Alex feeling guilty.

ALEXAKIS.

I wasn't sure if what I was about to do was a smart thing but what I did know was that I was desperate. And wise decisions were never ever made on the brink of desperation.

I turned to look at the man I'd met earlier, the man who'd offered me a job earlier and although I could tell that I was about to make a very bad mistake, I couldn't help but stretch out my hand towards him and watched silently as he took my outstretched palm in his, his grip firm.

I thought about the way to tell him I wanted the job he offered but I couldn't since it wasn't so long since I became a human, learning how to speak like them was hard.

He laughed immediately, which wasn't an expression I'd expected and I waa confused as to why that was. Before I could confront him as to his laughter, his hand came down on my shoulder and he squeezed it, using that limb to draw me close to him.

His breath smelled like cigar and that fact was solidified when he drew a tobacco pipe from his pocket and lit it,