Evander POV
Alena was holding my hand and I was glad she was only human, because I was sure she would be breaking it with her death grip. As she tried to let go I held her hand tighter even when she was finally on her feet on the sidewalk. The confidence in her eyes didn’t match her trembling state and I was not ready to let her go. I needed her close to me. Well as close as she wanted me. She was dangerously beautiful as her eyes flickered between mine.
“You ok?” she asks me and I look at her confused.
“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you that?” I ask and run my thumb over her knuckles. I listen to her heartbeat quicken and try to hide my grin.
“I’ve always been ok, tonight I want to feel something else,” she says, and slowly let’s go of my hand. She steps past me and looks at me ove
