“My Mori and I share our minds and emotions, but I always know the difference.”
“I’m so confused,” she said hoarsely. “I don’t understand any of this. It’s like I have no control over my life anymore. I’m scared.”
My fingers toyed with her hair. “I felt the same way at first.”
“You were scared?”
I laughed softly at the disbelief in her voice. “It scared the hell out of me when I saw you in that club and felt something between us. I’d never experienced anything like it, and I wasn’t prepared to feel that way for anyone, let alone an orphan I found in a bar. I wanted to stay with you and get far away from you at the same time. I tried to leave, but I couldn’t.”
My voice grew rough. “And when I saw you in the hands of that vampire…”
Her hand came up and rested over my heart, soothing me
