ONCE BITTEN
“It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.” ― Tahereh Mafi
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She was the most beautiful creature Alastair had ever seen. Her eyes were bright golden honey and... they glowed. She glowed.
The dreams of her that he had dreamed on the coldest nights... he remembered them all. The dreams that made his blood burn with need.
Alastair looked at her with a soft sigh. In the little pockets of the darkness, and stolen moonlight, she looked magnificent. She looked like a creature from some faraway land.
He memorized her beautiful body, from her silky black hair that cascaded down her back, to her yellow eyes that could easily become his weakness, to her sharp, arrogant nose, to those red-painted lips that always begged to be kissed,
