Bella opened her mouth to reply, but just as she was about to, Matthew suddenly froze. He didn' t dare move, afraid that he would disturb whatever spell he was in. Just seconds earlier, he had seen someone moving towards the door, and while he hadn't taken his eyes off of him, he hadn't really paid attention to anything else.

Now however, after taking his eyes off of the person outside the door for a brief second, he saw him standing in front of the door, leaning against it, watching them closely. He could feel himself tense slightly as he felt panic starting to rise inside of him. He glanced...