Chapter 32

Selene's POV

There was an absolute silence that clouded the atmosphere, as if something terrible had happened.

Dracula wasn't talking anymore, and his eyes and attention were fixed at the door where the strange girl had just left. Although I didn't see her before she ran off, I overheard her screech. I heard that sharp cry of betrayal and heartbreak from her before she vanished like the wind.

Dracula heard it too and instantly lost his mind. He doesn't seem to notice my presence in the room anymore, as he stood transfixed with his face grimacing and eyebrows furrowed together.

I could hear his shaky breath and see how his eyes blinked rapidly as they suddenly shimmered with some kind of tender emotion.

"Who is that girl?" I finally broke the silence and was stunned at how Dracula flinched at my voice. He flicked his face back to me quickly, forcing out a weird smile as if he had just jolted out of a trance.

"You mean the girl that just ran out after seeing us?" He asked in a stutteri