Chapter 16: Watch Your Tone, Attendant

-Arabella-

I suddenly wake up in Ronan's bed, and the room is dark except for a slit under the door. There are voices coming from downstairs, and I assume that's what tore me away from my dream.

I instantly forget what it was, but I think I was enjoying it because I somehow feel…lighter. Like the cloud that has been hanging above my head these past few days isn't as gloomy or dark.

Nothing has really changed; I'm still here and I still have to figure out what to do about those men's threats to my family, but I suddenly feel a little more hopeful.

Ronan has shown me so many facets of his personality that I can't really make up my mind about him. I can't change the fact that he'll always be a vampire, and by nature, the cause of so many problems for humans.

But…he can also be kind. Other than locking me up or ordering me around, he's been nothing but attentive and surprisingly gentle.

Part of me thinks my mind has been unintentionally glamored by him, because I ju