Chapter 3: The Cold Touch
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The rain didn't let up for days.
Evergreen felt like a dream — or a nightmare.
Lucian avoided me completely now.
No eye contact.
No words.
But I felt him.
Watching.
Always.
Kai was the opposite.
He found me every chance.
Walked me to class.
Sat with me at lunch.
His friends — big, loud — accepted me.
His hand on my back, protective.
Warm.
One afternoon, after school, he drove me home in his truck.
Old, loud, but cozy.
Rain pounding the roof.
He parked outside my house.
Turned to me.
"You okay?"
I nodded.
"Lucian... he's weird."
Kai laughed.
"The Voss family is weird. Stay away from him."
His hand on my cheek.
Warm.
I leaned in.
We kissed.
Slow at first.
Then deeper.
His hands under my jacket.
Skin hot.
I pulled him closer.
The windows fogged.
His mouth on my neck.
Biting gently.
Pleasure new.
Intense.
We stopped short — barely.
Breathing hard.
"I want you," he whispered.
"Me too."
But as he left, Lucian was there.
In the rain.
Watching.
Eyes black.
The next day, accident again.
Ice on the road.
Van sliding toward me in the parking lot.
Time slowed.
Lucian was there.
Pushed the van away with one hand.
Metal crunched.
He stood unhurt.
Everyone stared.
He looked at me.
"You' re in danger."
"How did you..."
He was gone.
Fast.
Kai ran up.
"You okay?"
I nodded.
But shaking.
That night, Lucian in my room.
How?
The window open.
Rain in.
He stood by the bed.
"You can't be with him."
"Kai?"
"The wolf."
My heart stopped.
"You' re... vampire?"
He nodded.
Golden eyes glowing.
"Your blood calls to me."
He stepped closer.
Cold air.
I backed up.
"Stay away."
"I can't."
His hand on my cheek.
Cold.
But electric.
I shivered.
He leaned in.
Kissed me.
Cold lips.
Intense.
His tongue cold, but fire inside.
I kissed back.
Hands in his hair.
He pulled me close.
Hard body.
Cold skin.
Pleasure different.
Dark.
He bit my lip — gentle.
Blood.
He licked.
Groaned.
"I need you."
I pushed him away.
"Get out."
He left.
Window closing.
I touched my lip.
Blood.
The pull stronger.
Kai or Lucian.
Human or monster.
The choice coming.
The transformation closer.
The rain continued.
And my heart divided.
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