~ KILLIAN ~

I know I’ll have to talk to Tess about this whole mating thing eventually. But I’m hoping she’ll come around on her own—that she’ll want the bond as much as I do. I don’t want to force it, but my instincts demand that she accept what’s meant to be.

Once she’s bitten, her transformation will begin. She’ll stop aging. She won’t get sick. She won’t have to face a world that was never meant for her kind. And most importantly, we’ll be together. Mated. ...