chapter 55

ARIELLA. I didn't have to hide Eli because I could have just confronted the vampires with him, but I suddenly felt danger when I heard this woman's voice calling my name. After ensuring that Eli was well hidden inside the cellar, I hurriedly went to the mansion's entrance where the woman was waiting. It was the witch whose name was Blaire. David introduced her to me when all of his family members came to visit me shortly after I woke up. "Where have you been? I thought that you were gone," she asked. She seemed to be upset about something but I didn't dare to ask her anything. "Ah... Well, I got bored so I walked around..." The witch shrugged. "That's fair. If I was the one who has been kept here I would have already lost my mind." "Kept?" I repeated the term she used because it had a negative connotation, which only further proved Eli's claims that I was actually being held as a captive here. "You m-make it seem like I am a prisoner here." "Because technically you are a prisoner