"Huh?"
Eve's heart squeezed in her chest as her lungs tightened.
"Do you know how to keep a secret?" Malakai asked again, gaze pinning her still.
She nodded.
"I…do." What could he be hiding?
His hands came around the back of her head, thick fingers wrapping around her neck to keep her rooted where he wanted her.
"Look into my eyes, Eve," he said.
Eve couldn't look away even if she wanted to. Those golden iris aflame sucked her in, they kept her hypnotized, and she was amazed, watching them brighten, lit aflame like they could consume her.
"Oh…my gooddess…"
The sudden fuzzy dizziness that filled her brain made her body numb. "What…what are you—"
It did, it pulled her in and suddenly, she was in a place she'd never seen before, below an oak tree, the ground beneath her feet, tickling with the short grasses and a root of flowers growing every five feet distance.
