When Alexia fell asleep that night, Cass kept recalling her friend’s advice. She was right. Despite Adrian being a vampire, her feelings didn’t change one iota. She couldn’t say she loved him just yet but she liked him a lot. She felt more at ease with him than she ever did with Andrew. She grabbed her phone from the night stand and wondered for a minute whether she should call or just send a message. It was past midnight. Would he even be awake? I’ll just send a text, she decided, chest heaving with a silent sigh. Her first try was “I miss you”. She deleted the message in favor of “I like you”, and then deleted it again to only send “Even though you’re a vampire, I don’t care.” Mere seconds later, her phone went off. Thankfully, Alexia was a heavy sleeper. “Hi,” she greeted timidly

