CHAPTER 31

  Revelations

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  Samantha

  Dracul didn't move for a moment. For what felt like an age, he just rested, taking deep breaths and regrouping. His breath was short and trembling in his chest.

  He seemed to have a lot on his mind, a lot on his plate. My heart pounding as I watched him, everything seemingly suspended in mid-air.

  I took a deep breath and held it. I didn't know if I wanted to hear the answer, but I knew that I had to. I didn't know how to move forward from here, but I knew that

  the truth was the first step. I had been kept in the dark for long enough.

  "It's complicated," Dracul said, finally. His words broke the silence that was hanging between us, but somehow, he still wasn't saying much, wasn't explaining anything.

  Part of me wanted to be angry with him, but I was still just relieved that he was alive, relieved that he wasn't dead.