Was this the maddening jealousy she had heard about when it came to soul bonds? He was being illogical with his reasoning. There was nothing between Noah and her, nothing even remotely close had happened except for him helping her when Howard and she had gone to fish in the river.

  “The boy has occupied your mind again,” he stated looking down at her eyes focus back at him.

  “If you hadn’t called him for your little tea party he wouldn’t have occupied my mind for these few minutes,” she retorted back and realized she should have taken another approach.

  “So you are thinking about him,” he stated, turning around and heading outside.

  “Where are you going?!” she asked strikken with panic.

  “To send Toby to ask Stanley to bring back the boy so that the wolves can have a good dinner tonight,” Heidi followed him, keeping up her pace with him.

  “Nicholas please,” she pleaded with him to see him stop walk and hear him chuckle. When he turned around he smiled at her.

  “Why are you smiling?”


  Nicholas leaned forward and placed a kiss on her cheek, “You’re an endearing girl. Toby doesn’t respond to anyone but me. The boy should be on his way home now. I will be in my study,” he said walking in the direction where his study was to only stop and turn to speak, “Don’t go looking for something that isn’t there Heidi. The rain is right around the corner, stay in the mansion.”


  Heidi about to leave for her room looked at the corridor where Nicholas had disappeared. Her eyes fell on the wall which had a big dent with cracks around it, leaving a little amount of residue on the floor. She wondered how much of what Nicholas spoke was a joke and what was the truth. She wanted to believe what he said but his words

  was what worried her.

  The lord of Bonelake was an unpredictable man. Gnawing on her bottom lip she walked towards the entrance hall to only be interrupted by one of the maid.

  “Lady Heidi, would you like some tea?” the maid asked her.

  “No, I am fine. Thank you though,” Heidi smiled and from the corner of her eyes she could see that the maid made no effort to move, looking at her.

  “Will you be going to the garden? The crickets have been making a lot of noise at the arrival of the rain,” the maid commented.

  “Is that so,” Heidi murmured not answering the question asked by the maid. Lately, for some reason Heidi had begun to notice that the maid was always around the corner when she was outside the mansion or near the entrance. It was always her and she wondered if she was going paranoid with all the worry she carried with herself. She didn’t know how long she waited until she saw the butler making his way in.

  “Good afternoon, Lady Heidi,” the butler bowed at her.

  “Good afternoon,” she greeted back before asking him casually, “Where did you go? I asked one of the maid and she said you went out.”


  He answered, “I went out to see if the trees were good enough to be cut,” Heidi nodded her head and then left for her room.

  Stanley looked at the young miss walk up the stairs to her room, scratching his head. The butler was unaware with the fact that Heidi had known about Noah’s visit and had instead kept it a secret not knowing what domino effect it was going to cause.

  Heidi paced in her room worried, sitting on the bed for few minutes and then standing up to walk before sitting again. Had Nicholas lied to her? Because it was clear that Stanley had lied to her. She feared for Noah’s life. Remembering the way Nicholas had killed the man brought chills tp her body. There was so much blood that day. Blood on the floor, the white washed walls and on Nicholas’ shirt and hands. Hearing the sound of carriage arrive, Heidi wondered who it was and went to her balcony to look at the black carriage that had stopped in front of the main entrance. The coachman opened the door to reveal a tall man with black hair and eyes that were as red as Nicholas’. The cross that he wore around his neck caught her eyes and her first impression was that he was a priest but his red eyes identified him as a vampire.

  His face seemed strangely familiar and she tried remembering where she had seen him. It was only after he had disappeared into the mansion did she realize it was one of the Lords- Lord Alexander Delcrov of Valeria. Going back inside Heidi sat on the bed again, her head in her hands as she tried to think what to do. She wanted to confirm the truth. At the same time the maid who had been tailing her knocked the door to open it,

  “Ms. Curtis, are you alright?” the maid asked concerned.

  “Hmm, I think so. I am having a headache. A bad one at it,” she murmured with a sigh.

  “Would you like some tea, milady? I have heard a cup of tea is always good for a headache.”


  “Could you be kind enough to get me one then? And something to eat along with it too?” To Heidi’s relief the maid nodded her head, “I would like to rest until then,” she said getting into the blanket.

  “I will bring it as soon as it is done,” the maid bowed her head and closed the door behind her.