Page 79 of Wedlock (Vampire Bachelor Games #3)

I’m shaking so much that I don’t even notice as he takes the gun from my hand, but when he draws my face to his and meets my eyes, my trembling begins to subside, and I feel my heart begin to slow down a little.

He may be the source of all the commotion, the reason I’d had to shoot four men who I’d actually thought were vampires, but it turns out were humans. But for some reason, when he stands close, I feel safe.

This is something I’m going to have to examine at some point, but right now I’m appalled that I took people’s lives. Appalled, but also a little proud of myself. After all, Yin’s been training me for years.

When I’d first escaped Falcon’s world I’d been pregnant, so all my training had been in shooting, but in these past few years she’d also helped me learn a few martial arts moves.

To be honest, I’m terrible at hand-to-hand combat; my strength definitely lies in weapons.

Yin said this was OK, provided I was prepared to use them.

Up until tonight I’d secretly doubted that I ever could unless it was against someone I truly loathed.

Now, curled up on the couch, a cup of hot tea in hand, I’m acutely aware that the vampire sitting beside me had forced me to become a bona fide murderer.

It may be despicable, and it may not have been deliberate, as he claims, but I can’t help but think he’s done me a favour.