26. The Library (Part 2)

"Am I that scary?"

Jael frowned as the question left his lips. He didn't care that she was scared of him but somehow the constant smell of fear off her was starting to piss him off.

"Vampires are scary," she said.

"I see." There was nothing to dispute, she was right. The fact that she wasn't completely terrified of him considering she had been forced into the marriage showed she was pretty strong. He didn't think any human would agree to this.

He also thought she was holding out nicely, he had expected her to want to run back to her father but she seemed to be settling in.

She looked like she was about to say more but instead she turned to face the shelves staring intensely. She took a few steps away from him as she ran her fingers over the books.

"These are all human authors," she exclaimed and pulled out a book. Jael didn't see the name, he wasn't curious enough to check.

"My mother was a collector."