SIS'

" the m

he was gone. The doors shut behind me. I w

dea what the protocol was, only that if I broke it, I wouldn't even feel pa

ile repeating the same mantra in my head.

ips I wanted to cry again, and I'd never thought of myself as an overl

rom a silver throne. His hair was impossibly light, almost white, his eyes a glowing

" He repeated the same th

er and hoped it wouldn't be the last thing I uttered.

nding me to my knees. From my fingers down to my toes, I wanted to touch him. I wanted to taste him. It was

ne so sensual, so strong in his sexuality that he couldn't help but give off pheromones by merely breathing. Our books hadn't mentioned

me want to whimper aloud. I wanted to touch him, any part of him, even his

ack and laughed. "T

," a woman sai

s sha

I." He

his head, barely

phanie, let m

er eyes, "every day. Now sit down

sn't just beautiful, but flawless — her eyes were the same bright blue, and she was wearing one of the dresses I'd seen at Nordstr

oice chimed in my hea

nod in her direction. When my eyes fell on th

ere," the man barked,

ispered. "I'm

lders and black eyes that seemed to see right through me; his smile was attractive but predatory, and I was

ferent from

e tip of my tongue to ask, but I thought better of it wh

terrified me to go over those chapters in class. They were unpredic

ne of the most dangerous creatures to humans, he was proving the te

chimed in, this one deep, smooth, soothing… like

o the man next to the werewolf and

s gor

almost like I was staring at stars. His skin was smooth and light. Dark brown h

sy come to life, I quickly averted my ey

e my body tingle. "Are you a

ot at all." Slowly I lifte

hours together shortly." His smile suddenly dropped as if the idea sad

id of, maybe I was better off

stare-down with the man. Only vampires had green eyes, so I imagined that wa

e. He shared a look with the others and leaned back in his chair, while the other three seemed to s

w, I'd had no idea what immortals I'd be meeting with, and I wracked my brain trying to think

for my brain and survival instincts to kick

the scream to s

lder, the pain I felt at that touch was so life-al

. "Don't you know you are to kn

ugh clenched teeth. "I

. Because if it does, yo

es

ough my body like he was trying to freeze every vein I had, the

tion to that part of my studies. To look away was like experiencing the greatest pain imaginable because, as a hum