Chapter 208: Eternal Ties

Pleasure surged through Zande with an intensity she had never known, a sensation so powerful it felt like a raging firestorm sweeping through her. It was sweet, hot, and all-consuming. The ecstasy was beyond anything she could have imagined, leaving her breathless and overwhelmed. This feeling was eternal, impossible to escape, a part of her now. There would never be a Zande without Jacob, just as there would never be a Jacob without Zande. They were bound together, connected in ways that went beyond the physical. She would need him—his body, his blood, his soul—for the rest of her days. And he would need hers. Terrified by the depth of the bond they had created, Zande gasped and closed the tiny punctures on his skin where her teeth had pierced him. She clung to Jacob as if he were the only solid thing in a world that was rapidly falling apart around her. He was her anchor, the one thing she could hold onto when everything else seemed to be unraveling. Immediately, Jacob's arms wrapp