Vera’s POV

I love you.

Those words kept echoing in my mind over a minute after they had left his lips. A part of me still felt cold from everything I had learned, yet there was a growing part of me who felt something stronger.

The truth about the Gold family and the mere fact that the man standing right in front of me — the man who’s very touch sent shivers running down my spine – had killed before should have left me terrified, and maybe, just maybe I was, but underneath that fear was something else, something that made all the difference.

I looked into Sylas' eyes and,...