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she’d created before she leaned back against the wall, her gaze flitting in concern between her two older sisters.
    Double the sisters equalled double the attack numbers. She folded her arms and leaned back against the vanity unit.
    ‘We did talk, Lei, and as far as that discussion point goes we’re done. Trying to scare me into submission isn’t going to convince me to tell Jask to let either of you go – and neither is roping Alisha in to do your dirty work.’
    Leila frowned as she took a step towards her. ‘ Scare you? Sophie, I’m trying to save you.’ She pointed back at the closed door. ‘Everyone in that room saw how you were looking at Kane. Is that not proof enough that I’m telling you the truth? You might think you have control of this but you don’t .’
    ‘Thanks for the vote of confidence, sis.’
    ‘It’s nothing to do with a vote of confidence: it’s about a reality check. Sophie, you don’t have the…’
    Sophia felt her frustration, her resentment, at the pending accusation peak. ‘The what ? The resilience? The strength?’
    ‘The temperament.’
    Sophia shook her head off the back of a curt exhale as she stood upright and took a couple of steps towards her sister. ‘I’m changing, Lei,’ she declared, her hand flat on her chest. ‘For the better. I’m trying to get better for Jask. For me. For all of us.’
    ‘Which I’ve seen.’ Leila closed the gap further, her hazel eyes soft with concern. ‘But it’s not about how hard you try – it’s about how much more powerful the serryn inside of you is. Look at what happened in there: you’re sat next to the guy you supposedly love and you’re lusting over the vampire directly opposite.’
    Sophia dropped her gaze, her cheeks flushing, irritation at the facts burning in her veins.
    ‘You didn’t even know it was happening, did you?’ Leila added. ‘Because that’s how it is. It’s like a switch. It’s her versus you. And that serryn growing inside of you each day, permeating your blood and your soul, is more powerful than you know. Right now it’s just like tremors before an earthquake, incited by arousal, but eventually it will consume you. By being in Blackthorn, the very air that surrounds you is already summoning it.’
    ‘Which is why I’m staying down here.’
    ‘And away from Jask?’
    Sophia exhaled tersely and looked away.
    ‘He has a right to know,’ Leila said.
    She glared back at her sister. ‘Staying away from vampires worked for you.’
    ‘Because I was in Summerton, miles away from here; away from as much as a hint of one. But your prey is everywhere above ground, including the pending Tryan. The serryn inside of you knows that. Their presence is like a siren call to it, especially as you’re not just any serryn. Sophie. Facing your nemesis will become a compulsion more powerful than anything you’ve ever felt. That serryn is going to be fighting to get out of you and fighting to get out of this place.’
    ‘You were with Caleb for almost three days and you managed to contain it.’
    ‘Because it was completely different. My serryn was still dormant. It was awakened less than forty-eight hours before I left that place, by which point I was already developing feelings for Caleb that were overpowering it. But I still felt it. I was battling my attraction to him at the same time as struggling to suppress what was inside me, and it was bloody hard work. You’re already days ahead of that. Look at you,’ she said, holding up Sophia’s hand so she could see the tremor. ‘You’re like an alcoholic trapped below a brewery with the fumes seeping into your senses. Whether you like it or not, that darkness growing inside of you is not going to abate – it’s going to get stronger. You have to talk to Jask.’
    ‘Listen to her. Please , Soph,’ Alisha cut in, taking a couple of steps closer.
    ‘So you can get back to Jake?’ Sophia snapped.
    Her little sister’s eyes flared at the accusation.