***Rose POV*** ‘But I have made the choice. I have already chosen Black. You know as well as I, the mark I carry.’ But did I really choose this or did I just accept that it was happening? From the start, I tried to reassure myself I would escape only to find an excuse not to try, not really. Then I was so caught up in my lust for Black and the intrigue of his life that I just let myself be drawn in. This was different – now I had to choose. ‘What would the alternative be?’ ‘Only you can answer that. No one knows what will happen to your body if you reject this transformation. But know this, it is either all of it or none of it. Nikolai and Viktor cannot be who they must be without both of us. I am part of you and by denying me you cannot give yourself fully to them.’ ‘Then there

