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"What…what did I say?" I asked

His eyes held ," heafter that Neither did I Re quiet, I kept still as I watched him until I kneas asleep, because his face relaxed and his lips parted And I kept watching hi Vulnerable Not normal, because even at rest, there was an unreal quality in the angles and planes of his face, but… I didn’t know He looked different Still insanely good-looking, but there was a quality of humanity there, and that was a relief to see, especially because I knew my life was literally in his hands

Chapter 10

MIRACULOUSLY, I actually dozed off during as probably the epito at Seth while he slept If being a creeper was an Olyold-medal worthy

I only realized I’d fallen asleep when I blinked--or at least that was how it felt--and the soft glow of h the partially opened curtains

Huh Hadn’t they been closed when I was all but catapulted into the bed? Andof rocks, but incredibly smooth The pillow had a weird beat, too

Pillows didn’t beat

My pulse accelerated as I really beca on Seth And I wasn’t really lying on hiled up in hiainst his tri on the hard slab of his lower stos was under his, the other curled around the top and soh was really close to a part of hi that close to

Oh

One of his hands was tangled in my hair, that must’ve come undone at some point, and somehow I’d ended up under the covers, which was not how I’d fallen asleep So at so Because it was so obvious I’d rolled onto hi my sleep

Crap

His chest rose and fell under my cheek in deep, steady waves He was still asleep, so I needed to solehim as my personal Pillow Pet

Man, Ithat I’d taken everywhere with me, even to the lake I’d had it withlike it was sorandparents still had it stoay--okay, who cared about the stupid Pillow Pet? Rolling oing toout from under his? Or not accidentally knee him in the--

A throat cleared softly

My heart skipped a beat ason the tall, dark-skinned girl sitting in the chair in front of the desk

Oh gosh

Erin sat there, arirl I’d o when I shuffled intoI’d had s or all-white eyeballs Her skin was sers weren’t sharpened into deadly claws She looked human Our eyesshe had told me was a lie