Chapter 34. Brought to Her Knees

As Ella stared into those eyes, a chill ran through her, yet she couldn’t look away, even as her heartbeat thundered in her ears.

“Oh, moon goddess, those crimson eyes,” she thought, mesmerized and paralyzed at once. . It was as if a magnetic force held her in place, pulling her in, even as every instinct screamed for her to flee. She didn’t know if that was his true eye color or if this was his vampire form.

Her emotions were a chaotic mix of fear and something else, something dangerously close to longing. He was big. No—massive. His muscular frame radiating a restrained strength that made her feel both small and hot, an unfamiliar warmth coiling within her. She could barely understand what was happening or why her own body seemed to betray her with this strange, simmering heat. “What is this? What kind of power does he have?” she wondered.

Before she could process the beautiful and lethal creature before her, his lips pulled back into a growl that sent a fresh su