Severed Bloodline

*Low groans echoed through the dark, ice-cold room, the pungent stench of blood thick in the air. Kaelen stepped inside with a casual gait, his sharp gaze locking onto his cousin’s vacant, lifeless eyes.*

*Dominick and Stefan had both been slaughtered the night they reclaimed Cella, but Kaelen had made a deliberate choice to keep Nate alive.*

*For the past week, he had subjected Nate to relentless