The day went by in a flash, it was a busy day, we finally got progress reports from the mining locations and Martin was really making some progress with the engineers and the prototypes. Before I knew it was 6 o'clock and I had to be at the restaurant to prove to Kaiba I really am never late. I quickly changed into a deep purple dress with a scooped neck like and low cut back. I went ahead and left my nude colored high heeled wedges on and put on a pair of 5 karat diamond dangling earring. By the time I had changed and fixed my hair in my private bathroom I only had 20 minutes to get to the restaurant if I wanted to be early. I quickly got my other clothes in the bag and practically ran to the elevator. Once I got down to the parking garage I key started my car and opened the back door to hang my clothes. I decided to drive a little modestly and settled for one of my Audi coups. I pulled out of the garage and had 10 minutes to drive to the restaurant which according to the car's GPS it was going to take me 15 minutes to get there. Challenge accepted GPS, let's race. I slammed down the gas petal and jumped on the highway going almost 90 MPH. I made it to the restaurant with 5 minutes to spare, and didn't hit a single red light. I pulled up to the valet and handed them my keys, I gave them my shortened version of 'If you damage my car I'll kill you' speech, and walked inside. I was greeted by a well-dressed blonde with red lipstick and a pin up hairstyle; I told her I was dining with a man who had a reservation. She looked at me strangely, I figured it was because I showed up without the person who made the reservation, but I didn't explain further and she asked for the name the reservation would be under. Before I could speak a man who appeared to be a waiter approached the stand.

"Yes, ma'am we've been expecting you. Please follow me this way." He said politely and started to walk into the dining room.

I gave an apologetic shrug and equally confused smile to the hostess who was just stared confused after me.

"You're table is right this way." He said and continued in to the section where the tables were all nestled in nooks and separated from each other. It was a very private setting. The waiter stopped and stepped aside and I saw Seto Kaiba sitting at the table inside one of the private nooks with a smirk on his face. He was wearing a dark blue suit with a red patterned tie and red pocket square. The waiter pulled out my chair for me and I gracefully sat down and then he placed a cloth napkin on my lap before bowing and walking away to leave us alone.

"You told me not to keep you waiting, yet here I am waiting on you." He said still with the smug look on his face.

I looked down and checked my watch; it said it was 6:55.

"According to my time I'm 5 minutes early, and it's not my fault if my company showed up sooner than I did. How long have you been here anyways?" I questioned.

"Since 6:30, I wanted to make sure to be here before you so I could wait." He said and his smug smirk only deepened.

I glared at him and took a sip of the water in front of me. I set the water back down and touched the bottom of my lip to make sure my lipstick didn't smear.

"It's fine, you look fine. I guess I should say you look beautiful tonight. Much different style of clothing than the first time we met." He said coolly, and I blushed. When we met at the arena I was wearing skinny jeans, riding boots, and a long sleeved white V-neck shirt and pink camisole under it with my hair pulled up into a stylish messy bun. My make-up was simple and I didn't bother with contouring, I think the whole outfit (make-up and all) took 10 minutes. Today I did the full works, hair styled just right, all the make-up I own is probably somewhere on my face; smoky eye, winged eyeliner, fake eye lashes, contoured face with bronzer, highlighter, and blush, and my favorite matte nude lipstick. I even wore my most expensive perfume one that if I put on too much I sneeze for 5 minutes straight. Damned over sensitive wolf sense of smell.

"You look very handsome yourself; the red really brings out your eyes." I said sweetly. Kaiba reached up and straightened his tied after I pointed out its benefits. I gave soft chuckle. "Have you eaten here before? I must admit I haven't had much French cuisine before." I said overlooking the paper they provided of what the chefs have picked for today's courses.

"I haven't, I saw it was new and the best restaurant, the reservation list is backed up a month, but that is only for people who don't know how to get what they want." He said smugly.

I laughed, "Remember how I said you don't have to flash your power to me? It's only impressive to those who can't do it themselves."

Kaiba ignored my jest and took a drink of water. "How is your brother enjoying the academy?" He asked and sat back into the chair.

"I talked to him on Monday and he was loving it, he loves the curriculum and all the classes he's in. He was studying for an upcoming test so I didn't talk long." I said happily, I like that remember about my younger brother's enthusiasm.

"How are you handling it?" He asked

Now I couldn't tell if he was just trying to be nice or if he actually cared how I was coping without my younger brother around. I looked up at him with a slight concerned look before answering. "It's quiet, and the house feels even bigger now, I miss him, but it's not like I can't see him." I said still trying to figure Kaiba out. "Our house is like three mansions placed front to back, we each get our own large mansion essentially, but without Corey now one house is completely empty and unused."

