Page 10 of Demon Shock

“Most humans scream when they first see us or hate us because we look different. Thank you for not screaming.”

Don’t you dare scream, Ava,I told myself as I stared at his very non-human eyes.

A golden outer ring surrounded his yellow-green irises and vertical pupil. Vertical like a cat’s. His ears were pointed, too, and clearly visible, thanks to his close-cropped hair.

It all looked real. How?

The tip of his ear grew darker as I stared, and he reached up to rub his ear. The gesture screamed nervousness.

I was makinghimnervous?

“I think I missed a lot while I was here,” I said faintly.

He nodded slowly. “I think so, too.”

“Would you like to come inside the cabin? I’d really like to hear about what happened.”

Without waiting for his reply, I turned off the bathroom light and closed the door behind me.

The chaos in my brain whispered that he might kill me before I reached the front. But it also said I’d probably die of some mysterious sickness anyway, so I didn’t see how my fear even mattered.

CHAPTER FOUR

GYRIK

I’d finally done it.After weeks of searching for more survivors, I’d found a female.

Ava.

She was the prettiest female I’d ever seen. Her soft, straight brown hair reached the middle of her back and smelled sweet, like her skin. I watched it sway as she turned away from me.

My gaze swept over her length. Most females had to look up at us. Ava was no different. The top of her head had reached my collarbone when she’d hugged me. I could still feel the way her cheek had pressed against my chest, right over my heart. Had she heard how hard it had beat from her sudden embrace?

I couldn’t believe how she’d welcomed me. She hadn’t been angry or eager to leave. She actually wanted to talk to me even more, and I was glad. I liked the sound of her voice. It was low and soft.

When she’d looked up at me, her eyes had reminded me of the sky heavy with storm clouds, blue and grey. Her gaze hadn’t held any hate. Only a little fear. And I didn’t think it was because of me. She didn’t seem to know what had happened to her world.

Would it be smarter to call Bram, Will, and Zach to talk to her? I listened to how her heart raced and watched her tuckher trembling hands into her pockets as we retraced her steps around the cabin in the dark. I knew she would probably feel more comfortable with her own kind. Yet, I hesitated to get them.

She’d huggedme.

The feel of her arms around my waist lingered. I didn’t want her to hug the others. Perhaps she would hold me again if I was the only one there. I really wanted that. She was the first female ever to hug me.

When she reached the door, she paused and looked back at me. Her gaze held mine then flicked to my ears briefly before sweeping over me from my head to my feet.

Her study made me nervous. Would she grow to hate me like the others? I tried to remember everything I’d learned about women.

Don’t look at her breasts.

Don’t tell her she’s pretty first. Tell her she’s smart.

Don’t ask to see her pussy.

Don’t say the word pussy.

Don’t think of her pussy.

Because I was thinking of her pussy, I wanted to look down even though she was clothed and I knew I wouldn’t see anything.

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