Adrian’s POV
For one second she just blinked.
Then she lost it and did the LAST thing I expected—
She burst out laughing.
Hard.
Shoulders shaking. Tears in her eyes.
She doubled over laughing so hard she had to hold the bedpost, slapping her own thigh.
“Oh my god,” she wheezed, “you’re actually serious. You want me to bite you again? Are you insane?”
Abby was still laughing.
Not cute laughter.
Not shy, embarrassed laughter.
No.
She was laughing like I told her I wanted to be roasted on a stick and served to the palace guards.
She wiped a tear from her eye.
“Damn… This is gold. And here I was thinking you were normal for at least five minutes.”
I stepped closer.
Her smile dropped a little when my aura rolled out…dark, heavy, the kind that made warriors twice her size hit the
