Chapter 5
“Thank you,” whispered Merlon, squeezing her hand gently.
“Wh… what for?” stammered Cherry, confused by his proximity.
She pulled her hand away from his. The brief touch had sent a tingling sensation right down to her toes, and her heart was beating faster.
“For everything – for calling Aerios and for being with me.” He looked at her intensely. “Above all, for being with me.”
His gaze made her nervous. She had never reacted to a man as much as she was reacting to him. Perhaps it was because he was not human. Perhaps he was able to influence her somehow, like a vampire could influence its victim. How could she know whether he was dangerous? She did not know him and did not know what he was capable of. She had learnt that appearances could lie. Evil men did not always look evi
