Chapter 68: Totally Different
Natalie~
The silhouette kept speaking, but I was past listening. My entire world had narrowed down to him. The shape of his body, the warmth of his presence, the steady thrum of his pulse just beneath his skin. My instincts screamed at me, louder than any voice, louder than logic itself.
Mark him. Claim him. Make him yours.
Jasmine purred in my head, her voice a silken whisper that dripped with excitement. "Yes, yes, hurry up, Mara. He’s ours. He was always ours. What are you waiting for? Sink your teeth in already!"
I took a shaky breath, my vision pulsing with golden light of the Medallion. I could feel my heart hammering wildly in my chest, my lips parting as something deep and ancient inside me took over. My fingers curled into the fabric of his cloth, drawing him closer, pressing my trembling body against the solid warmth of his.
The moment my teeth sank into his neck, the world spinned.
A sharp gasp tore from his lips, his muscles going rigid beneath my grasp. The second his blood rushed onto my tongue, a shudder ran through me so violently that my knees nearly buckled. The taste was intoxicating—deep, rich, achingly familiar. It sent a thousand memories clawing at the edges of my mind, memories I once forgotten, memories that should’ve never been lost.
I knew this taste.
I knew him.
The fog in my mind trembled, then shattered all at once.
My vision cleared in a single heartbeat. The white-hot energy that had clouded my senses receded, peeling away like the final remnants of a dream. And then I saw him—