an eighteen year old girl with dark skin and chocolate brown eyes lifted the letter lightly from the floor and inspected it . i suddenly wanted to flap my wings and crow like a rooster . and then after five minutes everyone , stop writing . do n't ask me how , but i know . she 'd had plenty of boyfriends despite her torch for cade , but she 'd only slept with a few of them . `` can i tell her to stop pacing ? '' not anything close to the way he felt about eve . 