Vera’s POV
I love you.
Those words kept echoing in my mind over a minute after they had left his lips. A part of me still felt cold from everything I had learned, yet there was a growing part of me who felt something stronger.
The truth about the Gold family and the mere fact that the man standing right in front of me — the man who’s very touch sent shivers running down my spine – had killed before should have left me terrified, and maybe, just maybe I was, but underneath that fear was something else, something that made all the difference.
I looked into Sylas' eyes and, for the first time since I had first laid eyes on him, I knew he was an open book, he wasn’t holding anything back. And within that proclamation of love was fear. I could tell that he was scared of losing me, and someh
