Eryon :

She ran away.

I stay seated, still hearing her rapid breathing with my vampire hearing, the hurried footsteps on the floor, then the sound of a door slamming. Silence.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath—not because I had to, but because it was an old habit. She was still afraid of me, but who could blame her?

Of course, I expected it. I knew this moment would come. Sooner or later. People react like this to me. To who I am. To what I've done. That's why I'd been trapped in this house all these years, because people were afraid of us vampires. Especially of...