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“My blood.”

His mouth at my neck again.

“My heart.”

Everything inside me melted.

“My life.”

I couldn’t breathe.

Couldn’t think.

Could only feel.

“It is too soon to say everything,” he whispered. “But you feel it, don’t you?”

I did.

God help me, I did.

I placed my hand over his heart.

It beat fast.

Hard.

Alive.

Just like mine.

And in that moment, I knew.

This wasn’t fear.

This wasn’t confusion.

This wasn’t temporary.

I loved him.

The Monster.

The Draugr.

My Raven.

And I wasn’t letting go.

Chapter 23-Serena

I didn’t wake up.

Not right away.

I fell inward.

That was the only way to describe it.

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