QUINN

"I need... I need your blood, to feed on your life force and perform the spell together with Valeria and that witch," she said, lifting her head, our breaths mingling in the air thick with countless intense emotions.

"I know you heard what I said in the hall about my former mate..."

"You were such a coward you didn’t even tell me directly. You knew I was there."

"I was," she admitted, biting her lower lip.

"Because I was... I am afraid..." The vulnerability in her voice hit me harder than