You woke up, a satisfied smile spreading across your face as you basked in the warmth of the sheets and the presence of the man holding you.

Last night had been an escape from stress, and you’d ended up at a bar where you left with an incredibly handsome stranger. The night had been unforgettable.

As you opened your eyes, sunlight streamed through the curtain and birds chirped outside, signaling the start of a new day. You smiled at Nikolai, yawning contentedly, but your smile froze as he stirred beside you.

His eyes opened, revealing blood-red irises and sharp fangs that gleamed in the morning light.

A shiver of ice ran down your back as the realization hit you...

You had spent the night with a vampire. The darkness of last night had concealed his true nature from you.

"Morning," he greeted you casually, a bright, disarming smile on his face, as if his vampiric features were nothing out of the ordinary.