NIGHTS OF HALLOW

your concerns ”

”You
e welcome lass, you can always count on us ” Mrs. Perkin smiled and turned back to Mrs. Castor and the other women ”I heard the king is going make his presence known in the coming hallow and he will also be inviting some of the lower class to… ”

The words of Mrs. Perkin died down in Perditas ears as her gaze and attention returned to the man who was still looking at her.

The evening approached faster than the former days and Perdita couldn be happier to go home. Some of the villagers had returned home and only a few were seen packing and putting their goods away.

Perdita was done for the day and she was very excited that she made lots of sales which she had already planned what to do with the money. With the winter fast approaching, she could use the money and buy more hays to place on their rooftop and also buy more wood to keep warm in the cold.

Just as she was about to entirely leave the market, she saw the vampire earlier who was speaking to someone sitting in front of a brown carriage.

Perdita wondered what the man was still doing here and what his agenda was, and before she knew it, her feet carried her to the man.

Daemon from the corner of his eyes saw the green-eyed girl approach him. He was in the market since morning watching her and he knew she will come to meet him. That was how human brains worked. They will see danger and happily walk toward it. Though she was a vampire now. Old habits are hard to die.

Before Perdita could open her mouth Daemon already beat her to it ”Hi, green eye ”

Perditas eyes narrowed at the man. Who addresses someone with the color of the eyes? ”What do you want? ”

Daemon feigned ignorance and his eyebrow rose in question ”Pardon? ”

This time not only did Perditas eyes narrow, but she also glared directly into his eyes ”Don feign ignorance unless you
e a dimwit. Why were you looking at me? Oh, wait, rightly put, why were you watching me? ”

The smile on Daemons face faltered and his eyes darkened at the insult thrown at him ”I believe you were also watching me unless your eyes are not good and you seem to have some defects in your eyes ” Daemon threw back the insult at Perdita and her eyes drilled holes in the vampires chest.

The few people who were leaving the market couldn help but look at Perdita and the vampire.

Perdita wanted to know why and what the vampire was doing in their village not knowing her little interrogation had another wave of doubt in the heart of Mr. Perkin who silently watched from the corner.

It felt like forever when Perdita and Daemon continued to glare at each other, each refusing to back down. Perdita finally lowered her eyes so she wouldn attract much attention to herself.

”You vampires seemed to be so busy in this village recently which I doubt is of good intention, ” Perdita said and gripped her bag.

Daemon tilted his head and scoffed at the lowly vampire girl in front of him ”And you are? Are you the village head to question our affair? A human shouldn poke their nose into our matter, especially a woman ” Daemon intentionally mentioned humans to see how Perdita will react but Perdita proved him wrong.

”You
e right, humans should not poke their nose at vampires affairs likewise the vampires. And please, don draw unnecessary attention to me before my villagers think I have something to do with you vampires. ” Perdita asserted and walked away.

Daemon stood there watching Perdita who disappeared at the end of the street. Daemon smirked at the girl who was trying to act human. She could deceive humans with it though he was also deceived by her the first time he saw her. She needed to be applauded for her acting skills and maybe she could join the theatre in the future.

If Sthena hadn mentioned she was a vampire, he would have still viewed her as a human. And a feisty human too.