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Before I decide, I hear a loud commotion coming from the other end of the hall. My curiosity piques, and I head toward the noise of thrashing and arguing.
As I turn the corner, I spot two dark elves dragging a human woman between them. She flails against them, but her movements seem weak, even for a human. I stand there wondering what they are even doing with her as she doesn’t smell disgusting like the others when her eyes lift to me.
Something strikes me deep in my core as I stare at her, and my breath catches in my throat. My chest constricts, and my feet seem rooted into the ground.
Her eyes are a crystal-clear blue, so icy that they nearly look translucent as they watch me. I find myself frozen underneath her gaze, and I swear time itself stops in her presence.
It feels like everything about her engulfs me, and I no longer can hear the roar of the people on the other side of the door or smell the sour scents of the building. No, all I can see or feel or think of is her.
I’ve never felt something so all-consuming like this, and it's like my soul is being sucked from my body as she passes by me. My body aches to go to her, but I don’t move. For a fleeting moment, I swear I don’t remember how to.
I would have stayed there all night just staring at her, letting her gaze pin me in place, if it weren’t for the dark elves. They drag her around the corner, breaking our eye contact, and it jerks me out of my daze.
Still, I don’t move, even as my senses come rushing back in. I can hear and smell everything again, and I even take a few stumbling steps forward.
Her gaze has left my body feeling tingly and off-kilter, which is extremely unusual for me. I am known to be so disciplined now, but the way my heart is pounding and adrenaline is rushing through me proves that something revolutionary has just occurred.
My mind replays the scene over and over as I try to make sense of it. It’s been so long since I’ve felt anything remotely close to that, and I need to understand what happened.
How did this human pull that out of me? What was she?
My body starts to burn with a fire that I don’t know how to tame as I think of her, and the only thought that I can process is that I need to go after her. I’m not sure if what I just experienced was pleasant, but it was more than the usual numbness that I have grown used to.
I ache to understand it, to explore it more, but I have waited too long. I pace down the hall, but I have no idea where they have taken the girl.
It seems that my questions are answered as the room below roars to life, announcers shouting. Normally, I would ignore such a commotion, but with my body heightened and my head in such a weird place, I find myself rushing toward the VIP door.
I'm not sure why, but I thought that maybe all that noise could actually solve something for me.
