Eleven
Author: Xylia Aurora
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Chapter 11

I stared as the door swung shut, feeling the echo thundered through my body.

What the hell just happened?

My entire body was still tangling from where Dracul touched me. I could feel his body against mine, the heat that radiated off him, the power of his hand against my skin.

I shivered, lifting my hand and touching my lips. Did I react like that? Had my body been craving Dracul so badly that I had moaned and kissed him back as I meant it?

Did I want him? I had thought he was a monster, someone who I hated, someone who I would never want to be with. And yet here I was, kissing him like it meant nothing.

What is wrong with me?

I groaned and covered my face, taking a few breaths and trying to process what I had done, what had just happened between us.

What had that been anyway? Was it lust, was its insanity, or something in between? I shuddered and shook my head.

Dracula was the enemy here. He had pulled me from my home, he had taken me away from everything I loved and adored
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