Page 59 of Wedlock (Vampire Bachelor Games #3)

“You just have to stop, Angie,” Yin yawns, pointing an accusing finger at me.

“What?”

“You know what. You’ve been staring into space biting your lip all day. You’re thinking about the vampire again.”

I sigh and nod. She knows me too well.

“It’s just that I don’t know if he’s going to marry that Danish bitch and get murdered, or if he’s going to get executed by the Queen, or…

“Does it matter?” She snorts. “I swear you have a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome. The guy beat you, cheated on you, locked you up, knocked you up, BIT you and tried to kill you. He’s an abuser. If he was a human man he’d be behind bars now.”

I nod, but I’m not really agreeing.

‘He’s not a human man. He’s a vampire. Brought up to be a violent killer, brought up to believe love with a human was impossible.

Trapped into marrying one anyway. How could he be anything other than what he is?

But still, he’s something other, something more.

I’ve glimpsed it, here and there, between all the horrors, there’s been tenderness. ’

“Yes,” I voice my agreement to stop the lecture. “I’m a fucking idiot. I just…”

“You still love him.”

I shake my head, but my action doesn’t match my thoughts.