Todos os capítulos de THAI Yound and Graceful: Capítulo 11 - Capítulo 20

Emily didn't feel remotely safe until the door to her room closed behind her and she was alone. She leaned against the door in relief and slid down to her butt right there on the floor.With nervous fingers, she touched the silver cross in her front pocket, thankful Paoli had returned it. A thousand panicked ideas flashed through her head.At the top of the list was RUN.But run where?She was now in a strange country with no passport or even identification to prove who she was. Besides, the entire world of monsters was either already aware or soon would be, that she knew about them.There wasn't a place on earth she would be safe.

The following evening came far too soon. It seemed they had all just settled in their respective places to rest; Emily in the bed, Paoli on the couch, and William on one of the chairs, when it was time to start getting ready for their meeting.William shook Emily awake.She sat up, grumbling complaints, and looked at him bleary-eyed. Her hair that was normally bouncing in rich, dark waves around her stood out in all directions, as if she’d tossed and turned all night.“You should put this on. It’s almost time,” William said, holding up the white robe.She groaned and swung her legs over the side of the bed, stifling a wide yawn.When Paoli looked up at her, he

Emily was in a daze when Paoli guided her through the castle and back to her room in silence. A thousand questions swirled in her head, but the foremost on her mind was simple: Were they killing William?She held herself together until the door to her room clicked behind them. Then she turned to Paoli and grabbed his shoulders. “Ok, we’re safe. Now tell me. What is a bleeding?” She could hear the desperation in her own voice, but she didn’t care.Paoli met her eyes with a hooded look. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “It’s an ancient form of torture,” he said, his voice barely more steady than hers.Emily felt like she’d been kicked in the chest.Torture?

“I don’t know,” Paoli’s worried voice carried loudly through the stone. “But his time is up, and he can find her anywhere.”The heavy door slid open and torchlight spilled in.“William?” Paoli’s voice sounded uncertain and wary. He peered into the small cell.“Emily,” he gasped in surprise and rushed to her side. “How did you get in here?”Emily tried to open her eyes at the familiar voice. “Paoli?” She asked, too confused and weak to be sure it was him.“What happened? How did you get in here?” Paoli asked. He took her hands and pulled her to her feet, then gasped when her knees gav

Emily eased the heavy wooden door to her room open slowly and peered down the hall in both directions. She breathed a sigh of relief at finding it empty and slipped from the relative safety of her room and into the empty corridor.She’d awakened feeling almost back to normal, but one look in the mirror made her realize the gravity of her situation and spurred her into action.Her reflection showed her skin was nearly gray.Her eyes were sunken, as if she hadn’t slept in days.But what really scared her wasn’t any of that, or even the two puncture marks left behind by William’s fangs. It was the bite mark that covered her shoulder, as if a huge dog had tried to take a chunk of her. She knew perfectly well what t