Chapter 26

Something wasn’t quite right with her; I sensed it immediately. Her aura was different; calmer, more poised... powerful, and her eyes flitted from person to person in a rabid manner. Her dark blonde hair had grown to reach her thighs, and her skin was much paler than before. I always knew vampires didn’t exist, but now, as with a lot of other things, I wasn’t so sure because she looked the closest thing to them.

Amelia Rosalés was standing in front of us, alive.

Damn.

Nobody spoke at all as we were too busy trying to rationalize the apparition in front of us. This was the real chaos, the real attack, because it fucked with our minds in a way that left us unable to decipher between imagination and reality.

I wondered if Mr. Fremund had known.

Surprisingly, it was Sergio who recovered first. He groaned and lifted himself up on his elbows before struggling up to his feet and pausing at the sight of the others. It was strange how they stood still, like they