ARIELLA'S POV

THE NEXT MORNING
DOBANA CITY

TRUE to his words, he brought me back to my home. I was finally in a safe place. Honestly, I did not want to get down from the car, I just wanted to spend a few hours with Sylaq but holy shit, he's a vampire. He would eventually feed from me and even worse, he would kill me. So, I was glad that I was finally free from him.

"MRS. Steel, may we meet again," he said followed by a sexy chuckle.

"I don't think we will meet again so, this is goodbye for life," I said. Opening the door of his car. I knew he wanted to help me get down but I could do that myself.

"MRS. Steel, I don't believe in goodbyes," he looked serious.

I came down from the car and said my last words to him, "MR. Steel, it's been crazy while it lasted."

I saw him smiling before I closed the door. I looked at my beautiful house which was in front of me. I never thought that I could be very happy seeing this house because I always dreamt of living in a very big city. But right now, I was glad to be here, it meant that I was far from those vampires. It felt good to be back home where everyone is normal and above all, human. I missed my parents, siblings, and my camera.

Ugh! I forgot to return the ring Sylaq gave to me. I hadn't even removed it from my finger. Goosebumps spread throughout my whole body when I turned back but didn't see his car.

He's gone.

Finally, I opened the gate and entered the compound. My house was not big, not small just somewhere in between big and small. It was beautifully painted in cream color. I wanted to go inside the house but I just went to the garden, there were many beautiful flowers planted here, especially daisies, roses, and white lilies. The fresh fragrance of the flowers and grasses greeted me and I embraced it. Feeling so overwhelmed with mixed emotions, I sat on the stool next to my favorite flowers, and daisies, swinging my right hand in a to-and-fro motion.

"He said that he would keep you safe so why didn't you just stay or at least give him a chance?" my subconscious asked me.

He's a vampire, it would have ended badly, especially for me

"Then why are you thinking about him? Why haven't you removed his ring? You're home now so just go in"," My subconscious attacked me with questions that I couldn't answer.
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"Ari... Ella, Ariela, my darling you're here," my mom who was looking perfect in her blue gown wailed, bringing me out of my thoughts. She was teary.

I stood up and instantly hugged her tighter than ever. We both burst into tears but my mom immediately broke the hug. She raised my face and said, "you need to go now, please leave now, the police are looking for you for the murder of Steve Willows."

That hit me like a tornado, my heart crumbled to pieces knowing that Steve actually died, and even worse, I was the one responsible for his early death. I knew there was a possibility that he could die but I prayed he wouldn't but he did die.

"W-what? Steve is dead, he died," I managed to say with so much heat running through my blood.

"Yes, the police have all the evidence including witnesses
needed to arrest you for Steve's murder. Your dad himself is in charge of this case," my mom said, trying to hide the tears in her eyes.

"I didn't mean to..: mum, I..." the tears kept rolling down my cheeks.

"Darling, I know but your father and the police are after you. Sadly, we don't have enough time so you should run away from here now," she told me, wiping off my tears with her hands.

At this point, I realized that I fucked up really bad, and of course, my dad will have the police arrest me since he's the sheriff of this town.

There was no need to run from this! I should pay for my crime.

"I'll surrender myself to the police," I boldly said, and the next thing I felt was a hard slap on my face.

"I will not let you do that, you are my child and a mother can never bear to see her child in trouble."

"But..."

"But nothing, you know that you'll be life imprisoned, and trust me jail is no fun." Mom clasped her hands.

Fuck, my mom was right.

I didn't mean to kill Steve and I'm not ready to be locked up, I need to get the hell out of here. Mount-Evie is the only place where they won't find me. My mom told me that no one is at home now and so I should just go somewhere fucking far. I wish that I could see my siblings because I don't know how long I'll be gone but there was no time for that.

We hugged again and I think she noticed my ring but before she could ask questions, I ran out of there. Some neighbors saw me and they were like screaming, "that's the crazy bride who killed her fiancé. Someone, call the police."

I ran as fast as I could but they were three women chasing me. I recognized one of the women, MRS. Jones acted like she loved our family. I doubled my speed and to my surprise, I was carried by familiar hands.

I could never forget those hands.

It's Sylaq, he's here to save me. The three women came forward but Sylaq kind of controlled them with his eyes to stop chasing me.

His green eyes turned red. "Leave her alone, go and get a life."

The three women dashed out of our sight without turning back.

Wow.

Right now, I needed to stay with him because I didn't want my freedom to be taken away from me. Staying in Mount Evie will be temporary until I can find a place free of vampires to stay in. I know I was being selfish but the hell with it. After all, jail is no fun.