Page 56 of Love Bites

Kara

Fuckkkkk

I am not getting behind that plan

Lou

You starving yourself isn’t the answer here

Me

I’m not feeding on him if he’s not feeding on me

Lou

Just give him space for a few days and he’ll come around.

Kara

Don’t starve yourself, though

Me

Fine.

It was a lie.

Despite Lou’s words, Ididn’tthink he’d come around.

We were evenly matched, as far as stubbornness went. The only reason I’d been able to force myself to feed every month was because the alternative was dying and leaving my sisters alone.I truly, whole-heartedly despised kissing strangers and drinking from them that much.

The vampire king had finally met his match, because I wouldnotlet him win. I’d play along with his rules for a few days, but if he wasn’t feeding, he could watch his mate go hungry alongside him.

And even though I was aware that was a horrible, absolutely toxic way to make my point, I was also sure it was the best option.

So, I was all in.

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DAMIAN

Blair was uncharacteristicallycalm over the next few days.

She wore a one-piece swimsuit one of her sisters had ordered, and her own new clothing.

She was in bed and asleep before me every night, and left before I woke up.

I kept setting my alarm earlier in an attempt to catch her, but it hadn’t worked yet.

She answered my texts about her location without snark or sass.

She didn’t try to force me to feed on her, or try to seduce me.

By the time a week had passed, I was officially suspicious.

“How often do sirens need to feed?” I asked Clementine, during dinner. Though I was at their table, and Blair sat beside me, we hadn’t touched all week.

Keeping my hands off her was torture. Her glitter was coming off more every day now that her pool was free of chlorine, and itirritated me that I didn’t have it on my skin. It was on our sheets—but only on her side of the bed.

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