ETHAN
We lay in contentment, the only sound in the small room behind my office being the echo of our breath. A sense of absolute tranquility washed over me, until she spoke about the mark. I had no idea she would even notice it, being human and all.
"It will stop pulsing from now on," I assured her firmly. But she gazed at me with curiosity, her beautiful eyes full of questions—questions I wasn't sure I could answer, at least not yet. From our little interaction, I could tell she had no idea about our existence, and I'm terrified of losing her, not many humans can handle the truth of our existence.
I need time, time to slowly reveal it to her without frightening her too much. But first, I want to build a relationship with her, one she would not easily cast me aside when she eventually
