Three hours later.
Rebecca's lashes fluttered. She regained her consciousness back.
She was about to open her eyes when she felt her world is moving... then awareness dawned on her that she was on board a moving vehicle!
Did they start traveling already? Oh, no!
She opened her eyes right away and was shocked to see where she is!
Whaaaat the hell! She's lying inside a gold-plated crystal coffin with holes in every corner.
Shiit! They put her inside the coffin! She was about to move her hand to push the cover away but she can't move her arm and the rest of her body! She can move her head though, that's the only part of her body that she can move freely - the rest are frozen! What the hell is going on?
Damn! They put her to sleep first and then confined her inside the coffin!
Nooooooooo!
How can she escape with her condition like this? How!?
She looked around the carriage... she's not alone! She saw the vampire couple sitting nearby.
So they put her to sleep and confined her inside the coffin to make sure that she can't find an opportunity to escape! That must be the reason why!
This is maddening!
She felt devastated inside. How can she escape now if she can't even move her arms and can't leave the coffin, and worst, the vampire couple are guarding the coffin!
She's really down on her luck!
Tears sprang from her eyes. She felt so powerless and hopeless!
Out of the corner of Sylvia's eyes, she saw Laura already awake. She edges towards the coffin, opened the lid, and noticed the girl's eyes, shimmering with tears. "Why are you crying?" she asked worriedly.
"Mother, why did you put me inside this coffin!?" she asked indignantly.
Sylvia saw the angry expression on Laura's face. "Shh, calm down! This is to ensure that nothing could go wrong during the Awakening Ceremony. You might be tempted to escape and we can't allow something like that to happen. This is a very important event and vampires from far away places are attending the ceremony to witness the rise of the King of Vampires! I can't allow even a small thing to destroy what my husband and I work so hard to achieve. I hope you understand this arrangement dear. Don't worry, this is just a temporary setup. Everything will return to normal after the ceremony," she assured her.
Rebecca broke into a sob. "Mother, please, get me out of this coffin! I'm scared of dying!" she said hopelessly trying to arouse pity from the vampire woman's emotional side.
Sylvia produces a handkerchief in her hand and began wiping the tears from Laura's face. "Shh...daughter...stop crying...you are ruining your makeup," she said.
"I won't stop crying until you get me out from this coffin!" she threatened her.
Sylvia shrugged. "Okay fine, cry as much as you want, I will just retouch your makeup later," she said and put the lid back on the coffin. She rejoined her husband in the corner.
Rebecca looked at the couple vehemently.
Damn! She underestimated them!
She continues weeping due to her hopelessness. If her situation continues to be like this until they reached their destination then she's dead meat.
There's no hope for her escape 'coz until now she's still wearing the gold necklace that is suppressing her power.
She released a deep sigh.
What can she do now besides crying?
Was she stupid in refusing Corbin's help?
Maybe if she accepts Corbin's help she had a better chance of escaping his clutches than this vampire couple?
But it's too late now for regrets, she's heading to her painful ending and no one can save her this time.
A few minutes later, her tears subsided. She realized that even if she cries a river, no one can change her fate, unless, Graven and his men can locate her whereabouts at the last minute before the Awakening Ceremony started.
That looks even impossible right now!
Hours passed by.
Rebecca stared at the ceiling of the carriage wishing she can dig a hole and vanished from the coffin... just her wishful thinking.
She closed her eyes waiting for the break of dawn. She's not entirely hopeless yet, maybe they will unfreeze her when it's already time to feed her breakfast. If that happens - she will escape no matter what the consequences will be!
She's desperate to flee! It's either stay and die or die trying to escape, the outcome will still be the same.
A few hours later.
Midnight.
The carriage finally stopped moving.
Rebecca's brows furrowed. Huh? Why they were stopping?
A few minutes later, Sylvia spoke while looking at the coffin. "We finally arrived, my dear!" she said.
Rebecca finally understood that the vampire woman was lying all long making her believe that the whole journey will take one day to complete, while the truth is... the venue of the ceremony was just a few hour's rides from the mansion.
Sylvia opened the cover of the coffin and began retouching Laura's makeup. "Don't worry, all this will end soon after the ceremony. You will no longer be confined inside the coffin," she said calmly.
A few minutes later.
The carriage's door opened.
The vampire couple exited and addressed the men wearing black hooded cape waiting outside.
"Are the guests already inside?" Zalvo asked.
"Yes, my lord!" the leader of the men in black cape replied.
"Is the perimeter around the area well secured?" Zalvo asked again.
"It's well secured, my lord. Our men are stationed outside ready to fight and kill anyone who will create trouble tonight," the leader replied.
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