Riley's POV

What the hell just happened?

I stood there for a second, trying to catch my breath, my body not fully settled even though he had already left the room.

My hands were shaking slightly, and that only made me angrier.

“Oh my fucking goodness…” I muttered under my breath, dragging a hand through my hair as I paced a few steps away from the bed. “Did I just lose it over a vampire lord?”

That thought made my stomach twist again.

“No. No, that wasn’t me,” I said quickly, like saying it out loud would make it true. “Something is wrong. That was not me.”

My jaw tightened...