I flinched as a warm hand landed on my shoulder and looked around to find Darius way too close to me. “Have they gone now?” he asked seriously. A flash of pain burned through my chest as I realised I’d almost hurt him. Worse than that, a part of me had hungered for his blood in a way I couldn’t quite understand. But the idea of me doing something like that to him scored a line right through my heart. It felt like the shadows had cut me open, their will pushing against mine and twisting my emotions into
