The last time I had been in the basement was to clean, and back then I almost got killed by a newly turned vampire. To say I was scared to enter the place again was an understatement.

But I wasn’t alone.

Mason had one palm pressed to the small of my back as he led me through the weird-looking furniture to a private room at the back.

The air locked in my throat when I spotted Nate. He was shirtless and covered in a fine layer of sweat. It was like he came directly here ...