Chapter 34

VALERIA. My heart crawls right up my throat. My pulse is going up until I can’t breathe, but somehow I still manage to hide behind the wall like the others. I wait for the person or creature to come towards us, but when I look again, it’s gone. “Did you… did you see that?” I ask in a shaky voice. “See what?” Celeste frowns.”That hooded person? Do you think it’s the cleaning staff checking on us? I saw the face but I didn’t really recognize who it is.” I frown. “No. It had red eyes.” The three of them fall silent. Then Stefano breaks the silence and splutters, “What?” “The hooded thing had red eyes,” I insist. When they all look at me like I’m crazy, anger starts to rise in my chest. “Don’t look at me like that. I know what I saw.” “But Valeria,” Auric begins, “there was nothing like that. The hooded figure looked like a normal person with a normal face. I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I turn to Stefano, hoping he would tell me that he saw the same thing. But he just fr