Nocturne

by Karina Halle

“Humans are simple to influence. Their minds want to be led. It explains a lot about society, doesn’t it? How people can be herded into doing the most vile things, following the most backwards ideology.”

“Beautiful,” he murmurs. “So fucking beautiful. So very much mine.” He pauses, staring into my eyes. “You’re mine, aren’t you, kitten?” “Never a doubt, detective.” He smiles at that.

“Blood isn’t destiny,” I say, echoing Lena’s words from earlier. “It’s just blood.”