CAROLINE'S POV
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Resisting the bond was unfeasible, and even with a few bites and scratches, I can't seem to get enough. I didn't mean to fall asleep on him in that cave after he tended to my wounds, but the steady beat of his heart lulled me to sleep before I could even fight it. It was unexpected to see Lucian so tender as he took care of me. What was even more surprising was the way he looked at me. It wasn't like anything before, it was...soft and kind, like looking at a baby deer, admiring how it starts to learn how to walk.
There was something sweet brewing in between us in that moment, and I found myself happy to be hurt.
If all I had to do was bleed to get this softer side of him, I would have let those rogues tore me half to shreds when we were attacked in the woods a while b
