Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 237

Chapter 237: The unexpected guest_Part 2

Belle’s frown deepened at those words, and she hurried her footsteps to go and see what was going on, as she could hear harsh whispers coming from outside immediately after she stepped down to the foyer. She couldn’t help but wonder who it was looking for her here, and when she stepped outside, she was met with Rav talking in a harsh whisper to a woman in a long purple cloak, its hood covering half of her face and revealing only her red lips and nose.

As if sensing Belle’s arrival, the woman turned slowly to the door and then brushed past Rav, who quickly gripped her elbow, but she yanked it away and then said hurridly,

"Isabelle, it’s me, Evenly. I need your help."

Every muscle in Belle’s body froze for a moment at those words. Evenly? How was that possible?

"You’re... alive?" she whispered in disbelief, because until now, Belle had believed the woman had died because of her that day in Grimvale.

Being a coward, and ashamed of her failure to save Lady Clifton, Belle had not, for even a moment, allowed herself to think about the woman again since they arrived in Bimmerville.

She had, in a way, tried to convince herself that whatever had happened in Nightbrook was nothing more than a nightmare, one she was determined to forget in order to live the life of her dreams here with her new family, done with seeking revenge like she had sworn to against those vampires. To seek revenge would mean returning to that dreadful land and facing a fear she desperately wanted to avoid, even if she couldn’t bring herself to admit it.

Everything about Nightbrook and its cruel ways frightened the soul out of her. She had almost lost someone dear to her there, her husband, and had nearly lost herself as well to the chaos.

Now, seeing the woman here in front of her, it was as though all those painful moments from her time in Nightbrook, memories she had carefully buried, came flooding back. She remembered, with terrifying clarity, every single act of cruelty the people had inflicted on them that day during the hunt.

"Yes, I am alive, but it won’t be for long if you don’t help me," the woman said, desperation heavy in her voice as she came to stand directly in front of Belle.

Rav walked toward Belle and said, "You can’t let her in, my lady. We need to send her back to where she came from. It’s too dangerous to keep—"

"Come in," Belle remarked, cutting off Rav’s warning by taking the woman’s hand and pulling her into the house, as she could sense the eyes of the neighbors on them from all directions. Whatever it was Lady Clifton needed help with shouldn’t be discussed outside, and certainly, she could not just send her away when she had come all the way from Nightbrook to this land.

When they got into the parlor room and Belle told a maid to bring snacks and tea for the guest, she gestured for Evenly to sit down on the sofa.

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