Bound in Blood (Broken Bloodlines, #3)

by Sadie Kincaid

For one day, she will realize that her importance to this world was too great to risk, even for true love.

“Do you think this could be some weird ancient vampire mumbo jumbo? Because the way I feel about her, Xavier, it’s unnatural. I’m obsessed with her. And I’m more terrified by the thought of leaving her alone than I am of fucking dying. Is that fucking normal?” I slap the back of his head. “No, it’s not fucking normal, dickface. It’s love. All-consuming, life-altering, soul-shattering love.”

Fear is an inevitable part of life, elementai. One I’m not used to. I went through most of my life without feeling anything even close to fear. Perhaps because I never had anything to lose before. And that is why those with nothing to lose are so dangerous.

I can’t help but think he’s right. It’s love that makes us afraid—afraid of losing what we have. Some might say that makes us weak,

but I prefer to believe it gives us our greatest strength. There is no one more powerful than someone fighting for something they love. And no one so des...

Lucian Drakos may have been a monster in the past, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the villain of my story.

“Sit, Ophelia. Do not squat. Do not hover. I am a vampire. I cannot suffocate—and even if I could, it would be a price worth paying. So sit your sweet fucking cunt all the way down on my face right now.”

“Yes, you have and you are. I cannot choose between the three of you, and I never will. You are all a part of me in different ways, and without each of you, I am decidedly less. So no, you do not have a choice, Axl Thorne. You already belong to me, and I will never let you go.”

She is far too gracious of my darkness, but I am thankful for her light.

“I know you’re trying to protect me, but don’t you understand that I would rather die by your side than spend an eternity without you?”