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Shit. I was losing my mind.

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Why was I even going with him? Why the fuck did I say yes? The questions were a frantic, desperate screaming in my head, but they were drowned out by a single, powerfulmand from my body: be near him.

What did he mean by he’ll take care of me? The phrase, so simple and yet sopletely foreign to my experience, felt like a dangerous promise, a vulnerability I was already too far gone to resist.

But all I could focus on was his body heat. It was scalding even though he was just holding my arm.

Once we’d settled into his car, I finally snapped out of it for a moment, enough to ask where we were going.

Only for him to tell me we were going to his house. His house?! The thought was a powerful, sickening jolt that made my blood run cold, a brief moment of rity in the haze. I shook my head frantically. “No. No, we can’t go to your home.” My voice was a low, desperate plea.

“Why not?” He asked. He wasn’t pushing, just questioning.

Damn it. If it was the school, then I could exin it, me and him being together. Somehow, I could remove the camera footage. But going to his house would be dangerous. A direct trail. A direct link. Oh god, I really shouldn’t havee out. Was I stupid? I was way in over my head. I wasn’t thinking with my head, was I? No. My mind, my logical, rational mind, was gone. I was thinking with my heat.

“Okay. Alright. Stop freaking out. We’ll… go to a motel.” He said, his voice soothing like he’d sensed my distress. Of course he did. He was just like that wasn’t he? Way too nice. Too good for me.

I squeezed my eyes shut, a sense of embarrassment and guilt washing over me. I pursed my lips. “Haider,” I began, “I don’t think this is a good idea.” But he was already pulling out of the parking lot.

He nced at me, his eyes, those beautiful, mossy–green things, a concerned, questioning gaze. “Sienna… if you’re worried that I’ll force myself on you-” I cut him off, my voice firm, “That’s not what this is about. I know… I know you won’t do that.” The words were a quiet, broken confession. I did. I knew with a certainty that was both terrifying and exhrating that he would never hurt me.

“Then what is it? What has you so wound up? You seem like apletely different person, you know?” He said, as he turned right from the signal. He was right. I was. The old me, the cold, emotionless creature, was gone, reced by this terrified, desperate, confused girl. Something I never imagined I would be. Like I’d been thrown into some alternate reality.

“I know…” I whispered. “I can’t seem to wrap my head around it myself.” I said, my voice tired.

“Then isn’t it better to go to the doctor–erm, do vampires have their own doctors?” He questioned, unsure. I clenched my hand around the seatbelt.

My mind went back to how easily Anna had imed that he’d kill him. Her words echoing in my mind again and again.

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“Haider. You’re putting your life in danger doing this.” I said, my hands trembling. He quirked his brow, a calm, unbothered motion. “Really? I had no idea.” He sounded sarcastic. A low chuckle escaped his lips.

I bit my lips as something inside me shifted suddenly. I groaned, leaning back in my seat, my body a heavy, exhausted thing. The heat was intensifying. Everything about him was distracting me. His scent, his voice, his scoff, him. The very presence of him, his powerful, dangerous aura, was a maddening, intoxicating thing.

“I’m serious. If my aunt… finds out about this.” I tried to answer him, my mouth dry. I think I might have said something more. But I couldn’t be sure as my head lolled back and I curled into myself, my body a tight, shaking ball.

I think I heard him call out to me, his voice frantic. I tried to answer, to tell him I was fine. But I couldn’t. And just like that the knot in my stomach intensified, a powerful, sickening thing that made my mind gopletely nk.

The next time I awoke was when I felt my back hit something soft. The sensation was a strange, disorienting thing. My body, a numb, exhausted mass. I groaned.

“Sienna?” I blinked my eyes open to see soft green eyes looking down at me.

His eyes were frantic, panicked. My mind wasn’t working as I frowned, trying to remember what I was doing. Why was I here? But… nothing came to me. Something was burning inside me. A hot, searing me that was licking at my insides, a powerful, overwhelming thing that was trying to consume me whole.

“I feel hot.” I said. My mind was a nk, empty thing. I moved forward, grabbing his neck, my hands a shaky, trembling thing, and pulling him down to kiss me. He seemed to go rigid, and maybe he tried moving away, but I wasn’t sure. I didn’t care. The only thing that mattered was his mouth on mine.

My tongue entered his mouth, intertwining with his and I felt myself go frantic. Not enough. I needed more. More of him, more of his taste, his scent, his touch. The thought was a powerful, consuming fire. He pulled away slowly, as I let go of him, my hand fumbling down to remove my zer. Feeling too hot.

“Sienna, are you sure about this?” He asked, his voice low as he put his hand on mine, stopping my frantic, desperate movements.

“Huh?” I asked, frowning, “Why not? Are you going to leave me now?” I said, pushing off the bed. He seemed startled. “What?”

“You said you’d take care of me. Were you lying?b” /bI asked. I felt my gut churn as I swallowed the lump in my throat. It hurt. It hurts. It hurts so much. I needed something, anything to quell this overwhelming thirst, this heat. It was making me go insane,

“Hey, Hey, I wasn’t, I didn’t lie.” He moved forward, his hands gentle, reassuring, as he wiped at my cheeks. He bent down to kiss me, cursing under his breath when he saw me unable to remove my zer.

My hands were still shaking, uselessly. He pursued his lips, and helped me remove the zer. Then he paused. His adams apple bobbed up and down as he spoke.

“Sienna.. I’m not backing out of this or anything. I will take care of you. However, I think I should tell you beforehand. I’m a virgin, too.” He said, his voice nervous.

I frowned. A… virgin. What’s that? The word was a foreign, meaningless thing at that moment. It took a while

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for my brain to muster up what he meant and my eyes widened. “So… I’m your first?” I asked, my voice shocked. He smiled, an awkward, nervous, beautiful thing.

“Hopefully, I don’t suck.” He said. But I didn’t care. I didn’t know why… but the idea of me not being the only one who waspletely out of it was nice. I didn’t feel like I was way in over my head anymore, I leaned forward, pressing his lips to mine. This time, the kiss was soft and tender.

His hands tangled in my hair, his fingers soft and gentle. My breath hitched as his other hand went down to unzip my skirt. My head felt like it was going to overheat, a powerful, dizzying thing that made the world go ck.

Only then did I gasp, a shudder wracking my entire body as he leaned down and bit the side of my throat.

“Mm-!”