Book 4: A Memorable Experience

Stavros whirled me around as we swayed to the music, lost in our own world of love. It felt so ethereal; I had to pinch myself to check. No, this was no dream. We were dancing with one another for the first time in our lives. It was almost like the first dance at a wedding party for the humans.

“I didn’t know you danced so well,” I gasped with awe. Stavros smiled at me, his eyes sparkling at my appreciation. I had always seen him watching the others dance at the grand royal balls in Aromania. Neither Zeph nor Stavros participated in any of them. It had almost made me conclude they sucked at dancing. How little I knew about him despite growing up with him!

“I do what I can. Maybe if you had danced with me, I could have shown you my dancing prowess.” With his face inches from mine, my mind was in a state of haze. The soft romantic music, his intoxicating nearness, my crazy pregnancy hormones, and my feelings for him torched a strange desire in me. I wante