Chapter Thirty-Four

It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop on the grass twenty feet below.  I was sure of it.  This type of silence was abnormal and concerned me.  I’d been locked in my room since Rufus discovered me at the cave, with only the information Elizabeth was able to share with me to tell me what was happening in the outside world.  She’d yet to come to my room, so I waited impatiently.

She was late.

It was near noon before a strange serving woman brought my food to me.  Since I was ravenous from not eating since the night before, combined with being pregnant with vampire child, I dove into my fare with very little thought as to why Elizabeth still hadn’t come to my room or why this strange serving woman was bringing me food.

I failed to monitor my food intake and was soon feeling ill from gorging myself with a trencher made of fresh, crusty bread that was filled with perfectly seasoned mutton stew. I’d left nothing behi