I crossed my heart at the very spot in the garden where I had promised Chelsea that I wouldn’t get involved with Vlade. It was ironic but every time I promised something, I had this tendency of breaking it. Hiding the portal from Vlade was something that I had done before Vlade made me swear never to hide anything from him, hence I didn’t take that act of mine into consideration when Vlade asked me if I had any more secrets that he was unaware of.
However I was quite surprised that Vlade failed to notice the absence of the grandfather clock. Though it was dark and we were just a distance away from where it used to stand, Vlade could very well see more than an average human. But as expected, Amelia’s name was enough to keep his mind occupied. I was thankful to Dakot for taking the portal o
