There was a time I would have felt awkward and uncomfortable being the center of attention. When having the focus of all these powerful, older paranormals aimed directly at me while I spluttered and hummed and hawed over what to say and where to put my hands while I worried if I had something on my face drove me to distraction and uncomfortable silence while blushing furiously and wishing I could fall into a hole in the world and vanish forever.

Once. Not anymore, it seemed. ...