He just looked at me unaffected by sheer size of our house in description. The waiter appeared and asked if we had in questions about the courses tonight and if we would like to have the wine that has picked to pair with tonight's meal. Kaiba declined the wine, but I accepted. I like drinking when I don't have to worry about a hang over the next day. The waiter bowed again and left to start bring us the first course.

"Do you drink often?" He asked

"I wouldn't say often, but I do drink yes. Do you not?"

"Not often, I don't have a taste for wine; it's all dry and bitter to me." He replied.

"Then what do you drink?" I asked

"Brandy, Whiskey, Bourbon, Scotch, mostly, but I don't think any of those pair well with French cuisine." He said and pick up his water again.

I laughed; I didn't peg him as a Scotch man. "My father liked scotch too, he said he like the way he could feel it burn in his chest. He said the longer the burn lasted that's how you knew when you had a good barrel."

"I heard your parents were murdered by a crazed man, and that man ended up getting mauled by some sort of animal." He didn't sound sympathetic but more interested by unusual nature of the whole story.

"Yeah, I and Caleb were 14 when it happened, Corey was 5. It was just some freak incident, just some man finally snapped and went on a killing spree, I just nature took care of him for us." I lied.

"That is quite the crazy out come." He said almost like he knew the real story. I looked across at him confused by what he trying hint at. "You have to agree Miss Argent; your family has had some unusual events happen in the past."

"I guess I don't know what events you're speaking of Kaiba." I said starting to get defensive, what was he playing at?

"You're parents, many of your cousins, all killed by the same man and then that man is suddenly found in the mountains ripped apart by an animal, but officials could never identify or find the creature. And that's man's daughter said to have an episode of mania and killed her mother, said she mauled her, ripped her throat out and ate her heart. You have to admit it's all quite strange." He said staring straight into my eyes.

I was overcome by rage; I stood up to quickly for any normal human and was standing next to Kaiba and forcing him up before he knew what was happening. I grabbed Kaiba by the elbow and easily made him stand.

"What do you want? What are you doing? What is all this about? What have you heard? How do you know the details of my family tragedy? What are you getting at Kaiba?" I said trying my hardest not to let any hint of wolf show. Kaiba just looked down at me, he was trying to act cool and completely un-phased by my sudden rage and my strength, but his eyes told the truth and so did the sudden changes in his body; he was afraid of me. I quickly let go of him and stepped back to calm myself and I could hear the waiter approaching.

"You said we were equals, that we were the same, but something isn't the same, I'm just trying to figure out what that is. You're different; your whole family is different than any other blue blooded family in every business. No one has ever tried to compete with you; no one ever gets a drop on your company. I want to know who you are so I looked into your family's murders and hacked into police files to get the details." He said sitting back down.

I remained standing, "You should stop before it get yourself in trouble, or put yourself danger. You don't know what you're doing by digging into those files, it could get you killed." I warned

"Is everything okay over here?" the waiter asked confused by what was going on between us.

"I was just leaving, sorry for the inconvenience, but something has come up and I must excuse myself." I said sternly and walked towards the front where they had my purse. I retrieved my items and went to get my car. I waited for them to pull my car around when I could smell Kaiba walking up behind me.

"I have nothing left to say to you Kaiba, if you know what is good for you you'll forget everything you think you read in those files." I said without turning around.

"Did you know its 45 degrees out here and you're without a coat, not even shivering and no goosebumps on your skin." He said as if I was oblivious to the weather. "I felt that heat coming off your skin when our hands touched the other night, your skin is unusually warm, I felt a jolt of electricity run through my body too, everything was enhanced in that moment I could see color more vivid that usual, I smelt everything thing more intensely. You did that to me, I don't know how, but I know you felt it too."

I turned around to face him and right then my car pulled up to the curb. So he did feel it, could it really be what I think it is.

"If you want to know how I did it get in the car." I said and walked around to driver side. Kaiba got in as I closed the door, and once he closed his door I sped off. We sat in silence for a long time and it wasn't until we were getting out of town that he spoke.

"You're supposed to be telling me how you did it now taking me on a scenic tour of the country side." He said light heartedly, but I could hear his heart rate start to increase, he was becoming afraid for his life.

"I never said that I would tell you, but I'm going to do you one better and show you. Your heart is beating out of your chest, I'm not going to kill you Kaiba, if I was going to I wouldn't have invited you into my car, I would have forced you, of course there were people around so I couldn't have done it without making a scene." I said never taking my eyes off the road.

"How do you know my heart rate?" he asked confused

"I can hear it." I said calmly. "I can hear your pulse; I can hear the blood rushing in your veins. I can hear your breathing too."

"That's not possible." He said a little scared by the possible truth.

"Did anything in my voice sound like I was kidding Kaiba?" I asked finally looking at him.

He didn't answer, but the fear inside him was growing and was becoming so strong I could start to smell it. I turned and started up the long drive way to my house.

"Is this your estate? You weren't kidding about the size." He said impressed.