“Holly,” he greeted when his eyes caught mines,” are you alright?”

I nodded, hoping he doesn’t take another step closer. I could almost feel the tingling on my skin at the nearness of his body. It made me both nervous and slightly lustful.

“I’m alright, how are you?”

“I’m okay, I just wanted to check on you-“

“I’m okay, you don’t have to do that.”

“Yes I do, I’m the reason you’re in this mess in the first place.”

I didn’t know how to reply to that and so I stayed silent.

“You won’t be here much longer, I’m trying to get a hold of an old friend of mines at the Council-“

“Like that’ll work.”

He’s expression flashed with something like confusion,” I know it feels like you’re going to be stuck here for a while but I’m trying to find a way that I can help, there’s another full moon coming in a couple days, if I convince father to preform another ritual-“

I felt the tears sting my eyes as I snapped,” another ritual won’t work Damon! It didn’t work the first time what makes you think the second time will make a difference?”

I immediately felt guilty but I knew this was my way of trying to explain to him when he wonders tonight why I had escaped. Before he had the chance to reply, two guards approached us.

“Sir,” they greeted Damon,” your presence is required at the quarters, as well as hers.”

“What,” I looked at them in confusion,” why? For what?”

I didn’t have time to talk to the King and Queen, especially not when I had to find the tunnel and meet Dimitri in less then an hour.

spine and I immediately knew that this was it. This

Council is here,

Chapter 18

bust open the gates to the quarters to relieve the inside where the King and Queen sat on their thrones as usual. The first thing I noticed was that the room had tons of people in

King

tried to catch sight of a clock somewhere but couldn't find one. I attempted to push away any nerves and glanced at Damon who had already begun marching towards the thrones. He hesitated no time in demanding," father

I could tell that his skin had a sudden hint of scales like reptiles and tried

I wondered if he was what Asia had

this time it was a girl, she had a high brown ponytail that ended at her mid-back. She had glowing brown skin and

Ameera," Damon

out of the group and approached Damon. He had

foreigner you've been holding hostage," his eyes flicked towards me and back at Damon," I must say, I'm

realizing that this was what she had meant when she said she had

I knew the time must be about 7:30 pm but this didn't look like it was going to end anytime soon let alone with

" I haven't held her hostage, I'm trying to find

towards a girl with long blond hair

smiled a charming simper," I

of the Council, I would live

from the bar. I knew right away that she was a

what's going to happen now, are

step back at

take me away,

King remained silent but Damon

had to be this way,"

me one more week," Damon

what Xavier said," The King finally spoke," and then he

"Watch yourself," Kia snapped.

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