PLAYING WITH BRYCE

JOVITA

A few days passed, and I did not see Lord Ralph. I do not see him in his room when I go to his room clean or anywhere in the castle. Sometimes, I catch a glimpse of him, but it is always too late, as I only see his back. I would not say I wanted to see him, but there is this feeling I cannot explain in my chest. I kept telling myself that it was because I wanted to know how his injury was, but who was I kidding? I knew the wound had healed perfectly now.

I got closer to Bryce; we talked a lot when he was washing or repairing an engine in the car. He has the powder, but I could not use it yet because Lord Ralph assigned a vampire who always watched me when I cleaned his room. Lord Ralph was not interested in the death of Jones; he only wanted to know who the human that brought the stake into his castle was. Uncle Kala advised that we lay low for some time until the vampires were done with their investigation.

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