TAKEN BY THE DRAGON KING

Thirty Seven

Chapter 37

Last Resort

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Elena pov

"What?" I stammered.

Dracul's words felt like a punch to the gut. I had expected him to feel frustrated. I had expected anger. But I was not expecting this.

I wasn't expecting this loss of trust, this coldness from him.

"You heard me." He said quietly.

There was a heaviness in the way he spoke, a weight to his words that I had not heard before. I felt a jump in my stomach at the way he looked at me.

Only hours ago, his gaze had been so warm on mine. I had been the one angry at him, feeling the fury of uncertainty.

Now, he felt as betrayed as had. Maybe even worse, from the way he was looking at me.

But it was more than that. There was a focus on him. He wasn't going to wait around, and I knew that. He was going to charge straight in, no two ways about it.

I shuddered and shook my head, "Dracul, I know you're mad, but I didn't hide this from you. I didn't get two seconds to talk to you in private!"

He shook his head and I could tell that he was done