Marcus Cutler POV:

Despite having a vampire literally haunting my thoughts, I ended up getting a good night’s sleep. That sleep was interrupted as something brushed softly over my head.

“Good morning, Marcus,” an all-too-familiar voice greeted softly.

I made the mistake of rolling over to face the source of the voice, and I opened my eyes to find myself looking directly in Julia’s burgundy ones. Even though I knew she wasn’t really here, I still recoiled from her, ...