The mysteriously beautiful woman glides across the room and takes a seat beside me. She smells of sweet saltwater and danger. She tosses her long, golden waves over her shoulder and smiles at me, and my blood freezes in my veins.
I wasn’t expecting to come face-to-face with her so soon… and without Ladon by my side. What am I going to do?
I can’t miss out on this opportunity. What if she leaves?
I gulp, trying to hide my trembling hands in my lap. I return her smile as bravely as I can,
“You’re new here,” she says to me as she pats the bar. Grey springs into action to get her a drink, obviously terrified out of his mind. “I’ve never seen you before.”
Her voice is like music, haunting and melodic as it flows from her blue-tinted lips.
I have to think fast. How much can I tell her? If
