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I was expecting him to immediately move onto the next treehouse, a few meters away, and continue his search Instead he hurtled forward along the forest path, whipping through the trees, now in his subtle for now, but she see so I remained silent

It was only once the trees disappeared and a clearing caasp I didn’t need to have lived in The Shade to realize that he had strayed away from the vampires’ residential quarters and entered the hu from his course already?" I couldn’t believe my eyes He’d only just exited the jewelry box and already he was straying fronored me, her face serious as she focused all her attention on theHer face was expressionless--it was impossible to tell whether she was disturbed by Silas’ conduct or approved of it

Silas headed straight for the nearest townhouse No ere open, but none were needed There was blackness suddenly as he seeped through the stone wall and e A spacious hallway, decorated with soft carpets and paintings on the walls A cozy home--and so typically human

The stairs fleay beneath Silas as he ascended the staircase Once again he drifted through a wall and appeared in another bedroo mirror fixed to a closet, he stopped and stared into it I shivered Even though I’d seen hili--ainst my chest His skeletal body was covered with thin, translucent skin that revealed the cold blue veins beneath it He had jagged, shark-like teeth and tufts of long black hair hung from the base of his otherwise bald skull

As he left the h the room, I wasn’t sure I could sto a trainwreck, I found e of the bed, he extended his hands toward the man and woman They barely had a chance to open their eyes,into their throats and punctured their arteries As blood began to ooze fro the bedsheets, and Silas pulled away the sheets covering the next

Huhouls didn’t often have the opportunity to taste MySilas back in The Sanctuary He devoured all hu into their sto the intestines whole, last Instead of witnessing this nightmarish scene, I fixed

It seemed unliketraining She wouldn’t let him stray even an inch fro Silas violating the very first rule we gave hi? Didn’t we feed hiht the plan was to fill his stomach to last hi"

She didn’t answer ruesome feast Finally, she cleared her throat "I’ to cause If he was here with me noould punish him But it seems he couldn’t help himself He knows once he has completed his task, he will be closer to freedoain after that As long as he’s careful to hide his tracks, we have nothing to fear" She looked at me pointedly "You can look now, he’s finished his meal"

I looked down at the bed to see it soaked with blood, the corpses split open, frag two strong arms around the corpses, he lifted them up over his shoulders and drifted out of the room Since he carried these physical bodies with hi nobody else was in the house whoback into the woods, as fast as the wind, gripping the bodies He soon reached the beach and, hovering over a cluster of boulders, he shifted one aside and stuffed the corpses into a crack

I was glad that at least he had the sense to dispose of the bodies rather than leave them on the bed Neither houls, or if she’d even encountered one before We didn’t knohether she’d be s a body But we couldn’t afford to take that risk The houl was present on the island, she would suspect us… and the box Witches of The Sanctuary were known for the pacts they entered into with ghouls

Silas had to keep hi down I just hoped that Silas wouldn’t slip up if he was to ular habit

My mother seemed to sense my fear

"We need not worry too much," she said "All that flesh he’s just consumed will keep his stomach filled for at least two days…"

Chapter 7: Rose

I’d lost track of how much time had passed since Annora left the control roo away at er and thirst It had been a long time since I’d last eaten, and I’d sed tooour escape from Julisse and Arielle