The following evening.
Reba just finished eating her dinner that Anastasia brought to her room. She put the dirty dishes back on the food tray.
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She walked towards the window and stared at the horizon. A pleasant smile broke on her lips. She''s looking forward to seeing Graven, Laura, Horace, Calder, Luke and the others again!
She''s very excited to see Grandma Menedelia again!
She can''t wait to go back to her old life surrounded by her friends!
She already made her decision. She will deceive Corbin! Before she will go back to her old life, she will kill the vampire couple first!
She won''t be able to live in peace if she can''t take her revenge! Aside from that, she''s also doing it to prevent the vampire couple from finding Laura. She''s hitting two birds with one stone with her decision.
Last night, she sleepste because she was going back and forth on her decision. Part of her wants to forget her revenge because of Corbin but another part of her wants to take revenge... and today when she wakes up in the morning she finally made a decision to lie to Corbin and proceed with her n of revenge.
Now that she already made her decision, there''s no turning back!
Suddenly the door opened.
Anastasia entered the room, she smiled at Reba. "Did you enjoy your dinner, Miss Reba?" she asked.
Rebeca nods her head. "Yes... thank you, Anastasia, for the delicious dinner. And thank you also for taking good care of me," she said. She expressed her thanks to her now because she might not be able to see her again.
Anastasia smiled and took the tray. "Don''t mention it. I''ll take my leave now..." she said.
"Wait... the lord has not arrived yet?" she asked.
"Not yet," Anastasia replied. "Anything else?"
"Nothing... you may go now," she replied.
Anastasia exited the door.
Reba released a deep sigh. She''s getting nervous and excited as well.
One hourter.
The door opened and Ebony entered the room.
Reba looked at the healer and smiled brightly at her. She went to her side and hugged her. "Ebony, thank you so much for your hard work and effort in restoring my skin and my hair to their original state. I don''t know what to do with my life if you haven''t saved me," she said, teary-eyed.
Ebony rubbed Reba''s back. "It''s my pleasure saving you my dear," she said. "I only have one thing to tell you... if you already decided to leave then don''te back... andstly... don''t n on seeking revenge on Corbin''s parents, I can assure you... it won''t end well. My advice is for your well-being, I hope you''ll listen to me," she said.
Reba sighed. Both Ebony ad Corbin are saying the same thing, prohibiting her from taking revenge. If they are the ones on her shoes... if they only feel how painful it is when the mes engulfed her whole body... they will think of revenge every minute every hour....sadly they don''t know how it feels. It''s useless to exin to them her emotion and her reasoning. "Okay, I hear you, Ebony. I''ll listen to your advice. Don''t worry...I won''t take revenge. I will go home and forget about this ce," she said.
"Good! You do that! Don''t waste this golden opportunity that Corbin has given you," Ebony said.
"I won''t..." Reba replied.
"I guess this will be thest time we will see each other," Ebony said.
"Yeah... "
"Good luck then. Take care of yourself wherever you will go," Ebony said. "I''ll take my leave now," she said and left the room.
Reba sighed and looked around... this room became her home for more than a month. She will leave this ce and nevere back again!
Suddenly the door opened and the person that she''s been waiting for finally arrived! Her face lighted up. "I''ve been waiting for you!" she said.
Corbin smiled. "Waiting for me, eh? Don''t tell me you miss me already?" he teased her. "Are you excited to go home?" he asked.
"Yessssss!" she replied excitedly.
"Are you ready to get rid of the ne?"
"Yes!"
"So what is your decision?" he asked.
Reba took a deep breath. "I''m going home and never return here!" she said.
"Good! How about my parents... are you still nning on taking revenge on them?" he asked.
Reba shook her head. "No! I''ll just go home. I missed my friends so much!" she said.
Corbin smiled. "Good girl!"
Reba went to Corbin''s side and hugged him for a few seconds. "Thank you so much for saving my life. I owe you one," she said, feeling grateful for his help.
Corbin absentmindedly nted a kiss on her forehead. "Good luck and take care of yourself!" he said and embraced her.
They stayed that way for a few seconds, both aware of the delicious warmth spreading on their bodies just by the mere contact of their skin.
Reba disengaged herself from his embrace.
Corbin observed her face for a few minutes without saying anything.
Reba can feel the intensity of his gaze as if he was reading her soul. She shifted on her feet due to uneasiness, she fixed her eyes on the floor, trying to mask her emotion and her n.
Corbin smiled. "Ready?" he asked again.
"Yes!" she replied.
"Sat on the bed, I''m going to remove the ne from your neck," he ordered.
