Natalia Andrei turned, appearing surprised to see me. I would have been surprised if I were him, too; not long ago, I had been retching the contents of my stomach into the toilet. But now I felt immensely better. Where there had once been roiling nausea and a swimming head was now just a dull ache and confusion as I tried to piece together the events of the night. “Can I sit?” I gestured to the empty armchair beside him. “Be my guest.” The casual way he responded caught me off guard. I expected him to be angry for what I had done, ruining Lilith’s banquet like that, but he didn’t look angry. Nodding, I took a seat. My green dress was rumpled, and as I ran my hands over it, I vaguely recalled Alpha David saying something strange about it. But I couldn’t remember the details. Just bit

