Did You Really Forget?

Theodore took a few steps closer to Adeline and spoke in his softest voice, "Adeline… what are you saying?" He softly smiled and said, "It's me…"

But Adeline got even more scared when she saw his fangs. She stiffened her shoulders and asked while shivering in fear, "H-how d-do you know my n-name?"

Theodore frowned because he felt as though Adeline was angry at him for not coming to rescue her in time. "I am sorry, Adeline. I couldn't come sooner because I… because I was also in great pain."

"But I am here now. Tell me what Azriel did to you? Was he the one to hurt you?" He took a step forward so that he could hold her in his arms.

"Don't come any closer to me!" Adeline exclaimed and hurriedly stepped back to put as much distance as she could between her and that scary-looking man.

And in an attempt to do so, her foot got stuck on the dressing table's leg and she almost tumbled backward.