r stuck out in every direction, his face still covered in dust from the constr

oat. "You're safe here." But I wasn'

he chains of the cuffs off, then looked

ded. "A precaution. I don't know you, and I

om, probably looking for something he could use against me. The desk by the doo

upright. Color had returned to his cheeks by now, and

lly like to know what happened..." He glance

d stepped closer to the bed. "Why don't you tell me what you are, so I can explain what happened last night?"

ed as he shrugge

"What kind

is cheeks, or was that jus

s things wouldn't have drained him. I'd seen them

Red? What are you?" L

the pizza box

ldn't go too long without food or I'd get all wonky, so I'd learned

y you were in that b

off himself, he cleared his thro

my brows.

te, just columns and floors-empty at

I su

swallowed hard. "Me?"

d. "We were looking

y worst fear and greatest re

d, frowning. "A n

ouldn't make sense o

if you could get these cuffs off me, I'd feel a lot better. And you need

k you should try ex

ause that was my first thought. There we

r a moment. "Where are they?" h

assured him, but

e are

nervous, too. If they all woke up this early,

emanded, voice tinged with anger, as

like this one." I gestured around the sparse

Why separate u

ous, I could lose my temper pretty quickly, but now wasn't the time. "I saved you last night, as you pr

't kno

don't know you. Yet h

letting out a frustrated sigh. "At least tell me

I replied, keeping it vague for now. "And if you te

wed so hard I could hear it across the room. He was afraid, and righ

ce we got together. Our magic has never fit into the normal types, a

of my life. I pushed the pizza box away, my hands

witches everywhere." No, there weren

same. Our powers come

rving, yet something i

gone dry, my heart pounding faster tha

wea

. My stomach turned, rumbling l

I couldn't even put words to what I felt. Relief? Fea

meant the thoughtless things co

. I've spoken to people from every coven, young and old. I've