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she began to tremble anyway. Everything about him screamed predator. At that moment, Ana knew exactly what a mouse felt like when a big cat had it pinned.
    Matt’s face was so close to her skin, she could feel the heat rolling off him in waves, feel the soft caress of his hair against her cheek. He didn’t make contact, but he came awfully close, taking a slow, deep inhale.
    His eyes closed for a moment and he stepped back, taking another breath. When he opened them again, they were no longer a soft golden brown. They were glowing .
    “Something you want to tell me, Ana?” he murmured. Now Matt was the one who had gone unnaturally still.
    “N-no,” she stammered. That was the God’s honest truth. She didn’t want to tell him. She didn’t want to tell anyone. Not about the vampire, or the hot and cold feeling she got from an Alpha being so close.
    “Was it given freely?”
    Ana’s eyes filled with unwanted tears. She hated what a fraidy-cat she was. “Was what given freely?” Her voice was so small, so weak, trembling right along with the rest of her.
    “Your blood.”
    Her big green eyes grew huge as they gazed up at him, shimmering with moisture. “How could you possibly know...?”
    “Because he marked you.” Ana had never seen Matt truly angry before, but in this moment, he looked downright baneful.
    She blinked, several times. Tiny liquid, crystalline prisms adorned her exceptionally long lashes. “Marked me? Marked me how?”
    Matt studied her face, as if gaging her sincerity. Finally, his stern expression softened. “You really don’t know, do you?”
    She shook her head.
    He exhaled. “A vampire’s venom is unique, like a fingerprint. If one wishes to mark you as his, all he has to do is inject a drop or two. It lets everyone else know he’s laid claim, marked you as his territory.”
    Mild shock gripped her as she sought to make sense of his words. “Kind of like how a dog pees on a tree?”
    “Something like that. But it’s rare for a vamp to lay claim.” He made a noise that sounded like a grunt in the back of his throat. “They’re known for their commitment issues.”
    “Commitment?” she managed weakly.
    “Ana, focus. This is very important. Was your blood given freely? ” he repeated.
    The question wasn’t so easily answered. She hadn’t offered her blood, nor had she explicitly agreed to let him bite her. He hadn’t really asked.
    “I-I didn’t know he would do that,” she said, trying to explain. “I thought he was just going to kiss me...” she spoke slowly, haltingly, feeling kind of stupid now for not realizing what was happening.
    “He bit you without your consent?” His eyes were glowing again.
    “Maybe he assumed I knew what he was doing.” Ana cast her eyes downward. Maybe she didn’t know, but her ignorance was no reason to make it seem like a vicious attack. She had actually enjoyed it. The brush of his lips. The feel of his cool breath against her overheated skin. Even the penetration of his fangs had felt good, almost like sex . Or, what she imagined sex would feel like. His fangs were long and hard, and in her mind, she had imagined him entering her in more places than her neck.
    “I-I didn’t try to stop him.” I didn’t want to.
    She expected Matt to look at her with disgust, or at the very least, disappointment, but he didn’t. “Of course you didn’t,” he said, barely containing his fury. “Vampires have power. The older they are, the more they have. They get inside your mind.”
    Had Vlane been inside her mind? She had felt something pressing against her consciousness, but it had been curious, probing — definitely not malicious or controlling. And she was quite sure her innate mental shields had kept him out. Maybe that was why he bit her...
    “I’m sorry to have to ask you this, but...did he do anything else?”
    “Like what?” Ana asked thickly, no doubt sounding every bit like the innocent she was.
    Matt raised his eyebrow and