The Approaching Ball
He wanted to press deeper, but she bit his lips hard and did not let go until she could taste the metallic tang in her mouth. To her surprise, however, she felt her skin corroding. He grunted and his hands wrapped around her hair. It did not look like he cared about her wound and would let her go.
Elowen pressed her hands hard on his chest and pushed him away. She struggled hard for him to let her go. Her hands moved to her lips immediately, touching her skin with a mortified expression. But to her shock and confusion, there was nothing wrong. She touched it again and again, even asking Nadia to bring a small mirror for her. Yet, her skin and lips appeared perfectly normal.
She heard him chuckling again, but when she met his eyes, they were so dark that she gulped. For a second, she had the illusion that his fangs were growing and he had turned red. However, when she blinked, Lucas looked normal, like any other person.