Chapter 46. He Knows

Death would be the end of me, whatever situation I chose.

There was no escape.

“Lady Claire?!”

I gasped loudly and turned towards the voice with wide eyes, baffled to see one of the maids in Hannah’s household. Her eyes narrowed when I panicked after she called my name.

“You scared me,” I said, almost breathless, as I touched my chest with my hand. “Is Duchess Hannah already looking for me?”

The maid curtsied and replied, “She wants your presence in the hall, my lady. She sent me here to look for you.”

I sighed and smiled at her. "Okay, then, let’s go.”

Even when I tried to calm down and erase the memories of what happened, I could still see in my head the pained look on the vampire’s face after I asked him to go away. I never wanted to be rude like that but did I have a choice? I had no idea what would happen if someone saw him chatting with me in that place. Being an accomplice of a vampire under the Tyrell rule was punishable by death. Or