When you’ve been alive for 700 years or so, change doesn’t come easily. No matter how badly you want it.

I want to change. I’m trying to, but I’m being pulled apart by it.

Jeremiah sees the good in me. He wants to help me. He supports me and gives me peace. He helps calm the storm of emotions I thought I’d buried centuries ago. He makes me feel loved, and that’s terrifying. I don’t think I can lose him.

Bastian loves the violence in me. His wicked promises and seductive smile remind me of how much I like being the monster. He torments me, and chases me. He tempts me, and I don’t know if I can keep resisting his allure.

I’m stuck–trapped–between them and everything they offer. It’s becoming too much for me.

I’m trying to be good. I’m trying so hard, but there’s a new player on the scene. Someone who is even bigger and badder than I am. To defeat the imminent threat, being good just won’t be good enough. But, will giving in to my old habits destroy any hope I have of obtaining the love and acceptance I’m so desperate for?

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