CHAPTER 32

  Late Night Talks

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  Samantha

  Just like that, the wind went out of my sails. Just like that, I realized that I didn't have a full understanding of what had happened.

  Not really.

  No, you're not." Dracul said, his voice nothing more than a whisper between us.

  I searched for a chair and pulled it beneath me, sinking into it. My legs were shaking, and I was finding it

  hard to breathe. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I couldn't believe what was happening.

  "Why? I whispered, my voice cracking.

  It didn't make sense. Dracul had called me here, just because he needed a virgin sacrifice, a royal one, at that. He had called me here to kill me, to save his people.

  So why had he slept with me?

  Sleeping with me was the worst possible outcome for him.

  By sleeping with me, I was no longer a virgin and no longer useful to him. I couldn't help him.