12: WHERE IS DAME?

VANESSA’S POV.

I looked everywhere for Dame but he was nowhere to be found.

My entire being was plunged with fear and I blamed myself for leaving him behind with the maids. I should have known better. I shouldn't have gone to sleep knowing how much of a risk it was to not be around Dame tonight.

He was nowhere around the house and the more a thought occurred to me, the more agitated I get, trying to clamp down on the thoughts and delude myself. There was now way Dame was at the party.

My thoughts were cut short by the sound of a commotion no doubt coming from the hall where the party was being held. A dark brooding feeling curled up in my guts. Something was terribly wrong and I knew it. I was in nothing but night wear but I couldn’t care less as I went down a flight of steps towards the hall where the party was being held.

Dame is somewhere out there and I need to find my son.

I ran into the hall and what seemed to be a party wasn’t much of that anymore. The hall that was neatl