We spent two hours luring each species that lived inside me to come out and play—vampire, werewolf, demon, and fae. With each new species that appeared, Thayer would push them to their absolute limits, antagonizing them the way he said demons loved doing. I struggled through the pain, the hurt, the agony. It made me stronger. It forced me to see exactly what I was and how I could possibly control my powers in order to kill my father and now, apparently, my ex-boyfriend too. Calder had a field day, telling me what Thayer had learned about him. Thayer cut his palm and placed it right under my nose, so I inhaled the blood. My teeth lengthened into deadly fangs for the second time today, and I ached to drink the blood from his hand. The mere scent brought back memories of yesterday when he

