Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 246

Chapter 246: Time in the basement

After the Councilman left, the house was silent again.

The wind tapped softly at the windows, as if trying to remind her of the world outside, but Belle barely noticed. Her legs felt like air as she rose from where she’d been kneeling and slowly made her way through the hallway, her arms wrapped tightly around her middle as though trying to keep herself from shattering. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The two guards left behind stood stiffly near the front door. She had told them she needed no protection and that she would hire bodyguards herself, but if they heard her displeasure at having strange men inside her house, they paid no heed to her after they told her it was an order from the Councilman to stay and protect her.

She knew they were not here to protect her but to keep an eye on her. The Councilman had not looked convinced by her act before he left, and she could see it in his eyes and how he watched her. She did not know if she had done a good act or had unintentionally given away something that made him suspicious of her, but she hoped and prayed the man wouldn’t come back to pester her again.

She had no idea for how long she would be here alone and when Rohan would come for her, or if he was even safe. The guards watched her move through the hallway, saying nothing, their presence a cold reminder that she was no longer free to move about her home as she wished. A prisoner in her own house.

She didn’t look at them either.

Belle made her way upstairs, each step heavier than the last. Her back ached, her heart ached even worse, and by the time she reached the top landing, her breath came in short, trembling pulls. She went straight into the bedroom and shut the door softly behind her, pressing her back against the wood.

The room, for some reason, still smelled like him. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

That faint trace of sandalwood and oud... it clung to the sheets, to the pillow where his head rested whenever he was lying next to her, propped on an elbow and looking at her in the mornings. Belle dropped to her knees beside the bed and clutched the pillow to her chest. She buried her face into it, inhaling deeply, trying to fill her lungs with what was left of him.

And then the tears came.

She didn’t fight them this time. Her body shook with them as she curled onto the floor, still hugging the pillow like it could bring him back immediately. As much as she missed him already and wished him back quickly, she knew it was no longer safe for him here.

She had never lived alone in all of her life, and she feared what would happen before he would come back. What did he go to do in Nightbrook? That land was as dangerous as here for him, and she wished they had had enough time together before he left to tell her his plans.

She felt terribly lonely already.

Her baby kicked in response, a soft fluttering like reassurance, or longing. Belle placed a hand to her belly, sniffling quietly as she tried to calm the sobs.

"I’ll be strong, I have to be again," she whispered, stroking over the swell of her stomach, knowing she had a life inside of her to protect no matter what.

But the silence that followed her vow to be strong was deafening.

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