She nodded, then shook her head, then lifted her hand and waved it in the air before dropping it and saying, “I was, but by vampires. Though, I didn’t know they were vampires because I didn’t know there were vampires, or werewolves for that matter. It was all quite a shock when I found out and I didn’t handle it very well. But now it’s all good.”

Wild.

“Can you please give us your names?” Leah asked quietly, and Abel’s hand at my hip tightened.

“I’m Abel and this is my mate, Delilah.”

Both women smiled, but only Leah murmured, “Abel and Delilah.”

Abel looked to Sonia. “Are there many like us?”

“You mean here in Serpentine Bay, or generally, throughout the world?” she queried.

“Both,” Abel grunted.

“No to the first,” she answered. “Callum, Lucien, Gregor, and Yuri have been going out to see if they can sense any, but none since the night you were, well…attacked.”

“We’re very sorry about that, by the way,” Leah stated, leaning into the table, her head turned toward Abel and me. “It isn’t very vampire unless, of course, it’s provoked, and we know you didn’t do the provoking.”

“It isn’t very wolf either,” Sonia put in. “Unless someone is drunk or in a very foul mood or it’s Christmas.”

“Christmas?” I asked.

“That’s just the she-wolves,” she replied.

I stared.

“What we’re saying is,” Leah cut in, “this was an unprovoked attack. The King of the Werewolves and The Vampire Dominion know this, they condemn it, and they’re very sorry it happened to you.”

“We all are,” Sonia added.

“And supernaturals throughout the world?” Abel prompted without indicating he accepted their apology, though he didn’t throw it in their face.

“Thousands,” Leah said.

“Tens of thousands,” Sonia countered.

“Loads,” Leah stressed.

I felt Abel’s body, already tense, grow even tighter.

“You’ve never seen one,” Sonia guessed.

“No,” he grunted.

“I was raised by them but was having my wolf traits suppressed.” My head jerked at this bizarreness, Abel’s body grew even tighter, and she shook her head sharply as if physically pushing herself to get to the point. “Long story. That’s all good now too. But what I’m saying is, I didn’t know my kind even existed. You do. Can’t you smell the difference?”

“I can. I just never smelled one other than those who attacked Delilah and me,” Abel replied.

“Not in your life?” Sonia asked.

“No,” Abel answered.

“Interesting,” Sonia murmured.

“Why?” Abel rapped out.

This could go on for a while and the women were our guests.

Not to mention, I’d barely had a bite to eat and I was starved.