"What are you?" I whispered. My voice was barely a thread of sound, trembling as much as my body was. The air inside the SUV had grown so cold I could see my own breath misting in the dim, violet light. I stared into Eryx's eyes, searching for a spark of the man I thought I knew, but all I saw was a vast hunger that made the hair on my arms stand up.
Eryx didn't answer me with words. He didn't offer an explanation or a lie to settle my racing heart. Instead, he chose a far more effective distraction. His large hand snaked out, his fingers wrapping firmly around the nape of my neck in a grip that was both a caress and a cage. He leaned in, his face inches from mine, and I could feel the raw power radiating off him like heat from a furnace. With a sharp tug, he pulled me forward and crashed
