Deepening Attraction
Callen’s assault had demolished my confidence. I blinked at Nicole for a second, my brain unable to craft an appropriate comeback. Brushing past her, I headed for where my fire detected Lukas among the crowd, a hard lump forming in my throat. When I reached his side, I touched his upper arm and softly asked him to drive me home.
When we crossed the Regnitz into Alterlangen, I finally managed to choke out Nicole’s terrible claim. While I believed what Lukas told me a week before—that he had fought an attraction to me since we first met in high school—his sister’s statement introduced doubts into my mind. They ate away at my certainty, aggravated by my inability to counter Callen’s potent darkness. I was not worthy to be Leitalra of Erlangen or any other Teuton city. M
