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My hands were stained with the blood fro dress, but they were uninjured

"Lucas…I…" Looking over my bare shoulder to seek out the aid ofat the bloodymy lower body Revulsion was evident in his expression

"What have you done?" he asked

"N-nothing," I sta stupid "I fell"

"What have you done?" he repeated

I continued pulling the infinite dress back, and when it finally jerked free, I wished I had left the rass was black with the thick smear of blood, and my whole skirt was now ruby red and soaked with the viscous liquid When I gagged, though, it wasn’t because of the blood

Desed tear, his once-white shirt now as ver I loved most about him, hite and dead His skin, once dark olive thanks to his father’s Mexican roots, was ashy and looked like wax

The hole in his neck smiled at me like a second s kept me pinned in place

"Oh e to throw e was to open ive him my own blood Vampire blood could heal,someone back if they were already dead

I sobbed

"No"

"What have you done?" Lucas was staring down at oddamned question over and over

"I didn’t--"

"What have you--?"

"Shut up," I screaWhat had I done? Nothing I hadn’t done this I would never do this

The croas still clinging to gave a tug When I opened rasp "What are you doing?"

"This doesn’t belong to you" Tug

"It’s e of a diamond bit into my palm I’d lost Desmond Somehow I felt if I let Lucas have this too, I’d be left with nothing

He stooped low, his blue eyes ehty yank he wrenched the crown out of asp

Beneath my cheek was a soft mass of dark chest hair and below that the warers brushed my hair away fromthe place where my torso dipped intoup at his face instead of his groin Not that his lower half didn’t deserve a good long look over, but it wasn’t my priority at the moment I smiled in spite of how puzzled he appeared to be, and toldhas become an extreme sport, I don’t think there’s rinned wickedly, and his hand et too frisky Then you can imperil me whenever you want"