The most Sam’s ever seen of Matthias’ true nature is the way his eyes shift from dark to eerily pale when he’s plucking that delicious guilt from the air. The rest Matthias keeps solidly under wraps. Regular humans would be too frightened. And, frankly, they’re too fragile for a monster.

Some of that monster still remained as he gazed over at Sam. Then he snorted a laugh.

“You have strange tastes, Su-bin.”