To my surprise, Aimes smiled back at them. Maybe he couldn't see their hunger for what it was, rimming their eyes in sharp crimson edges, but I certainly could.
"Oh, it's you two," he said to them, then he turned to me. "This is Ronan and Cassius. We've met several times while they were working on an agreement with Stride."
"I see." I didn't see, but at least Aimes knew them.
Maybe that meant they wouldn't eat us.
"We're sorry if we frightened you." The taller of the two, who Aimes had indicated was named Cassius, bowed slightly. "We heard the discussion and were too intrigued to be polite and go on our way."
How very creepy of them.
Even if I hadn't known they were vampires, I would've felt uneasy thanks to the admission of eavesdropping, and the way Cassius never blinked his
