Because the truth is, the thought of not having Bran anymore makes me feel hollow. We are tangled in one another now and I think it’s that way for him too, as much as it is for me. It’s why he’s working so damn hard to draw the lines and make sure I know where they are. Through the control, he’s revealing his deepest secret—he doesn’t want this to end either. Bran Duval likes me. He might more than like me. It might be immature to think about it that way, but it still sends butterflies flitting through my stomach, nonetheless. The Infamous Bran Duval, a several-hundred-year-old vampire, likes
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