A Death So Lovely – Harper A Brooks (1)

“I can’t leave you alone for one fucking second, Elliot,” he says, fury rippling out of him as his body grinds me into the dirt. “Not one second.” The words hit harder than the impact. This asshole wants to talk about trust? The irony is bitter enough to make me want to laugh. He’s the one who kept the truth about Santiago from me.

Not to mention everything about his life and VMR. He may not lie outright, but he omits the truth and that’s just as bad. I shove all my power into bucking him off, and to my surprise it works. He’s thrown sideways, landing on his knees beside me. I barely get my footing before he’s on me again.

He moves like a force of nature—too fast, too strong—and grabs me and slams me into the ground hard enough to knock the breath from my lungs. Pain blooms bright and sharp, but it only feeds the fury boiling in my veins. I claw at him, strike wherever I can reach, nails scraping skin, fists landing uselessly against his chest.

He throws me aside like I weigh nothing. I roll, scramble, lunge again, and he catches me mid-motion, spinning and hurling me into a nearby bush. Wood splinters and pokes into my sides. Fabric rips as my dress is caught on the bush’s sharp branches. “You bastard!” I stand again, feeling blood start to trickle from the deep scratches across my waist. Because the shimmery drape of my dress has been torn almost all the way through, my right breast and most of my torso are now exposed.

Pain and rage tangle together until I can’t tell where one ends and the other begins. I’m going to kill him. He stalks toward me, eyes wild, jaw tight, every inch of him vibrating like he’s barely holding himself back. “You talk about trust,” I spit, forcing myself upright, “but you’ve been keeping things from me since I first walked into your office.” That stops him. Not because he’s surprised. Because it infuriates him. “I’ve never lied.” “Omission is lying in a different form,” I growl.

“About Santiago being your brother. About Kayla⁠—” He’s on me in a heartbeat, grabbing my throat—not squeezing hard— but holding me there and lifting me just enough that my toes scrape the ground. His face is inches from mine, pupils blown wide, breath harsh against my mouth. Desire coils tight inside me. I can’t stop it.

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For a full list of triggers, visit Harper A. Brooks’s website: https://harperabrooks.com/kissed-by-darkness/ 1kitap1.com/en A Death so Lovely I never asked for this. Lucian Vale stole my life when he gave me his blood. I should hate him for it, but now that I’m a vampire, every day is a battle between loathing him and wanting him. Between freedom and surrender. The pull to him is stronger than anything I’ve ever known. At first, I despised what I had become—the hunger, the shadows, saying goodbye to my old life.

But the more I fight it, the more it owns me. The more he owns me. Secrets at VMR run deeper than I imagined, and the answers I’ve been chasing are finally within reach. But Lucian’s past has returned with a vengeance, and an old rival is determined to drag us both into a war I’m not ready to face. This time, Lucian can’t protect me from what’s coming.

But I’m not scared. Because with him, even death can be a lovely thing. Song: Creep by Sam Tinnesz 1kitap1.com/en T Chapter One Elliot he hunger rips through me. Vast. Deep. Clawing. His blood is still in my mouth, on my tongue, in my veins, and it sings. It tastes so fucking sweet, the merest hint of salt. Of something ancient and sacred. There’s a haziness to my thoughts at first, then my focus sharpens and narrows to one thing and one thing only: I need to eat.

Lucian’s blood might be the sweetest thing, but right now I want human blood. My fangs start to ache to feed. I try to stand, but a hand is quick to shove me back down to the cement floor. The grip is iron, the strength immeasurable, but all it does is annoy me. And when I peer up, I see Lucian kneeling beside me.

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