"I don't want to wear this," Arina said as she lifted up the veil covering her face.
Carlisle tilted her head up, so that he could see her eyes. His fingers gently touched the edge of her eyes. "You have beautiful bird eyes. Not everyone can appreciate that."
"Of course I have bird eyes, I am a bird. You're humans that's why we're different," she said seriously.
Here it goes again, Carlisle thought. Her brain omitting anything that linked her to human.
"Not everyone is like me, Arina," he smiled in a way that he knew would make him look charming. "Let's keep it that way." He gave her forehead a tiny little tap and then released the veil, so that it covered her face once more.
At that moment, Arina was happy that a veil covered her face. She could feel her face getting warmer. Why did he smile like that? Arina thought in annoyance. He was definitely not like that before. Before? Did she know him? She furrowed her brows in confusion.
