Chapter 25
The Seat in The Back
***EPOV
The professor was as used to seeing Bella with a 'bodyguard' as everyone else was.
He was also used to seeing her sitting in the back with said bodyguard, just as she was now.
A strange, pounding fury threatened to roar through me at the thought. Thankfully, an image of Bella and how uncomfortable she'd been near every other bodyguard fluttered through his mind.
It pushed back the insanity.
For that's what it was. I no longer had any doubt.
"Where did you really go last night?" Bella whispered out of no where, causing me to almost jump in my seat.
Almost.
Tensed and wary, I turned to stare down at her. Got caught by the length and curve of her lashes.
Blinked when she blinked and almost forgot what the hell I was going to say to her. "Wait. What do you mean? I didn't go anywhere."
"Don't lie to me, Eduardus," she whispered, her eyes deep and eerie. "What did you do last night?"
She knew. It was instant and I knew she knew. "How?" I whispered, keeping a partial part of my senses locked on the rest of the class. On where their attention was. When it became clear Bella was hesitating to answer, I asked again. "How?"
"You killed him. Can't you guess how I know that?" she finally whispered.
I fought to remain calm as fresh rage poured through me anew. I could guess. I could more than guess. I knew. And that made me want to bring that bastard back from the dead and torture him for aeons this time.
How dare he leave any residual mark on her? How dare he taint her to that extent? "I don't fucking regret killing him. I just wish I'd done it slower," I finally whispered, caught in the midst of something I couldn't even begin to understand.
"Thank you," her soft voice rang out, shocking the living fuck out of me.