156. Different

Everything felt different.

The longer he lay on the rock, the more he sensed the differences. Everything was sharper, as if there had been a veil on his vision before. The stars were so clear he felt like he could touch them. The air was sweeter. The chirping of the birds as they woke up to get the worm... Beautiful. Fucking beautiful.

And the rage in his heart eclipsed it all.

He’d told her. He’d said no over and over again, even before she had known what his bite would do. And she’d gone ahead and violated his trust. Violated him.

‘She was never going to give us up without a fight,’ Cain stated.

‘Stop talking like you knew it was going to happen. This isn’t Romeo and Juliet. We don’t have to die together!’

‘What would you have done in her shoes?’

That question cooled some of his anger. He knew what he would have done for his love. He’d have moved heaven and earth to save her. He’d have crossed any ocean, climbed any mountain. But this wasn’t about him!

“I’ve killed her,”