Ten

The drive back to the house was a quiet one, and this time the radio blasted to cover the awkward silence. Xavier had kissed me, and I had let him. I wasn’t sure how I’d face him after this. I couldn’t even handle turning my head to look in his direction. Why had he done that?

I thought he’s never dated a human, from what Natalie had said that day in the library. I had been convinced he wasn’t even attracted to my kind. So why, out of all the women throwing themselves at him, did he decide to stick his tongue down my throat?

My day had been going so well. He had been on the brink of making me think this could all work out and then he had to ruin it. My life before this hadn’t been perfect. My life has never even been close to perfect. My financial worries had disappeared since being forced to live here, and despite how nerve-wracking this has all been I was slowly falling in love with the woods, but now I’d give it up in a heartbeat with no second thought. Xavier had kissed me. This c