Victoria gasped as Peter stormed his way in. She saw that look in his eyes of nearly pure rage. She wasn’t aware he’d still be able to smell the sickly sweet pheromones from their night of passion from hours earlier. But it was obvious that they’d slept together as they were both naked and only covered by the bedding. Peter was wrong about one thing, however, that he thought Victoria was taking advantage of Vail. Even if she resisted and told him no, had she denied him her blood in the first place after agreeing to let him drink from her, he still would have lusted for it and tried to take her blood by force. He made it clear he wouldn’t let her go back on her word before they became entangled in the bedsheets in The Shire. 

Victoria held the bed covers up over her modest bosom as Peter told them to make themselves decent. She didn’t realise Gerald would also be coming with Ray. If she saw him again, she wasn’t sure she could contain her anger at him. She noticed Peter didn’t move from the door even as Vail told him to give them privacy. He would not budge though. She sighed as she glanced at Vail. She dragged the bed covers with her from the bed and kept it wrapped around her like a towel as she stepped into her undergarments and slid her dress over her without bothering to add the undergarment of her corset and merely left it strewn across the floor. She could pick it up later or Vail could have a servant deliver it to Crest Manor. 

Her dress hung loosely, not showing off any curves as she looked at the book on the floor. She stood in front of it to hide it from Peter’s view before Vail quickly kicked it under the bed out of sight as he got dressed. She slipped her boots on and looked at Peter, her hair was still quite frizzy and messy but for the sake of mere transport back to her home, she needn’t look presentable. Her mother would take care of it once she returned, no doubt. “I only trust Lord Pierce. I don’t want Alabaster anywhere near me.” She told the Hygrace clan leader. “He killed my father. He was his best friend and he stabbed him in the back. What chance do you think you’ll have against The Order with [i]him[/i] at the helm?” But with someone like her at the helm of the organisation, she’d make sure the Hygraces were safe. First, she needed rid of Gerald. 

She followed Peter down the stairwell and was greeted with a solemnly expressed Ray Pierce and a smiling Gerald Alabastor. A rather smug smile that had said he’d won this round. He held out his hand for her to take. “Lady Crest, it is so good to see you…unharmed.” He shot a warning glare at Peter.

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Reluctantly she begrudgingly edged toward him. But she did not take his hand, rather she took Ray’s hand. She trusted him as if he were a brother. “”Thank God, you’re okay. I was worried when you were taken…”

“I was taken to somewhere safe from Spencer.” She glared at Gerald, who remained stoic and silent on the situation.  “Well we best be off. Thank you for seeing to her health, she looks much better now.” He extended his thanks to Lord Peter Hygrace. “Let’s get you home, My Lady.” Gerald snapped his fingers and Ray turned to follow him out of the estate. But before he escorted Lady Victoria away, she turned back to look at Vail one last time. “I love you, Vail.” She whispered, but he would hear it with his keen vampiric hearing.