Sylvia’s POV
There was no way out. If I went back, the vampires would definitely find me.
After thinking for a while, I stepped closer to Nicole and begged, “Please help me.”
“Why should I?” Nicole looked at me calmly. “Give me a reason.”
“Because I am the hostage. If I die, you will be in trouble.” My heart was crashing in my chest. I was scared out of my wits. I couldn’t face those five vampires all by myself.
Nicole smiled, which was a rare sight. However, it didn’t reach her eyes. It was a mere movement of her lips on her stony face.
“I have no obligation to do anything that my master hasn’t ordered me to do,” she said flatly.
I was a little surprised. It seemed that Hobson didn’t care about my life or death, which meant he didn’t care much about his cooperation with Geoffrey either.
Perhaps Hobson wasn’t interested in the deal from the very beginning.
The sound of increasing footsteps snapped me out of my thoughts. The vampires had gone up to the third floor. I froze in panic. I had reached a dead end. I could neither go forward nor retreat.
“Let me go. I’ll figure it out myself.” I stared at Nicole and clenched my fists.
I broke into a cold sweat as fear consumed me.
Even the dim light in the corridor frightened me.
I didn’t know if I could escape, but I couldn’t give up without trying.
Nicole looked at me for a moment and turned away.
I quickly walked past her and turned to examine her face. However, her expression remained unchanged. Nicole had looked like a dead tree rooted in the soil since the first time I saw her. Although she was still breathing and talking, it looked like something had hollowed her soul. She had no one else in mind except for her master, Hobson.
I sighed and turned to leave. Just then, Nicole stopped me.
“You dropped something.”
I turned around and cast a quizzical look at her. She squatted and picked up a nameplate with Ashley’s name engraved.
“It’s Ashley’s. I forgot to put it back. Could you do me a favor by putting it back to her room? After all, it looks like I wouldn’t have a chance to do it myself.” I scoffed.
Nicole didn’t respond. She stared at the nameplate, and her face seemed to soften a bit.
I didn’t bother probing the reason for the change in her expression. But it suddenly occurred to me that the five vampires who were talking about Ashley had shut their mouths as soon as Nicole came in.
Back then, I thought they were afraid of Nicole.
Now, I realized that wasn’t the case. There was something more to it.
“I know where Ashley is,” I said to test Nicole.
As expected, her face changed.
For the first time, there was an expression on her poker face.
It seemed obvious that she was related to Ashley in some way.
“Ashley is trapped in Geoffrey’s pack as a slave. If you help me now, I promise to rescue Ashley. Only I know that Ashley is the youngest daughter of your clan. You have to trust me. Only I can save her,” I said.
I clenched my fists to steady myself as Nicole stared at me for a long while.
The screams of the vampires grew louder. However, Nicole didn’t seem to waver.
“Forget it. I’ll figure it out myself. It looks like I’m going to die today.” I finally lost all hopes and turned to leave.
At that moment, Nicole’s cold voice stopped me.
“Just this one time. If they catch you again, I can’t help you.”
Sylvia’s POV
A wave of relief washed over me when I heard that. I was glad Nicole had agreed to protect me for the time being.
But soon, the excitement was replaced with confusion. “How do we escape from them?” I asked, walking to Nicole.
We were standing at a dead end. There was no way out.
But before I knew it, Nicole did something, and an entrance appeared on the wall at the end of the corridor.
I gasped in shock. No wonder I couldn’t find the staircase upstairs. It turned out there was a secret mechanism.
“What are you waiting for? Don’t you want to live?” Nicole looked over her shoulder and shot a nasty look at me.
“I’m coming.” I quickly returned to my senses and followed her into the secret door.
Before I got caught, the door closed behind me and blocked the sounds outside.
However, I couldn’t stop worrying. “Will they follow us in?”
“No, they don’t know how to get in here,” Nicole said coldly.
I breathed a sigh of relief and followed her to a place that looked like a library. It was teeming with books.
Rows upon rows of bookshelves were lined up in the room. Exquisite glazed lamps were hanging on the ceiling, making it look like stars strewn across the sky.
“Don’t think of lying or fooling us. Otherwise, the one here will kill you without thinking. Your death will be gruesome,” Nicole said in a low voice.
I was surprised to know that someone else was in this castle.
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