Chapter 339

Emmeline gulped. The word felt dangerous, like saying it out loud would make everything too real.

“V-Vampire,” she finally whispered, barely making a sound.

“You aren’t entirely wrong,” Zavian’s face softened, which wasn’t what she expected at all. “And knowing that, you still stuck to me?”

“I couldn’t stay away,” Emmelin grabbed on his shirt like it was a lifeline. “Even with everything, even though my brain says it’s impossible, my heart just won’t listen.”

“Your heart gets what your brain hasn’t figured out yet,” Zavian said, brushing a stray lock off her forehead. “That I’d burn the whole world down before I’d let anything happen to you.”

‘Weak!’

The soul-chilling voice slithered through Zavian’s mind, almost making him flinch. It belonged to one he hadn’t heard in what felt like eons—the one being whose very existence terrified him, especially regarding Emmeline’s safety.

Zereth.

Zavian’s fingers combed through his dark hair, tens