Ella's POV
The storm outside was nothing compared to the one inside me. I was feeling so drained lately with everything happening with me. Why me? I was always burdened with my family's death. And now this?
Rain lashed against the windows, the wind howling like a beast clawing at the edges of our world. But I sat frozen, alone in Remo's room, staring into the dark with one hand still touching my neck. The warmth of him was gone, yet I could still feel the ghost of his breath. The way his fangs had hovered, trembling against my skin. The feelings I felt in his presence were almost forbidden. Like I don't have the right to feel them. Like I am trespassing onto something dangerous.
He'd almost marked me. And it wasn't the first time that happened. But the question that remains is when h
