The cold, skeletal fingers tightened around my throat, cutting off my breath. I gasped, clawing at the hand as I was dragged backward into the suffocating darkness. Panic surged through me, my heart pounding wildly in my chest. My feet scrambled for purchase, but I couldn’t find anything solid to hold onto. The grip was too strong, too fast.
“Kieran!” I managed to choke out, but my voice was swallowed by the thick shadows.
The vampire behind me hissed, its breath cold against my ear. “You’re mine now, princess.”
I struggled, kicking wildly, but the vampire’s strength was overwhelming. My powers sparked under my skin, but they were flickering, unstable. I tried to summon the wind, the earth, anything to help me escape, but nothing obeyed my desperate commands. I could feel myself slippi
