Chapter 47Several months later, Nurse Smithers looked up from the pile of papers she was sorting to stare wide-eyed at the silver-clad giants crowding the entrance hall of St. Christi"s Institute. Physically extraordinary, the sCasinage-looking bunch returned her curious gaze unwaveringly as they strode towards the desk where she was sitting. The largest, tallest man was outstandingly attractive, she noticed, as he stepped toward her, and the middle-aged spinster found herself blushing profusely beneath his piercing stare.
"M-May I h-help you?" she said, hoping she sounded casual as she met the jet black eyes fixed intently on her pudgy face. She rose in uncertainty, anxious to impress the Adonis she found gracing her presence. Surely her prayers had finally been answered. Although older
