Evelyn POV
Orion leads me through the place and past a lounge room. Then, we enter the kitchen and he walks me to a sliding door. He slides it open, and I am blasted by the cold, crisp air of the night. Stepping onto the balcony, Orion points to some chairs. I sit on one, peering over the side. I see we are very high up; the lights below look like fairy lights against the snow-covered rooftops.
“Don’t ever run from him. Thaddeus is more predator than human,” Orion says, making my eyes snap from the view to him. I watch as he lights up a smoke, and my mouth falls open. He lectures me every time he follows me out for a smoke at work. He chuckles softly, “What?”
I raise an eyebrow at him, and he passes the packet to me, and I pull one out. Orion flicks the lighter, cupping the flame so I
