Esme’s POV
What the hell have I gotten myself into?
His hand came up like he was going to push me away, but instead his fingers curled around my wrist, holding me there, and immediately, a growl rumbled through his chest and his eyes turned yellow...
"Prey. Prey. Prey."
The word wasn’t spoken aloud; it echoed inside my skull, deep and animal and hungry.
In a blink, my feet left the floor. One second I was standing, the next my stomach slammed across his shoulder and the world flipped. My breath whooshed out of me as he tossed me onto the bed like I weighed nothing. I bounced once, rolled, tried to scramble away, but he was already on me.
His eyes weren’t Cole’s anymore.
They glowed a sickening red-grey, pupils blown wide, veins black under the skin. His lips peeled back from teeth t
