Lucian Pov

"Do it. I dare you, Lucian," Naomi goaded me in her mind, her eyes bravely looking into mine. 

I dropped my head to her neck and inhaled, the sweet scent of her blood hitting me, taunting me, beckoning to me. I could hear her heart pounding from adrenaline and the sound of the blood running through her veins.

For a moment, I could taste her blood in my mouth. My head wasn't in the right place anyway and I produced my fangs. Naomi didn't cower but I realized that underneath ...