VALERIA.

I hear the faint click of the necklace lock from the back of my neck, and suddenly I just feel cold. Chills are running down my spine but I don’t think it’s from the romance of the gesture.

Where is this feeling coming from? Is my body simply rejecting it because it knows that Auric is not my mate and it’s only yearning for Stefano, even after everything that happened? Could it be that I’m just generally uncomfortable with the way things are going?

I turn ...