Chapter Five
When I first met Caleb, I felt it immediately. It was a pull, invisible, a cosmic current that sucked me toward him. His eyes were the first thing I noticed. They were this bright hazel, or amber, and there were these shiny flecks in them, as if someone had sprinkled silver shards into his irises.
- Excerpt from Cat Couple, Monster Magazine 03, by contributing author Anastasia Siroccos. Printed with expressed permission.
ANASTASIA
Anastasia Siroccos hummed in delight as a bite of teriyaki eel, her favorite, melted in her mouth. Not many people liked eel, but then again, Anastasia was not like many people.
“It really is delicious,” she said, l*****g her lips. “Trust me.”
Across from her sat a man, and in the dim lighting his face was all sharp lines and angles. A dark sha
