Before I could get anywhere near him, his hand came around my throat and pushed my head back so far I thought it would pop off. Not stopping his actions for a second, but looking right into my eyes. “Esme, you don’t want to do that. I know you don’t. You need to fight it.” I shook my head slightly. I wanted to do it more than anything else in the world. If his grip hadn’t been threatening to decapitate me, I would have fought him off just to be able to drain him.
“You need to learn to shut that side of you out. Concentrate on your human emotions, the connection.” His movements were so calm and slow again, and I knew he was doing it to give me time to snap out of it. I tried to do as he said, but it was like I was lost in the darkness and any feelings my human self had were the faintest pi
