“Can you do it again?” he gasped, his gaze piercing mine.

What the ... Wait … He wanted me to take away his vampire side?

“Why?”

“I never wanted it. Kali forced it on me. Can you take it away again? Please, I’m begging you.”

He looked up at me like a beaten puppy, eyes wide and dark from pain. Through our clasped hands, I could feel his sincerity. He hated that part of himself, willing to do everything to be free from it. Should I really do it again?

“I could hurt you, control you, make you my slave to forever do my bidding if you let me in,”...