Chapter 21. |Calls and Clauses|

I died and went to heaven. Azazel must have forgiven me because if here, holding Darren and slow dancing along with the soft, romantic music wasn't heaven, I had no idea what else heaven could be.

"You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen," he whispered softly in my ear as the distant, soft music seemed to pause, leaving only the fast thumps of our heartbeats, the only music left in the expansive ballroom. "In all my entire lives." He grinned, showing the fake, white and gleaming fangs which was part of his whole Dracula costume.

He tightened his grip on my waist, my breath quickening as he pulled me even closer. The corsets I had on with the pink ball-gown was already disturbing my breathing but at this point, I was sure I wasn't inhaling any oxygen anymore as I stared into his chocolate eyes which looked like pools of melted affection for the subject of his words.

"You really mean that?" I asked quietly, my hands