Ellen, who couldn't read the situation at hand clearly at all, immediately shouted for the two men who were on guard and this immediately broke a commotion in the entire corridor.

Coupled with Arabella's presence, of course the atmosphere that had been tense and full of sarcastic exchange between Arabella and Aaric, had now turned a hundred and eighty degrees, thanks to this commotion.

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"I told you to get out of here," Aaric hissed harshly at Arabella when he saw that several guards had now filed into the room, carrying stun devices to immobilize creatures that were so foreign to them.

It wasn't that Aaric wanted to help Arabella. He didn't even care if his half-sister was caught by them and used as research material like they did with Mila, but what made Aaric feel very uncomfortable was the fact that their people would be exposed just like the vampires.

It was enough that these stupid humans only know about the vampires existence without knowing their race, because then their situation wouldn't be as peaceful as now, especially because of their small population. Humans, as curious creatures, would be very interested to know more about them as well.

"I told you, didn't I? I will take the girl with me," Arabella replied to Aaric's words, tilting her head while looking at Aaric with innocent eyes. "And, I will not leave without bringing her with me."

"Are you going to take Mila to the vampire king if you manage to get her out of here?" Aaric asked sarcastically. Even without an intercom, they were able to communicate well, past the glass barrier between them.

"Of course," Arabella answered without thinking.

"Then forget it." Aaric backed away from the glass door and watched from where he stood how Arabella coped with about ten guards who were determined to incapacitate her.

There wasn't much his half-sister did except move her hands left and right, like a strange dance no one had ever seen.

"You are really not going to give up the girl?" Arabella asked Aaric, but got no answer from him. "You know that you can't just run away from this place, don't you?"

Aaric still didn't answer her question, his eyes were still focused on Ellen and Steve who were trying to call for more help.

"Are you sure this glass can block me?" Arabella made another slashing motion and this time she cut off the head of one of the guards with great ease, causing Ellen to scream with all her might and run away from the room, while Steve fell to the ground, looking so frightened. He didn't dare to move.

"CALL MORE GUARDS!" One of the surviving guards immediately ran out and set off an alarm that echoed throughout the room in a loud and booming voice, calling for more guards to come and incapacitate Arabella.

"You don't really think I can't break the glass door, do you? Should I prove it to you?" asked Arabella, glancing at Aaric over her shoulder.

Aaric knew that any thick glass wouldn't be able to hold Arabella back, but in this situation, what other choice did he have but to hope the humans would catch her soon and made his life easier.

But then, when a battalion of guards came, Arabella's body turned into a shadow that moved freely through the smallest gap of the glass doors, like a thin mist that managed to infiltrate the most guarded room.

And in the blink of an eye, the figure of Arabella was now standing in front of Aaric, with Mila, who was still sleeping on the hospital bed, between the two of them.

"Hi, Aaric, finally we can meet again. How do you feel about this meeting? Do you like it?" Arabella asked in her sweet voice, which was quite painful for Aaric's ears.

Then Arabella's red eyes moved down to stare at Mila on the bed, her gaze filled with unquestionable interest and intensity.

"Poor girl," she said, touching Mila's cheek with her long fingers. "I will return you to your people now."

"You will not do that Arabella," Aaric growled, he deftly grabbed Arabella's wrist and pushed her away. "I will not let you take her away."

While outside of the conservatory, several people had been trying to open the door, unfortunately the only way to open it was from the inside, so they could only scream at Aaric to open the door, but their voices were muffled and couldn't be heard inside.

"Then what are you going to do with her? Elope?" Arabella laughed sarcastically. "You can't take her back to where the vampires are and this isn't your territory either."

"That is none of your business," Aaric growled angrily.

However, instead of answering Aaric's words, Arabella actually moved very fast, too fast for Aaric's human body to dodge the attack, because a moment after that he could feel an excruciating pain in his chest as a scalpel lodged itself so deep, right in his heart.