IT WAS unlike anything else. The pain was excruciating. Flashing at my bones and making my blood boil with agony. I was helpless underneath Knox, because he was so much bigger than me and because he was pinning me against the bed. His teeth were sharp and strident, piercing the barrier of my skin with the ease of a predator biting into its prey. He did not hesitate, no. He did not even give me mercy to beg or plea—which I would not do had he given me. But Knox did not even falter for one second. I was the woman that he said he was in love with. I was still the same girl that he said he would protect and he would care. Even when I said all of that would be gone once he met his soul mate, he still did not care. But here he was, hurting me. Inflicting pain in me. He was biting and sucking

