It's been minutes since Fiel's friends left, and he's still not talking. He's just staring at me—intently, that is."Are we just going to stare at each other here, so you chose to stay with me?" The handsome doctor let out a sigh despite the girl's sharp gaze.

He studied Fiel carefully to understand him. It wasn't true that vampires didn't breathe; newborns were different from actual vampires. In Aurora's eyes, the doctor was lucky not to hunt for blood in the dead of night.

When the young man ...