-Anastasia- I really shouldn’t be in that place with Gabriel, but it seemed I had little choice in the matter, and he wasn’t lying when he said he had his own private section. We were secluded from the rest, placed on a platform higher up, and then this curtain was almost drawn over us, giving us the feeling of complete privacy, except for the glasses on my right. Yet as I sat there in that very upscale place, I felt very out of place. Gabriel, on the other hand, seemed to be in his natural environment. “Now what do you want to eat?” he questioned, taking the menu. “You really didn’t have to bring me here to talk to me.” “You didn’t want to go to my place,” he countered. “I just can’t.” “Because I’m not your first mate?” he challenged, the look in his eyes indicating he desired to k

