And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 149: Date with a Dragon

When I agreed to go to dinner with Silas, the last thing I had expected was for him to go completely all out. The mo- ment I stepped out of the white-pillared building I stayed in under Oden’s watchful eye, I was met with Silas’s smiling face.

He wasn’t dressed casually like I would have assumed, but instead was dressed in black slacks, a dark purple button-up shirt rolled up to his sleeves, and even dress shoes. His entire outfit screamed money, and from the glimmer of lust hidden beneath his gaze, I felt completely underdressed in my blue. sundress.

Stepping slowly down the stone staircase, my hand gently sliding against the railing, I stared at him with hesitation and uncertainty.

“Uh I thought you said that we were going to dinner. Why are you so dressed up?”

Laughter escaped him as he spun in a small circle holding his hands out as if to give me a better look. “Well, I wanted to impress you, Cassie. Did it work?”

Impress me? Why the hell would he want to do that?

The guy barely knew me at all.

As laughter escaped me unexpectedly, I nodded, shrug- ging my shoulders. “You can say that. You look like you’re ready to go somewhere fancy. Is that what we’re doing?”

Asking him where we were going only led to an even big- ger smile. I honestly didn’t see how his lips could spread that wide across his face, but he did look absolutely ravishing when he smiled like that. “I can’t spoil the surprise, Cassie. You’re going to have to trust me.”

Trust. That wasn’t something easily given, but deciding to try and take my own advice, I ignored my head telling me to cancel the whole thing because it was wrong and instead went with my gut urging me forward.

The night was cool, and the clear skies above made for a perfect evening. The realm didn’t have cars or any form of motor transportation like the human realm. Everyone seemed to walk here, which allowed for tons of conversation.

To which Silas never ran out of. “So, tell me a bit about yourself.”

Glancing to my left, I let a small breath escape me as I tried to figure out what to tell him. It wasn’t like I was comfort- able when it came to speaking about myself, but if I was go- ing to try and be more ‘trying’ if you want to call it that, then I would have to be.

“Well, there is a lot to know-can you be more specific?”

“Sure.” He chuckled as we passed building after building, heading down the cobbled street. The only dim

lighting. around were the fire-lit street lamps that stood along the road. “Why don’t you tell me what your old school was like? I take it you just graduated.”

no different than your schools… I mean, I don’t

to redeem myself from sound- ing any stupider than I already felt. I wasn’t sure how all this worked, and even though

okay. I’m not like the others around here. I know you don’t understand how it

feel a lot better about my current situation. As much as Silas reminded me of the fuck boys back home, so far, he

looks really could be deceiving, or I was just being stupid, and he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Either way, I was fucked because the look he kept giving me made me

think to say under the awkward circumstances, but before I could open my mouth, I realized we had left the street of the city and ended

my eyes gaze around my surroundings, I took in. the shadows of the trees and the darkness that hid

let light glisten

beautiful, isn’t it?” His question caused my gaze to shift in his direction as I quickly closed my gaping

are we out here? I thought you

my hand in his, he led me forward and past the treeline closer to the water. It was then I saw what he had set up, and the breath was slowly taken from me. Upon the ground laid a lush purple

meats, and cheeses elegantly placed with such precision that if Silas had really done all this himself, it must have taken a lot of time. “This is amazing, you did all

his hands in his pockets as he shrugged his shoulders and smiled. His hair fell softly in front of one eye, causing him to quickly brush it back on top of his head. “I wanted to make you something special. Since the moment you got here, it seems like

words he said, this

me to take a seat, and without hesitation, I did. This was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for me,

really not like how I

you mean a pretty boy that only cares about him- self and wants to get in your

over

of my question. I felt foolish to have thought what I did, and then, of course, voiced it. Silas, however, didn’t seem bothered at all. In fact, he stared at me with those hazel eyes that held so many questions and

picking up his goblet of dark red fluid and drinking it down. I wasn’t sure ex- actly what it was, but from

said before, Cassie… I know you’re not familiar with things yet. And to answer your comment from earlier,

hearing him. “How? I mean-you came

laughed, shaking his head. “Is that hard

no offense, you

I had a feeling he was going to explain. “That’s because when

to understand his

much older than my boyish good

long time, but part of me had never considered other creatures could as well. The way Silas said he was much older had me flush,

a lot of experience in life, then.” The statement caused me to

that made a heat rush through me I hadn’t expected. It was weird how eas- ily I was able to fall into conversation with him and feel com- fortable. Initially, when I met him, I felt drawn, but this was