Say something! the voice in my head says. Keep the conversation going! If I'm going to stay here, then I need to be able to talk to him without having images of the Night That Shall Never Be Mentioned flashing in my head the whole time.

"Uh, I've never slept in a bed that big," I blurt. "Or stayed in a room this fancy. It's a little intimidating."

He chuckles in that deep, rumbling way of his. "Intimidating? It's only a room."

"And I'm a girl from ...