Chapter 223

Stella Something strange was happening to me. Words couldn't capture the disorienting chaos spinning inside. It was like being yanked out of a black-and-white film and dropped into a world exploding with color. Colors I barely remembered from childhood shimmered around me now, pulsing with life. The library used to be all dull grays and shadows. Now it buzzed with color. After drinking his blood, it felt like his blue eyes had soaked into everything around me. I felt sharp, alert, and curious in a way I never had before. I studied him slowly. The shape of his jaw. His thick lashes. The way his skin gave off heat. He didn't look pale or lifeless anymore. His face was full of color, warmer than mine, more alive than anything else in the room. It felt like someone had breathed life into the world. "What... what's happening ?" I whispered. I wasn't pretending. I was honestly confused. Everything today had hit too hard. My senses were still overloaded—his scent, his heartbeat, the way his m