Chapter 97. So Much Pain

The vampire king shifted his position. His gleaming fangs extended—the sight of them causing me to hold my breath—as he bit into his wrist, opening the vein.

Pressing his arm tightly to Brinley’s mouth, he wrapped his other hand around her head to keep her in place. In her unconscious state, Brinley didn’t fight him. She appeared to be swallowing slowly.

I stared in confusion. If the vampire didn’t think he could save Brinley, then what was he doing giving her his blood?

He answered my unspoken question, his tone hard. ”She’s lost too much blood. Her heart has slowed past the point of saving her. Her only option left is for me to turn her.”

Turn her?

My heart felt like helicopter blades beating in my chest.

Surely, he couldn’t mean…

Never stopping his deadly dance with the attacking wolves, Aatos cursed, “Fuck! We don’t have a human.”

Trepidation crashed over me. “What do you need a human for?”

“Their blood,” the vampi