Evelyn The situation was completely repulsive, and yet I hated myself fiercely because, in that moment, what I wanted more than anything was to be taken by that monster in the most carnal way imaginable. My mind was a mess of disgust and fascination as I stared at the creature in front of me—the man who looked human but carried no trace of humanity in his eyes. "Who are you?" My voice came out quieter than I intended as I shook my head slowly, trying to reconcile the man I had hunted for years with the being now standing over me. I let his name roll across my tongue deliberately, testing the weight of it, savoring the strange thrill it stirred inside me. "Dimitri… the Ripper." I paused, studying his face as I said it again, slower this time. "Dimitri Murdock." His red eyes—so simila

