I ate my food in silence. Until now, I couldn’t get Vladimir out of my mind. I recalled myself coming to him, mesmerized by beauty when I first came back, here in the house. I shivered at the thought of him tilting my neck and putting his sharp canine teeth on my skin.
“Are you okay, Sai?” Paul asked as we ate dinner.
I nodded, but after a while, I shook my head. I raised my head and met his eyes. “Paul, you said one of the many of Selena’s children. What do you mean by that?”
Paul took a deep breath, perhaps hoping that I would let go of the topic. “Werewolves and vampires, Sai,” he answered.
I took a spoonful of mashed potato into my mouth, silencing myself. I still couldn’t bring myself to believe what I was seeing after my third eye had been opened.
“I don’t like it when you’re
