"Come on, little brother, lie down on the bed. No need to look at me with such caution, I'm not going to eat you," Vanessa said with a smile, blinking her purple eyes as she stared at Ed's body up and down like a butcher sizing up a fat pig.
Ed, standing nearby with a chill running through him, sighed helplessly at her words. If this were their first meeting, he might have thought she, like Kaila, had fallen for his youthful body and couldn't wait to have some fun with him. Sadly, that was clearly not the case.
Ed glanced at the door, but finding no one to call for help, he could only fix his gaze on the ship's doctor.
The first time they met, she had been on the run, wearing a veil that left only her eyes visible. Now, he could observe her more closely.
