After half a heartbeat, Angelique blinked, and understood. Unconsciously, one hand crept up to her throat, just beneath the fold of the white collar of her shirt. She remembered the fangs Kersen had shown her. "I didn't realize you could..." Smell her. It felt too dangerous to say those words.

"Is it difficult for you?" Angelique asked more quietly. "That is, do you want to... ?"