Chapter 16 – New Friends

• “I wasn’t quite brought from home,” Anton says with a little shrug, smirking at Laila and clearly enjoying himself. “But I wasn’t called up, either.”
• “Then where did you come from?” Laila asks, looking at him with her wide eyes. Her dark brown irises, I note with curiosity, are larger than mine or any human’s, giving her face an innocent and wonderous charm.
• “I’m straight from your dreams, baby,” Anton says, his smirk deepening as he gives her a wink.