It turned dark the moment we all settled, in. There was a kind of tension that held up in the air as if I was in a horror movie theater, everyone including me is waiting for the time for a deathly creature to pounce in front of the screen. I was frightened, the tension grew dark until it was thick like puffs of smoke. It hung in the air like dread, I almost brought my hand to my teeth to chew off my nails. I gripped my chair as beads of sweat forged on my hairline. The energy grew stronger by the second, it rolled off my skin and caressed me... I swear I heard it whisper “Velvet." My breath hitched and I stretched out my hand to my left, searching for one of my mate's hand, searching for comfort and safety, once I touched Alan's arm in the darkness, the energy from him directly jumped in

