"You've had chances before but now it's too late. I am no longer taking your word for it,"
His eyes reopened, casting her own reflection back to her, so small… Just as small as the feeling haunting her.
"I swear I was going to tell you!" she cried, her heart threatening to spill out her mouth.
The silence that followed from him gnawed at her guts, but the look he gave her the next second made her regret wishing for a reaction from him.
"I am sorry," he spoke calmly after a sigh.
"Wha…," Arabella was not allowed the courtesy of finishing her question.
Indeed, Silas swept her off her feet so fast, the air was nearly completely sucked out of her lungs. Even gasping or screaming wasn't an option.
The vampire did not stop cutting the distance between them and the destination only he knew.
With the speed at which he went, oxygen became scarce, syphoning every ounce of energy left in her.
