STRANGER ATTRACTION
I stumbled back and gasped, my eyes snapping open to meet Horris’s burning gaze.
“Do you want to get yourself killed?” he demanded. Rising from the chair, he moved closer. His eyes blazed with a fire I had never seen—not even in his strangest moments.
Fear crawled through me, settling deep in my chest. I trembled and stepped backward, but he advanced, closing the distance.
“Ho—Horris, it’s not what you think,” I stammered, my voice shaking despite my attempt to sound calm.
“Then tell me what I think it is,” he said, tightening his grip. The pressure made my heart hammer in my chest. His expression was nothing like the calm, distant Horris I knew. This was someone else—dangerous, relentless,