44 - Prom Night (Part 4)

"What was that?" Bella asked with widened eyes. "A vampire? Eira, I'm scared!" Her breathing turned ragged.

Her arm instinctively reached and grabbed Eira's arm but the witch didn't allow herself to panic.

"Bella, you should go." Eira advised her but she shook her head.

"I'm not leaving you," She said.

Eira felt her hand growing clammier and colder with each passing second. With Bella's arm still around her, she walked towards the origin of the screams. They started to fade until the night was silent except for the restless running feets outside.

Panicked girls and boys ran out of the room in a hurry, not caring if they stepped on each other's dresses. Some were crying, a few screaming. There was absolute chaos and Eira looked for Damien's face in the crowd.

Had he attacked someone?

No, he couldn't. It was too risky a task even though he seemed to not care.

Finally, Eira reached the bathroom, the door of which was partially open. She touched it slightly and let it open fully be