A long moment of silence stretched between them, and Lucian couldn't tell whether it was a heavy silence or an uncertain one.
Valentina simply continued staring at him for a long time, her golden eyes locked onto his face, as though trying to pry into his thoughts and determine whether it was a lie he had blurted out...
But all she could feel was the truth.
And that… made her genuinely frown in confusion.
"You are weird."
Valentina finally broke the silence, her fingers unconsciously tightening around his neck again—not enough to choke him, but enough to remind him that his life was resting between her fingers.
And yet...
And yet this newborn vampire wasn't even panicking!
Lucian simply looked at her, his gaze calm enough to irritate her somehow.
"You are weird, weird. Maybe you are even crazier than me."
