the-delacroix-series

He barely heard the gasp escape her lips, but he did see her brilliant brown eyes, how they danced with alarm at his presence, how her lips trembled slightly with what she had done, yes, and now for the glare in his eyes. He knew she could see the hunger they held, he knew she could see, in that moment, just who he truly was...what he was. Yes, Christian knew she could see all these things, knew she could do nothing but bask in the monster that he was.Which was why he was not surprised when she stepped toward him, her shaking lips moving, allowing the low sound of her voice, her sweet, drawing voice, to enter his terribly haunted ears, the ears that caught every breath, heard every pulse of scared heart:__y Lord...your eyes....___es,_ he barely whispered, the word hardly escaping his throat. The hunger was all he could feel, her blood all he could smell, the pulse of lust just there beneath her skin, calling him, drawing him ever closer.... And yes, he felt the skin of her neck, felt the blood just there, her blood...his food.

Tears fled her eyes as she ran, and they slid into her ears, but she did not wipe them, no, she pressed forward through the many trees, keeping her eyes upon the large shadow that flew forward, almost guiding her out of the woods, but that was preposterous _ so why am I following it?What do you mean why are you following it? It__ the only thing that__ putting distance between you and those...monsters back there!But what about Lord Delacroix?What the devil about him?He tried to keep you safe _ he truly did attempt to save you__nd what did that get him? Crushed by a damned Lycan _ again!But I should still go back to save him....I should keep moving!But he__ saved my life _ I can__ let him die!Technically, he__ already dead, Alexi....Goddamn it all!Run _ run now _ come back when you__e safe!Come back? With who?!Help, of course!Where on Earth am I going to find help?!