"You spied into my mind?!" Shamira felt numb. She was angry, and not only that he had seen those things, but that she was unable to deny anything.

"Yes. I am unable to avoid it during the process. Vampires are sexual creatures in the first place, and my line more so than most. So I felt your urges, and I also felt how you've denied yourself any of them. Why?"

"Why?! Because I'm not weak, that's why! I have to be strong!"

"All the time?"

"Yes!"

"Why?"

"Because if I don't, Jimmy Fisk dies!" She stopped, covering her mouth. She didn't know why she'd said his name. She didn't even...