Chapter 19: A Secret Place

At lunchtime, Greer ambushed Lily while she waited at the elevators. "I'm sorry," he said. "That didn't go the way I hoped."

"Oh really?" Lily asked. "Because I love being told what I'm going to do with my life."

"I was trying to help. I wanted to keep you close, and I thought that was the best way."

"By railroading my career?" Lily hissed. "I don't need you to look after me, in case you haven't noticed, I'm doing a perfectly good job on my own."

"Have you forgotten that not much more than forty-eight hours ago, you almost died?” Greer argued. “Now, look at you. It's as if it never happened. Aren’t you curious how that happened? Don't you want to know what’s going on?”

"You said I'm not a vampire, right?" Lily asked, alarmed again.

Greer shook his head. "I can assure you that you are not. At least not by my hand. Have you noticed any other strange changes lately? Can you change your shape, or do you have an overpowering attraction to the moon?"