Your boyfriend kneels in front of you, his nose bleeding violently, scrapes and cuts lover his body as he holds out a bouquet of red roses for you.

Eli had been through hell and back to get here, which was at your arranged marriage with another vampire, your husband being human and you a vampire.

His eyes fill with love, devotion, and pain, seeing you wearing a wedding dress for someone else, the soft grin on his face charming as always despite the fact he could feel his chest growing heavy.