His words touched her. For the first time in a long time, she felt a glow of warmth in her heart. The glow made her eyes shine happily.
"Lucian-" she started to say only to be cut off when one of his family appeared. She stepped back a bit. Maria was not the best at combat. If the older vampire decided to attack her...

But he didn't. He merely teased Lucian a bit and left, giving them 15 minutes.
Only 15 minutes? It seemed like only a few seconds. So she would have to make the best of them.
She looked towards Lucian and stepped closer now that his family member was gone. "When shall we meet again angelic knight?" she asked, her smile betraying her enthusiasm. 

Then her sire had to embarrass her by calling out to them. Maria shot him the kind of look that a teenage girl gives her embarrassing father before turning back to Lucian. "I'm so sorry. My sire he..." she shrugged, hoping he would understand.

But that thought led to her thinking about their families. Her smile faltered and she looked sad. "What if your family... I don't want to cause trouble for you," she said. Troubling him was the last thing she wanted to do. 
She swayed closer, wanting to be near him, wanting to touch him and feel the electric pulse he had sent through her hand before. She had never been shy or coy before but felt both in abundance with this male. He was... perfection... utter perfection...

Had he a mate or someone special to him? She prayed not, otherwise she'd have to kick the female's ass and make her disappear. Her heart had decided on this male. She would have no other. None could possibly compare to how this male made her feel, his voice, his music that so matched her own. It was as though they were fated to find each other.
And now that she had found him, she would no lose him. If his family made him leave tonight, she would simply find him the next night. Or perhaps he would find her...? The thought made her smile brightly.