Chapter 28: The Umbrarian dance
Silence reigned supreme between them as neither believed they had anything worth sharing, the clacking of their shoes against the stone floor as well as the crackling and flickering of fire being the only melodies to echo.
Silas and Arabella ascended the same spiraling stairs that had led them down to the trophy room.
As soon as the wooden door creaked open, a feminine voice blared through the hallway, "Master," Katherine curtsied before Silas first.
"Have you been waiting for us here?" Silas asked her.
The lack of light penetrating through the windows and the ignited candles hanging from the chandeliers communicated to Arabella that the sun had already sunk behind the horizon.
"The Lady would like to see Arabella in the music room and one of the maids reported seeing her in your company, coming in this direction, so I waited for you to return here," Katherine bowed slightly towards the end of her sentence.
"Well then, I shan't hold you back any longer. You are free to go," Silas turned to Arabella, "Excuse me, I, too, must go my own way," he added before walking away from them.
Arabella watched him as he went, but Katherine quickly ripped her attention away, "I am glad to see your colors have returned," she smiled brighter, "Yesterday you were all pale, I feared you'd fallen ill. Even your heart has simmered down and that is a good sign," the vampire nodded, "Come now, we mustn't make the Lady wait more than she already has,"
Arabella followed Katherine to the music room where not only the Lady awaited but Grace, Allegra, a third young woman that hadn't yet been introduced and a young man that Arabella had also never met prior.