It felt weird sitting across from such a rare creature. Is creature even the right word? Perhaps being or species is better. The tall, lanky man continued to busy himself, pulling out books from his large bookshelf as I sat there patiently waiting. Derek held Dahlia on his lap as she, too, eyed him curiously.
He seemed satisfied as a small smile lit up his thin pink lips, and he walked back towards us with a couple of books in his hand.
He sat down and slowly rubbed his hand over a dark purple leather-bound book before opening it.
"I have found it!" he said. I didn't quite know what he was looking for, so I smiled at him. He smiled at me as he studied me a moment before saying, "I can feel it in you,"
"Feel what?" I said nervously.
"The touch. You have it. It's faint but ther
