From a corner where his figure remained inconspicuous, Silas would from time to time, check on Arabella while she was out in the gardens.
She followed Edgar and Ada around, doing her very best to copy their actions, but what the vampire had been conflicted about the most was the fact that the young woman did smile in Edgar's presence. She laughed too and seemed genuinely happy just being there.
Silas made his way across the hallway leading to her room. After all, how could he hope to ever achieve the same results Edgar did without spending more time with her, or at least try to?
Stopping a few feet away from the door, he extended an ear beyond the walls separating them only to gather a shaky and brittle voice from it, one Silas immediately recognized as Arabella's.
Through her cries, the words were forced out, "I am sorry, Ada. I am sorry for putting you through all of this," she whispered.
