I silently prayed for the questions to end. If there was a God, he wasn’t listening. “Do you have feelings for this man?” Sobs wracked my body, both for my situation and for the danger my words might bring to Fen. “Yes,” I whispered helplessly. My mother released a pained sob and turned her back to where I lay. “He’s a good man,” I pled with them frantically. Daeglan grunted above me. “That’s what they want you to believe. He’s befriended you, but all he wants is to use you. Have you been intimate with this man?” “Yes,” I hissed with renewed anger. “But that’s none of your goddammed business!” “Don’t you see, Cat, he’s feeding from you. That’s what they do, they lure humans in just to feed from our energy.” Daeglan had lowered himself until his steely grey eyes met mine. His dark hair flop
