Chapter 29 Esmeralda''S Pov

• “Found you.”
• I freeze, my breath caught in my throat as the glowing red eyes burn into mine. My legs tremble, my mind screams at me to move, to fight, to do something, but I am stuck in place, too stunned to do anything, paralyzed by the raw malice emanating from those eyes.
• The shadow moves closer, and the figure steps into the faint moonlight. He is tall, impossibly so, with pale skin that seems to shine faintly in the darkness. His sharp, angular face twists into a predatory smirk, revealing two elongated canines that glint in the darkness.