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I have a million questions. Like why am I special? Why is mybloodspecial? I open my mouth to start asking, but Millie cuts me off.

“I have an idea,” she says, pulling away from me. “Get dressed. We’re going out.”

Out?

Before I can ask her where or what we’re doing, she’s out of the room.

Vampire speed.

Chapter 11 - Millie

We’re in the backseat of an SUV, heading to Lower Manhattan.

My leg shakes and I chew on my nails.

I’mnervous.

And confused.

I’m feeling a lot of emotions that I’ve managed to keep locked deep down in the pits of my nonexistent soul.

Ilikethis man. He makes me giddy and happy.

Happy.

I haven’t been happy since before Henry when I had a pulse, a husband, and two children.

I know the blood mate bond is fueling these emotions. I need to speak with the vampires who’ve met their mates.What did they experience? Was it this intense emotionallyandphysically?

Or maybe it’s just Teddy. He’s handsome, funny, smart.

And he’s dying.

Fuck!

This is not what I had planned! I was going to end my existence at sunrise. Now I’m considering living and turning this man to save him… to have him by my side for eternity.

I’ve never needed to rely on another person. Even when Layla and I were together, we were both independent. We cared for each other but needed our space. And Henry forced me to rely on him, despite me being the one covering up his massacres. I saved him from angry pitchfork carrying mobs far too many times.

The asshole.

I startle when Teddy pulls my hand away from my mouth and weaves his fingers with mine.

He doesn’t say anything. Doesn’t ask me what’s wrong or try to reassure me.

God, why do I love that so much?

But I should have known the silence wouldn’t last. The happy chatterbox man’s curiosity gets the best of him.

“Does garlic harm you?”

I was wondering when he’d ask these questions. Most humans ask the same ones when discovering we exist. Urban legends and mainstream media got some of it right.

I sigh. “There’s nothing special about garlic except that it smells wretched and gives humans bad breath.”

“And I thought vampires weren’t supposed to have a reflection, but tonight, when we fucked... you did.”

“That one is a myth. I’ve always had a reflection.”