Chapter Thirty-Two
Seth POV
I glance at the metal clock hanging on the wall in my study. It's 4:37 am.
I couldn’t sleep - not after Mauri told me she loved me. I laid there and let her doze off while I stayed silent. She didn’t wait for a response; she just closed her beautiful blue eyes and fell asleep. The more I thought about her declaration the more I wanted to take her to her room and disregard her and the idea of love, but I was afraid if I did it would break her heart. I couldn’t lie there with her. The longer I held her, staring into her sweet face, the more affection I felt and I didn’t like it.
Vampires do not have deep emotions, yet, what I feel for her has rooted from the deepest parts of me. A seed of curiosity was planted when I first saw her, and as I spent more time
