HIS EYES BEGGED me to believe him and I wanted to, but I thought back to the time I’d seen them together, kissing behind his house. The passion between my sister and Slade had been real, regardless of who he thought had been in his arms, that night. There was no way that I would ever really know the truth; he’d kept the fact that he’d been a vampire from me before ever meeting Talia. Why should I believe anything that came out of his mouth? “Excuse me if I don’t.”
His hand snaked out and he grabbed my wrist. “What can I do to make you change your mind about me?”
I stared into his eyes. “Nothing.”
I didn’t trust him. I couldn’t trust him. It had been too long and my heart now belonged to Lucian, anyway. If it were true, and he’d been just as much a victim, I didn’t know if I could handle
