Sebastian’s POV
I was in emotional chaos, not knowing how to handle my feelings for Sarah, the political issues raging around her, and how my King, my friend, was about to use her.
My fangs sank into my wrist, and I swallowed. Feeding on myself was the only way to quell the rage within.
Blood coated my tongue, bitter and thick. The emotion in it made me want to vomit. I did this to myself. The night her screams reached my ears. It called to something dark within me. I shouldn’t have gone to her room. The second I crawled into bed with her like the serpent I was. I should have known better.
Thoughts hammered, splintering against one another. I couldn’t breathe, panic and anxiety became one. I knelt and sank my fangs into my arm again and again. Desperation was taking hold. I couldn’t
