Chapter 352 - In Love (1/2)

As soon as a small figure poked his head in the doorway, two icy blue eyes widened in shock as they met Chris's dark blue eyes.

”You --” Before Chris could say another word Oziyat spoke completely shocked,

”You know him?”

The small figure slammed back the door hard.

”Hey!” Chris quickly tried to stop the door from closing but the small boy had already locked the door from inside.

”How do you know him?” Oziyat asked Chris.

”He was spying on me. I caught him but then he just . . .” Chris trailed off unable to explain how he had escaped.

Oziyat expression became wild, he looked furious as turned to the door again.

”Sol!” Oziyat knocked on the door rapidly.

But the door remained closed.

”Sol, open the door and explain yourself!” Oziyat shouted.

Nothing. Not a single sound came from the room.

”Solaryus Dragozera, open the door, now!”

Dragozera? The name clicked into Chris's mind. So the boy was a family member but he wasn't a vampire. How was that possible?

”I swear to the goddess, Solaryus, if you don't open the door now, your mother will hear about this.”

At this, some shuffling sounds came from the room but Oziyat continued to look angry and Chris remembered how scared Sol was when she mentioned Oziyat at their first meeting, so Chris decided to speak. No matter what, Sol was a kid.

”Oziyat, I don't think you should shout at him,” Chris spoke tentatively. ”Calm down a little bit, you don't even know exactly what happened.”

For a moment, Oziyat glared at nothing in particular but then meet Chris's eyes and tried to calm himself.

”Alright,” he muttered. ”But I want to know what happened. And for that -” he raised his voice a little bit. ”I need to talk to you too, Solaryus.”

Chris and Oziyat waited hoping this time the door will open and after a moment the door slowly opened. Oziyat didn't wait, he quickly held the door and stepped inside. Chris hesitated for a moment then followed.

The room was a little bigger than Chris's room but it was as messy as her old rooms used to be. Piles of clothes and books were haphazardly thrown onto the bed, table, and chair. Some parchments and potion bottles were scattered around the table and for some reason, multiple types of feathers were loitering over the furniture.

”I asked you something, Solaryus,” Oziyat's strict voice got Chris's attention back to them.

Sol was standing in a corner of the room and Oziyat was standing in front of him glaring down at him. Chris hurried towards them.

”I . . . was not . . . spying. I . . was just. . looking. . .” Sol painfully spoke staring at the ground.

”And?” Oziyat asked crossing his arms.

”I . . . was. . . curious about. . . the witch . . . I heard . . . the guards talking . . . they said . . . they caught . . . a witch. I wanted to see if . . . they were lying. . .”

Sol's words were barely more than whispers Chris had to step closer to hear him clearly. As soon as Chris stepped closer Sol's eyes snapped towards her and he glared at her so viciously that Chris halted.

”I didn't tell him about you!” Chris blurted out. ”He brought me here. I just told him about you now.”

Sol stared at Chris intensely and Oziyat sighed.

”That is not the point,” Oziyat said, and just for a second his furious demeanor broke, only to be replaced with a worried frown. ”Sol, what happened? Please tell me. Truly.”

”I am . . . saying the . . . truth. . . I . . . was just. . . curious about the . . . witch,” Sol muttered looking away from Chris.

”She is Lady Christina,” Oziyat interrupted strictly.

”Yeah, Lady. . . Christina . . . She caught. . . me one day . . . I wasn't . . . doing anything bad. . . I swear!” Sol's voice shook a little bit.