Lucius’ hand was cold to the touch and probably would have disgusted me if I wasn’t a half-vampire myself. It helped, of course, that Lucius was very nice to look at, even though he didn’t seem to notice me yet. But maybe that was for the best right now. With everything going on in my life, it was probably for the best that I didn’t focus on romance or try to pursue anything with Lucius yet.
We walked to the corner of the room and Lucius disappeared into the shadows like a diver jumping into a lake. I would have hesitated, because it looked like I was going to walk into a wall, but because Lucius was holding my hand and pulling me along, I could not resist as I was pulled into the shadows.
I half-expected to walk straight into the wall, but instead I kept walking. Soon, the spare room’s
