'She shouldn't be alive.'
Gideon had been tense since he found out that Henrietta was the human he had bitten when they attempted to cross the Argenthal borders. Until now, he still wondered what had happened right there that made him lose himself, that he couldn't control the beast inside him as it forced him to bite that human.
He could still remember the warmth she had when she was underneath him and being with her in his arms when she fainted.
He would never hear the sound of her agony as his canines dug into her skin, the metallic red liquid that dripped in the corners of his mouth, the disbelief in her eyes, and the horror he expressed after what he had done.
He had been investigating that event, and it never failed to cross his mind about Henrietta's situation, as guilt was swal
