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CHAPTER 1

"Little Dhampir!"

I turned and saw Adrian walking across the grass towards me, his emerald eyes bright. It was incredible how just one glance of him could fill me from the inside, leave me breathless and yet wanting more all together.

I reminded myself that I was Rose Hathaway, and tried to suppress the inevitable smile I could feel on my face.

"Still playing hard to get? After all this time?" Adrian laughed, moving close to me. I smiled and moved closer to him, filling the few inches of air that were between us.

"Adrian, somehow you always forget that I am hard to get," I kissed him softly. "You're just an exceptional player of this game"

He grinned and held me close. "You always somehow say the right thing," he whispered in my hair.

I heard murmurs and looked up to see that we had a small crowd of onlookers on the opposite side of the open courtyard. Adrian noticed too.

"I think we should move this somewhere else?" I suggested, shooting our visitors a haughty glare.

"Mmmm I'm pretty content right where we are, little Dhampir," Adrian said, moving in for another kiss.

Typical Adrian. I wondered what it was like to live a life without any consequences, free to do whatever you want without being reprimanded.

"Not sure how content Tatiana would be if she were here. Let's move," I said, grabbing his hand and heading toward the rooms.

At the same time, I felt an indescribable ringing in my head. It felt like my head was being pounded by two bricks, squeezing and pushing together. I dropped to my knees. Crap, this hurt. I couldn't even stand. I felt Adrian drop down with me, touching my back, asking if I was all right. I tried to tell him I was fine but opening my mouth felt like moving a mountain.

Suddenly it felt like my brain exploded. Everything went black and stars danced in front of my eyes. I saw Adrian's face in front of mine, eyes filled with concern and worry. I heard people whispering, and I heard this annoying ringing in my ears that grew louder and louder and was unbearable.

"Rose? Rose! What's going on?" he shook me, his eyes blazing and grief-stricken. I tried to tell him that I didn't know, but I loved him, and then I passed out.