Chapter 89

My eyes immediately flicked to the vampire I knew must be Cain. He was tall and imposing, his features just as Maria described them. His unnatural eyes burned with such maliciousness I almost took a step back. My Wolf could recognize the aura of pure evil that he emitted, and I tried not to visibly shudder. A lazy smirk made its way across his features as he took me in. "And here I was, thinking you'd be a no-show," he drawled lazily. "What do you want?" was my short response. "In such a hurry…don't you want to get to know me first?" The smirk grew. "I'll have you know, Skylar, that letter took a while to write." I did not like his arrogance, the way he was treating this all like a game. My name sounded like poison coming from his lips. I heard the vampire holding Anne snicker cruelly. "Enough playing around," I snapped, trying to be brave despite my inner turmoil. "Why did you want to meet me here?" "Call it…scientific c