"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

[JOSH]

As the time moved closer to midnight, the streets of Orilon emptied. Cold winds rustled the leaves fallen on the roads, lifting them, only for the wind to vanish a while later, bringing the leaves back to the ground.

Alexander nodded again, his mind seemingly miles away from the Black Hall and with steady, slow steps started walking out of the dank, dark room.  I hope it will prepare you for also losing the rest of your army, she wanted to warn him but

[EIRA]Eira's head jerked to the side and she found Nate looking at her with worry written across his face. Her hand reached up to touch her throat and she sighed when she found her body parts were intact. Nonetheless, streams of tears ran down her cheeks and she cried for a while and Nate let her. She felt mentally exhausted. For a moment, she thought she would collapse but then she remembered the dream and wrapped the vampire into a tight hug.  The dream's