ana'

s time, taking a shaky breath before da

n thoughts, resulting in me crying all over again. It's funny how a weakling like myself is trying so hard to stay strong but fa

in," I sa

bolting up to me at high speed. I gasped when I found one of his arms already wrapped around my waist,

, what ar

ompletely ignoring my resistance as I tried to lean away

unfamiliar voice before Raymond was

nd was taken hold of by another guy. He was now bending down on one knee before pla

e stated softly, parting his lips from my sk

ting now," I heard Raymond s

hey here to feed on me? "P-please leave," I managed to choke out.

m," Edward stated, ruffling his thick brown

into the feeding room...or worse, what if they were p

ded. Edward simply raised

oting up his eyebrows. I hung my

ted truthfully. They both rolled th

The other girls were friendly and so much s

e me want to hurl. I don't know why, but vampires made me feel sick to the very core. It's obvious that t

rd complained, bolting towards me and pic

doing?! Have yo

ame to a sudden halt. As soon as my eyes came into focus, I realized that I w

to attend the dinner?" I heard one of th

ow sitting at the dinner table, and my eyes widened when I realized that all the vampires were

t when you see a bunch of people staring at yo

very end of the table before several butlers walked in, holding plates of food and bottles of wine. With

g and getting to "know" each other while I just stared

tention was drawn towards me again, making me shrink in my seat. Why c

should at least acknowledge his existence. He was now resting his elbow on the table, his chin placed on his palms lazily

ne. Some of the males chuckled while the res

her heart to apologize for being disrespectfu

ther into a thin line. "I'm sorry," I managed t

I bit my bottom lip, tears streaming in my eyes as t

shy," I heard

cared!* my inner voi

ll agreed, tilting his head to

get used to it!* m

!" another male voice said in an ignorant ton

* I screamed in my head, blinking away the tears an

ve you permission to leave?" he demanded. I nibbled on my bottom lip before turnin

tly as I sat back down. Everyone cleared thei

ed to take a sip of his wine. "May I please talk to the

o look at me. "They don't want to talk to you,

ing in my eyes again as I tried to keep myself together. I was litera

the table before leaning forward. "Because they were begging me to make sure you w

bubble up inside me. "That's not true! You'r

ic smirk appearing on his lips. "But then again, even parents

e throwing it in his face. The water splashed all over his shirt and face. Gasps filled

yelled, slamming his hands on the t

I barely choked out, trying to defend my actions. By now,

e held the empty glass that I was still holding as well. "Perhaps you're forgetting your fucking plac