Cronan’s POV Violet was thinking about ice cream when she came back, smiling and happy downstairs with her family. It was . . . annoying lying in her bed without her but at least I could smell her scent strongly here and her room was full of interesting things. Lots of books, mostly romance novels. Vampire series. I smirked, thinking about the irony that she found creatures like me romantic when we rarely feel any semblance of affection toward other creatures. It was even more ironic that I’d fallen so hard for her, a human. It’s not abnormal to grow fond of your bond. It is abnormal to be obsessed with them. I read the back of one of her books, listening to her thoughts. She was rambling in her mind, thinking about Aurelia . . . about meeting her. There was a

