Chapter 135. The Night I Fell (Part I)

Grace’s sudden movement caught me off guard. Her eyes flared with a dangerous light, the same light that had once been filled with pain and anger but now gleamed with something much darker. 

“Preach?” She spat the word out like venom, stepping closer to me with each syllable. “You think you can lecture me about control? About darkness? You, who lives in the very heart of it?” 

I stayed seated, trying to remain calm and show that I was not afraid fo her as she loomed over me. I could feel the power radiating off her, a power she was barely keeping in check. This was not the same person, she was already filled with anger and rage before becoming a vampire, so now that she was one, it was just worse. 

“You have made your choice, Grace,” I said, my voice steady. “But here’s something that I can do for you instead of killing you, I can allow you to live but only if you leave the country and never return.”

Grace looked at me with disbelief. “You took my par