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"How is your throat?" Peter asked sadly, ad my neck

"It’s okay," I lied It felt like I had terrible whiplash, but I didn’t want hi me I sat down on the couch, so very purposefully, he sat in the chair on the far side from me

"I’m sorry" He looked at me sadly, then dropped his eyes "I shouldn’t have done that But you should know that’s what I’ain, his voice was barely audible "I’m not very nice"

"I don’t believe you"

"You should" He met my eyes evenly "You’d be so much better off with Jack I’ to say exactly what he was

He kne I felt about him, that I had no control over it, and yet he still tried to convince me that he was a bad The choice had already been ood for me or not didn’t matter

"But I want to be with you," I insisted, and so a bit But he quickly recovered, and his face hardened again

"You don’t knoho I aood"

"How are you different?" I asked

I hated that he was so far away froot up and walked over, kneeling directly in front of him

He smiled at me, a rather sweet, sincere one, then reached out and touchedback ht to keep my eyes open, to keep them locked on his

"You should be so afraid of me, but you’re not," hewonderfully on cheek "If you weren’t…" He licked his lip and sighed "If I didn’t feel this way about you, I wouldn’t hesitate to kill you Do you fully understand?"

I’m not sure if I would’ve told hi too much to speak He leaned in closer to er in the thickness of my hair

"I am a real vampire I’ve killed people"

"You… you have?" I whispered My heart, which still pounded desperately for hiain, this tinedly "They didn’t tell you I’m surprised Jack didn’t, but Ezra always tries to protect me After…" Raw pain flashed over his eyes "Elise died, I went on a raot myself under control, but there’s still that thirst"