Chapter 9

Alicia

When he reached me and towered over my small body sitting in the corner he picked me up in one swift move and carried me back to the bed. Even if I wanted to struggle free my body wouldn't resist him, somewhere deep inside of me, I wanted to be in his arms. It probably was the effect his blood had on me.

He laid me down carefully, and I watched him carefully with my tear strained eyes. He tuck a tendril of my hair behind me ear and continued to study me. The minuets passed, neither of us saying a word.

When he turned his face away from me I could see that his focus was on something going on outside of this room, something was happening. It was evident that he was listening in on something; with their enhanced hearing it could be anything going on within the castle.

Suddenly he got up and charged out of the door and before I had the time to react I was all alone in m