That explains it, and why his pain and suffering from here on in will be worse than hell. I doubt Varro intends to take them back off at any point unless death is imminent, and I don’t even want to know why Leyanne would gift Lord of the vampires something like this. Even if it was hundreds of years ago. I can’t figure her out at all.

“Can you take him and leave; I don’t want to see this.” Colton finally breaks, his voice ravaged and husky, and his eyes ambering as he fails to control his inner turmoil. He’s still standing on the sidelines with our quiet pack. Watching,...