As Victoria remained in Elijah’s embrace, something felt different, but he could not place his finger on what exactly. He kept hugging her and then noticed her heartbeat was faster than usual, as he was already used to the rhythm of Rhea’s heartbeat. He remained there, trying to figure out exactly what it was, but he could not. He breaks free from the embrace and raises her chin up with his left hand to look her in the eyes, as he is not really feeling her. Seeing Elijah do that, Victoria’s heart raced with joy as she felt like her dreams were beginning to come true. Elijah noticed how Victoria looked at him straight in the eyes, and then he thought to himself, ‘Rhea never does this. Victoria feels so glad and happy to see Elijah look at her like that. To her, he adored her, but unknown to
