CONNOR POV
*trigger warning : possessive behavior, power imbalance, emotional intensity, implied non-consent moving in. Reader discretion advised.*
*Dark side - Bishop Briggs*
My heart was going to be ripped open doing this.
But I had no other choice.
She was grumpy. She was stubborn.
And she was in freaking denial.
I knew she wanted me. Hell, I felt it in that kiss.
It didn’t just blow my mind—it burned through it.
Her pulse, her breath, the way her whole body trembled when I touched her—it was there. The truth.
No matter what she said, she couldn’t lie to me. Not when our souls had already found each other.
But Grace was still fighting it. Fighting me.
She didn’t know what she was up against.
I stopped kissing her only because my fangs were starting to slip.
We were surroun
