“Is it wrong of me to wish you had never fallen for Brook?”“Can I tell you a secret?” I asked.“If you make me cry, I will beat your ass,” ...he warned.“I’m not sure Brook is my forever girl,” I admitted for the first time out loud.This time it was her turn to look confused.“Think about it. We’re in high school. My mom assures me that I will only keep in touch with a handful of friends once I graduate. She also warned me that the odds of a high school sweetheart being your wife someday are slim to. Her skin was pale, more than other vampires’, and her long, white hair reached down to her hip.The fact she was a foot taller than him only made it all the more intoxicating a sight.Then she too blushed, and his mouth fell open further. Her dark nipples and lips turned red like her eyes, and her pale skin turned into beautiful white alabaster. It was like looking at painting.When she saw that her nudity had struck him dumb, Antoinette giggled — an actual giggle — and crawled back onto the bed. I was Tiberius. But I had no idea that there was more to the party than commemorating Caesar’s assassination. It shouldn’t have been unexpected. Alex loved excitement and this was exactly the kind of excitement she craved.The first thing that I remember about the party was that Alex was busy making everyone feel welcome. By that, I mean she flirted with all the guys. There were times that she disappeared with one of them. Eventually, it occurred to me that she was doing more than. We were to have a small reception in the Redcliffe tavern afterwards. Alistair and I both had fittings – what she thought she could accomplish in a little over a day, I wasn't sure, and I assured her that one of the dresses I already owned would be more than sufficient for the task, but she would hear nothing of it.I spent the first night wrapped in Alistair's ardent embrace, shouting his name to the skies. The second night, my last night as an unmarried woman, was different.After supper, Aedan.