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different than the average male specimen?"
    Finally Janel came back to herself. "Well Olivia, c'mon, look at these guys. They are not your average hotties..." With a chuckle Alex said, "No, not average at all." I haven't known these two men long but anyone could see Alex was more easygoing than Roberto. He was quick to smile.
    He kept things light. Roberto, now he was one serious dude. Maybe that's why I had reacted the way I did. Alex represented fun and games. Roberto was more like me. Serious by nature, a bit conservative, yeah that's it; I was taken in by both of them because they both offered something I needed. It always makes me feel better to analyze and put things in order.
    Alex said to Roberto, "May I?"
    "Sure, don't scare them though," he warned Alex. Alex laughed, "Don't worry, scaring them is the last thing I want to do."
    Alex walked over to a side table made of marble. With no effort at all he picked it up and began to pump iron with it. Janel and I gasped.
    Alex put the table down, "Please, be my guest, try to move it."
    Janel walked over to the table and placed both hands on the table and pushed. Nothing. It didn't budge.
    "Okaaayyy. Now that was a bit freaky." I said. Alex moved so fast I didn't even see him until he was cradling me in his arms.
    "What the heck? Put me down."

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    Alex gave me a crooked grin and set me on my feet.
    "Well, I will admit, that is not normal." Roberto moved over to stand close to Janel and Alex leaned into me so close I was sure he was going to kiss me. I once more found myself wanting him to. Instead of a kiss, I got the shock of a lifetime when two sharp incisors slid down from the top of his mouth. Janel and I screamed in sync so it sounded like stereo. The screams would have been comical in any other situation. But this was anything but comical. Roberto and Alex looked like they were bored. Alex sat back down and crossed his legs and Roberto leaned against the fireplace.
    "VAMPIRES!!! God damn bloodsucking vampires." Janel screamed.
    I grabbed Janel by the arm and backed up in the direction I thought the door was. I didn't want to turn my back on the vampires.
    Alex said "Ohhh, please calm down babe. If we wanted to hurt you we could have done it at anytime. We could have waited until you were asleep."
    "Alexander, you are not helping the situation." Roberto sighed.
    "Ladies, please sit down. Alexander is correct though he is a bit tactless. We have no desire to hurt you."
    "Why would we believe you? We don't know you, we don't know what you are and we're getting the hell out of here." His next words stopped me in my tracks. "Don't you want to learn about your gift? The sweet scent you sometimes encounter."
    Dread filled me as I looked at Roberto. Alex was looking at me with what appeared to be compassion. This couldn't be happening. I felt a crushing panic bubble up within me. No one could possibly know about my strange ability.
    "How do you know about that?" I managed to say.
    "I know you smelled a sweet scent when you come into contact with Alexander and me. I also know you probably have encountered it before, by the look on your face. If I'm guessing correctly it most likely has been not in the best of circumstances. Am I correct in this assumption?"
    "Yes." I whispered as I thought of Mae and the others. Janel said, "If you know what this is then you have to tell her. You have no idea what a burden it's been to her."
    "Janel, please." I said giving her a pleading look. "Look, you got my attention and we'll sit back down and listen to your wild stories but I don't trust you and when you're finished, Janel and I are going to pack our bags and leave this place. We don't want to be involved in any of this crazy stuff."

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    "Fair enough, but I should warn you that you are already involved in this crazy stuff. You see Ms. Sherman you too, are of a different species.