imagined it. Maybe the lighting had changed. Maybe the alcohol had finally caught up with me. Maybe I

His eyes were dark again. My stomach dropped. "You're i

're tired." "I'm not tired." I gave that

folded my arms. "You have red eyes and fangs

omething passed through his face, like restraint. It was almost as if he was forc

n he glanced toward the entrance. The same people who had been watching him

I stared at him. "You just showed me fangs a

is jacket. I tensed. He stopped immediately. Then slowly removed his phone. The absurdity of the mo

ow did you know my name?" I froze. I had forgotten, and honestly I co

e buzzed. I pulled it from my bag. U

ingers tightened around the ph

NOT

ngs. I looked at Lucien. He was starin

and i could see i

moved over my shoulder. The blood drained from his face. I turned, mothing. Just the c

lly." His voice was low. "You're going to walk out through the ba

mething inside me. "Excuse me?" His expres

cold feeling settled in my stomach.

took a step backw

have never met." Then the lights went out; the room erupted. People screamed, a glas

y waist before

y strong. "Don't move." I couldn't. Not because he to

shoved me behind him. A figure lunged from the darkness. Lucien cau

like he weighed nothing. The attacker struggled. Lucien leaned closer. I couldn't h

he looked completely different. Not like the beautiful stranger from the lounge. Not like the controlled man who had

y from me." He stopped. "Sera." "Don't." I sh

th a shaky voice. "He was going to k

here was something wrong with you." His gaze lowered. "There's

rrying guns. They didn't need them. They looked at Lucien, then at me. And immediatel

e had been hoping this moment wouldn't happen. I laughed nerv

irectly at me, and said the words that shattered everything I thought I k

the man I'd almost kissed. The man with crimson eyes, the man who wasn'

" He stepped closer. And this time, I didn't move. Because suddenly, the terrifying thing wasn't hi

didn't know myself. And before I could