Somewhere in the back of my mind I may have thought of Alexis as a love interest but not anymore. He was seriously scaring me, and I hadn't even asked him the questions I needed to ask!

He and the female Vampire conferred without speaking. She glanced at me periodically, but Alexis did not.

They talked for so long that I had time to examine my surroundings. Somehow I didn't think that I was in a room. I kept rubbing the toe of my shoe on the floor to see if it was solid ...