Tori's POV“Shit,” Hanzo groans when we hear two car doors, I roll over to my stomach and pull a blanket around me. “Come on, head up and take a bath, I’ll bring you up some clothes and a towel,” Hanzo suggests, getting up and grabs a pair of swim trunks that were hanging off the bottom of the bed.“Don’t worry, you don’t have to see either of them,” Hanzo reassures watching me pull the blanket all the way around me, I quickly follow him into the house. When he approaches the door, I quickly run up the stairs and into the bathroom. I hear voices when Hanzo opens the front door, so I start running my bath water.Pulling my bra off, I slowly get into the tub of still running water and enjoy the hot water kissing my already sensitive skin. I look down at my thighs and see blood, my heart races as I grab the sponge and quickly wash it away. I feel sore and it did hurt at first, but I didn’t expect blood.I shut the water off with my foot and close my eyes remembering everywhere Hanzo kiss

Tori's POV“What do you mean?” I ask looking back at Hanzo who grows tense and growls as he pulls my seat out.“Hanzo has always been a good man, better than our father to say the least. He was never enough and when he got into trouble for helping or protecting someone, he’d get the shit beat out of him,” Hana explains, I look up at Hanzo who is glaring daggers at his sister. He shakes his head before walking out the back door onto the deck, slamming the door.“What?” I question looking to the door as my heart races from his anger. “He also got beat a lot from protecting me from other men,” Hana answers with a sad look. I hesitate to get up to see what I can do to help him.“Go, he needs you,” She watches me debate whether to go out or not. I nod and walk out on to the deck where Hanzo is sitting on the bed looking out on the lake. I quietly walk over and crawl onto the bed behind Hanzo while standing up on my knees, Reika urging me to comfort him.“Hanzo,” I whisper, making him growl

Hanzo's POV“What the hell did he mean by a lot?” She cries out when Jackson hits a bump in the road. “It’s a vampire thing, the more you feed on fresh blood the stronger you are and the faster you heal. If you feed enough, you’d be stronger than I am,” I admit staring at the blood on my hand trying to control my own urges. “I can’t and I won’t do that, I’m not like him, I’m not just a vampire. I can’t face them, the men in that pack attacked and killed my mother and tried to take me,” Tori explains, wiping her face and pulls Jackson’s jacket tighter around her body.“I don’t let anything bad happen, this was a freak accident, and your leg will heal. We’ll get you home in bed and you can rest. Hana and I will keep you safe,” I reassure brushing her hair out of her face and pull her tighter in my arms. I feel she’s still nervous in my arms as she relaxes in my grip.“It’s not going to be enough,” she cries as the truck stops in front of the house. “It will, with Jackson, we’ll be enou

Tori's POV“Do you want to head up to bed?” Hanzo asks as he gets up from the couch. “No, I think I’m going to stay down here,” I answer from my position curled up on the couch. “Tori,” he sighs standing behind me and watches me in concern. “I’m not tired right now, I’m just going to watch TV until I fall asleep,” I answer as Reika whimpers and paces in my head wanting me to go after our mate.“You know we’re going to have to talk about things eventually,” Hanzo looks down at me in concern. “No, you don’t get to tell me when we will talk about your lying and hiding things from me!” I growl defensively, I was hoping to ignore everything for the night so I could leave in the night and leave it without a huge fight.“I’m not telling you when to talk about it. I just want to work this out, I love you you’re everything I ever wanted, and I know I screwed it up. The last thing I wanted was to hurt you and lie to you,” he explains with an exhausted expression.“I don’t feel sorry for you, I

Tori's POVWaking up I stretch out on the bed feeling for someone who isn’t there. I miss him, I’m angry with him, but I miss him so much more than I ever expected to. He wasn’t kidding when he said mates are connected on a much deeper level.‘We’re ok on our own, staying away keeps him safer,’ Reika reassures me as she pulls on my sadness. ‘I wish we didn’t have to be alone to survive. Everyone who loves us gets hurt,’ I confess getting up I walk to the bathroom to shower.Looking in the mirror I whimper seeing my eyes are red as my fangs ache from hunger. ‘We need to hunt and feed,’ Reika advises and I nod. ‘We do, let’s go hunt,’ I agree then begin to strip my clothes to shift in hopes of catching big enough prey to feed off of.‘We’ll figure it out, we always do,’ Reika reassures as I trot down the stairs and make my way outside. ‘I know, but my urge to feed has gotten worse,’ I admit then begin to sniff the air and ground for any signs of wild game in the area.‘I think it’s beca