Reba obeyed and sat on the edge of the bed.
Corbin went to her side. "Closed your eyes," hemanded.
Reba shut her eyes.
Corbin holds the golden ne with his two hands and chanted a spell thatsted for a few minutes.
Finally... he''s done.
Suddenly... the golden ne disappeared from Reba''s neck.
"Open your eyes, Reba! The golden ne is already gone!" Corbin said.
Reba opened her eyes and put her hand on her neck, the ne was gone!
She smiled brightly and jumped on her feet with joy!
"Thank you so much, Corbin!" she squealed in delight and hugged him again for a few seconds.
"Show me if you can transform yourself back to your original image," Corbin said.
"Okay...!" Reba said excitedly. She chanted a spell and waved her hand all over her body.
A few minutester, her chanting ended... gradually Laura''s image faded... and her original form returned. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and smiled brightly.
Her power is back!
Payback time!
She hides the contempt in her eyes and looked at her benefactor. "So this is it... our final goodbye?" she said.
Corbin nodded his head and smiled. "You''re beautiful!" he murmured.
Reba smiled in amusement. "Really? Much beautiful than Laura?" she asked him.
"You and Laura are both beautiful," Corbin answered. "But your beauty is much more my type," he mumbled.
Reba giggled. "Silly you!"
"Promise me... that you will forget about avenging my parents and you will nevere back around this area," he reminded her.
Reba nodded her head. "Yes, I will!"
"Go now and never forget your promise," he said.
Reba grinned. "Bye... Corbin!" she said and blew him a yful kiss before shepletely disappeared from his sight.
She''s gone!
Corbin released a deep sigh and left the room.
Ebony was waiting for him in the hallway. "She''s gone?" she inquired.
"Yeah," he answered gloomily. "I''m going home," he said and walked away, heading to the stairway.
Corbin descended the stairs...his feetnded on the ground floor... he walked towards the door and exited.
He boarded the carriage that was waiting for him in front of the house. He ordered the driver to bring him home to his parent''s house.
While the carriage was moving, he was thinking of Reba.
He was doubting if his decision to remove the golden ne from her neck is a good or bad thing. He was hoping that he made the right decision.
Meanwhile...
Above the moving carriage.
Reba was hovering in the air trailing Corbin''s carriage in her invisible form. He''s going home probably going back to the house of that vampire couple! She was following follow him secretly in the air. She ns to enter the house undetected, find the couple''s room and deliver swift death to them...then left the ce, go home and never return!
That''s her n!
She won''t go home until she will kill the vampire couple at any cost!
One hourter.
The carriage finally arrived at its destination. It entered the iron gate. Arge manor can be seen a few meters ahead. She''s 100% sure that it is the vampire couple''s home. The ce is getting familiar to her.
She hovered above the manor after she saw Corbin exited the carriage and entered the front door of the house.
She floated through the open windows on the second floor... contemting to enter or not.
Meanwhile...
Corbin arrived in his room. He discarded his clothes and leave his boxers shorts on, hey down on the bed, staring at the ceiling of his room.
Then suddenly... the loud ringing of the bell rang in the entire house, alerting everyone that an intruder has entered the house!
Corbin''s eyes widen in surprise.
Intruder! There''s an intruder inside the house!
Corbin''s eyes turned into a slit, but then he rxed a bit. Whoever entered the house will die a painful death once they were captured by the guards, enemy or not.
He rose to his feet and went to the table, he poured wine into the ss and returned to the bed, sipping the wine, he fell in deep thoughts... pondering who is this stupid enemy who dares to enter the house that was surrounded by a formidable spell set up by his parents.
Meanwhile, outside Corbin''s room, in the hallway...the guards were opening every room to find the intruder.
Reba tried to exit the house through the windows but she can''t leave...something is blocking her way! She discovered that there is an invisible barrier preventing her from exiting the window. Dammit! She''s going to be trapped inside the house and it will be hard for her to escape! Worst... she already alerted everyone of her presence!
She dashed to the nearest room to hide.
When she entered the room in her invisible form, she saw Corbin sitting on the bed, with no clothes on, sipping wine from the ss in a rxed manner.
She stood there in the middle of the room, confused about what to do next! Shiit, she was cornered!
Corbin felt the familiar presence of the intruder inside his room. He continues drinking the wine.
Reba was holding her breath while looking around the room trying to find a ce to hide. Then her eyesnded on Corbin who is now looking in her direction.
"How long do you want to stay and hide inside my room?" Corbin asked casually.
Damn! He knows about her presence, Reba bit her lip.
"Show yourself, Reba!" hemanded in a hard voice.