CHAPTER FORTY

No Turning Back

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Samantha pov

"Of course, I'm prepared," I said, trying my best to act like I had this. I needed to keep this together, for Dracul. I couldn't fall apart now, not when he needed

me most, not when everything was riding on this.

I was a princess, I was a ruler, I knew how to keep my thoughts under my own control. I knew how to keep myself under control. That was all there was to it.

So why is my heart racing in my chest? Why was it pounding so hard I thought I might be Sick?

I shook it off and made...