"Silas! Silas!"
Her screams followed him as he braved the surface of lake Vaelmere using the strength of his legs alone.
Leaving her there was the right thing to do! There was no other alternative! Silas had to put an end to it all before he lost her.
Why? Just why did she have to do that? Only recently had they talked about a very similar situation so, why?
Did she still not trust his judgement? Living with that thought alone stung to no end.
But, considering the chance he'd cross the prince's path which was very likely since Silas was heading his way… What was he planning on doing? Arabella had asked multiple times, but the vampire failed to answer.
In the end, perhaps he too had no idea what he was doing.
It took less than ten minutes on the route to Lustris for his diamonds to spot the royal emblem brightened by the torches in the distance.
