Chapter 100: A Hopeful Vampire
Sebastian~
Fox’s flames flickered between me and Brielle. My mind couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.
Brielle—my mate—had just tried to kill me.
I stood frozen, my body stiff as the reality of betrayal settled in my chest. The woman I had thought might be my salvation, my chance at something real, had lunged at me with a wooden stake, her expression void of hesitation.
Had I been too blind? Too foolish? Too hopeful?
I had always known I wasn’t an ideal choice for anyone. A vampire, feared by both humans and supernaturals alike. Even among my kind, I was different—an anomaly. A natural-born vampire, the rarest of my species. They called us purple-bloods, and because of it, I was either feared or hunted. People didn’t see me, only the power that flowed through my veins.
No one had ever wanted Sebastian.
Except Zane.
Zane, who had saved me from death, had treated me like a friend, like family. He had seen me as something more than just my bloodline. Zane filled a void in my life that I never thought possible. But romantic love? That had been a luxury I had never dared to dream of.
Until Brielle.
For the first time, I had let myself hope. And now, she had just tried to end me.