I held in my tears until we were in the car. My brain was on override, my emotions were everywhere, and my heart was being twisted. Crying silently when you're with a vampire who can be absolutely silent, is extremely hard. So when I tried to catch my breath I am sure it sounded like I was hiccuping. "Nichole." My master says in that same light tone. "Master." I snap back. Putting my hurt on him seems wrong. I shouldn't be blaming him. "Sorry, I'm just a mess right now." I apologize quickly. My master sighs, his hands adjusting on the wheel. "Nichole, I don't like hurting you." His words seem contradictory to everything he has done to me so far. I glance at him and he meets my eye contact. My tongue gets caught in my throat but I finally turn away from him. I can still feel his gaze on