well, part of it. He decided to hold the party for future investors. It will also attract new clients with the new strategy.""Pure-bloods?" I found myself asking curiously. Sol shook his head as he leaned against my doorframe. "Mostly, but there will be humans and half-bloods as well. The company reaches a large audience. As such, it has to cater toward a larger investment market.""Oh," I said genuinely, "that's interesting. I'd never heard of an organization that integrated all three subcategories of people before. Do they all… You know

Mia's POVSol sat with me in the living room of his mansion for a long time after we arrived home. I couldn't stop my body from shaking as the realization of who I had seen came crashing down onto me. I had to face reality again. I could not completely escape my past.He had tried to get me to shower, eat, or even drink some water, but I refused everything he offered. Instead, I just sat there with my knees to my chest and clutched his hand. Something was harrowing about seeing someone from a past you had walked away from.It was like seeing a ghost but this ghost was alive, and so were you, and there were no places to run or hide. "Mia," Sol's voice was gentle as he called out to me. I could feel his large hands run through my hair and massage my head. "You have to talk to me. You have to tell me what's wrong so I can help you."I knew he was right. Talking about it was the only thing that would help me in this situation. But at the same time, talking about it and admitting

Mia's POVA strange feeling settled in my gut as Kyrin approached the two of us. I hadn't seen Sol's half-blooded half-brother since our chance meeting at the company building and thanked my lucky stars for that.In hindsight, I should have probably prepared myself to see his arrogant, smug face at a party his father was hosting. But those few days without having to deal with his chaotic aura and unhinged nature really softened me."What are you talking about, Kyrin?" I asked the man in front of me as my agitation quickly grew. It seemed like whenever this man was around or wherever he went, chaos always seemed to follow. My anger level rose to an exceeding amount.He shrugged and said, "All I'm saying is that what the old man is saying here seems pretty made up." I watched him with no small amount of growing anger as he popped a berry into his mouth. God, he even made eating look irksome. Suddenly, I had no appetite for the delicious food around me. I put the strawberry cak

Mia's POVMy deep breathing was all I could hear for a moment as I looked into Sol's eyes. He was staring straight back at me with a large smile spread across his face. The people around us continued to dance as we stayed in place for a moment. Sol allowed me to catch my breath.I had never danced like that in my life. A small part of me wondered how or why I had never tried or had so much fun when I did dance on occasion. A bigger part of me knew that it was because I wasn't dancing with Sol.I could feel the blush forming on my face as I stared at him, not knowing whether it was from the heat of dancing or because the way he looked at me affected me that much. "I told you that you could dance," Sol whispered to me. I had to stifle the laugh that would have come out of my mouth loudly. I leaned against his chest for a moment and hummed. My feet were beginning to hurt in my shoes. I stepped from one foot to the other to try and relieve the pain before I answered him. "Te

Sol's POVNo matter how much pressure I applied to the wound, it just would not stop bleeding. The blood kept coming no matter what I did. I knew that I couldn't keep this up for long. If Mia fainted because of loss of blood, though that would take a long time to happen, then I was literally going to have to fight off vampires just to keep her alive.A bleeding prey was one thing for a vampire to ignore. A bleeding and incapacitated prey were just out of the question. It would be difficult to let half-bloods fight back, and that was more than enough temptation for a pureblood to attack. If Mia was unconscious, it would trigger their predator instinct even more than the blood had.I knew that the bleeding had to stop. I had to get it to stop if I wanted any chance of getting her out of there safely.I watched as Serin came over to us. I trusted my cousin absolutely, so I knew not to move. It was a challenge convincing my body to stay still. My instincts were still te