Chapter 25
“ELENA, PLEASE,” NIKOLAS pleaded hoarsely. I wrapped both of my hands around his, needing his strength as much as giving him mine.
“Please what, Nikolas?” asked the vampire who used to be the girl he’d loved as a sister. She circled us to sit in the throne chair that dwarfed her delicate frame. “I’ve waited a long time to hear you beg, so make it good.”
“This is between you and me. Let her go and I’ll do whatever you want.”
“No!” I tightened my grip on his hand.
Elena scoffed. “She’s such a loyal little thing, isn’t she? How loyal do you think she’ll be when she hears how you abandoned me and left me in the hands of a monster?”
“He didn’t abandon you,” I shot back. “He and Tristan looked everywhere for you. They thought you died.”
“They didn’t look hard enough!” she snarl
