로그인Jane felt as though her entire body was drowning in a pitch-black sea. Her limbs all felt unbearably heavy as she sank deeper and deeper beneath the endless darkness, unable to see anything around her or feel anything other than the immense pressure pulling her further into a place that held nothing but emptiness and loneliness. There was no light above her, no ground beneath her feet, only an endless abyss that welcomed her without a single sound. She should have been struggling. She should have been desperately trying to swim back toward the surface, yet strangely enough, her body refused to move.She should be scared of drowning somewhere she didn't know and yet, why was it that everything felt right? It was as if she had finally found a place where she didn't have to force herself to survive anymore. No one was chasing her. No one was hurting her. No one expected anything from her. The darkness wrapped around her body like a blanket and for the first time in what felt like forever
This Jane seemed to be furious at him but also seemed unable to directly kill him, which made Victor wonder what sort of requirement was needed before she would decide to take someone's life. Considering there was a human body not far from them and the wound on Liliana's body, wounds that only she could have inflicted, could it be the death of others? Or perhaps it had something to do with intent? Whatever the answer was, she clearly wasn't attacking him despite having more than enough opportunities to do so. If this Jane truly wanted him dead, she should have already plunged the candle holder into his chest the moment he grabbed her hand."Do you think I won't kill you?" Jane asked him. This Jane stared at him as though she was debating something within herself. Though she had been resolute when killing Liliana and had shown not a single ounce of hesitation while tearing her heart out, now she seemed to be measuring whether it was right to take his life or not. Her eyes remained fix
Liliana began to writhe beneath her. Something wasn't normal with Jane anymore and every instinct in her body was screaming it. The threat Jane had made no longer sounded like an angry outburst or a desperate attempt to scare her. It sounded like certainty. The certainty of someone who had already decided exactly what they were going to do and wouldn't hesitate to carry it out. No, maybe it was even because this wasn't her first time doing what she had said, murdering a vampire. No way. That can't be. No human can ever win against a vampire, no one! And how could this be? The sudden cruelty that Jane show was just far too strange. Just moments ago Jane had been trembling. She had been scared. She had looked exactly like every other human Liliana had hunted before. So how had things suddenly changed?In that moment, Liliana's mind began racing at an unprecedented speed as she desperately tried to understand what she was seeing. Before this, Jane had been shaking with fear, displaying
A strange gurgle slipped from Valaria's throat. Her eyes widened before rolling wildly in pain as her trembling fingers immediately reached toward her neck, desperately trying to grasp the knife lodged straight through it. Blood spilled between her fingers no matter how hard she tried to stop it. The sight was so sudden that Jane's mind couldn't even process what had happened at first. One second Valaria had been standing beside her and the next there was a blade through her throat. Yet despite the unimaginable pain consuming her, despite the terror visible in her eyes, Valaria still looked toward Jane. Their gazes met and somehow, in that horrifying instant, she seemed to understand exactly what Jane was feeling. She seemed to realize that her fear, her panic, and her suffering would only frighten the other girl further. And so, with tears spilling freely down her face and mixing together with the blood pouring from her wound, Valaria forced her lips upward into the faintest smile,
Valaria was groaning weakly on the floor while Liliana stared at Jane with wide eyes full of surprise. The little girl had clearly been under the impression that Jane had already been caught by her father after running away. She had likely thought Victor had dragged her back to wherever he kept those who disobeyed him. Yet here Jane was, standing at the doorway once more. This time, however, things were different. Liliana had been caught in the act. There was no carefully crafted image left to maintain, no sweet smile capable of hiding what she truly was. Her gaze quickly studied Jane's face and whatever she found there caused her expression to darken. Perhaps she had realized that Jane had seen enough. Perhaps she had realized that the human girl was now looking at her the same way one would look at a monster."Papa didn't do his work well today. He promised not to let you go!" Liliana stomped her heel against the floor as she whined, her childish voice echoing throughout the room.
It'd make sense now. From the start, Valaria hadn't wanted to kill her in the room earlier, far from it. Valaria, who had seen her being taken in by the family, must have feared the idea that they would use Jane the same way they had once used her. Looking back now, Jane could finally understand the desperation hidden behind the woman's actions. Perhaps Valaria had recognized the signs immediately, seeing another girl brought into the mansion under the illusion of safety and kindness. Perhaps she had once stood in the same position herself. And perhaps, deep down, after witnessing it happen all over again, she had decided to sacrifice herself in order to help Jane leave the mansion for good. Even if it meant becoming the villain in Jane's eyes. Even if the consequence was ending up here, forced to face the true monster standing before them.It was a while until she was on the verge of becoming completely lifeless that Liliana finally stopped. The room had long since fallen quiet asid
Jane jumped down from the tall tree. She had bet her way on running away or staying. At first, she didn't want to believe there was anything close to sportsmanship in Victor but staying there on the tree where he could already guess her location was the same as suicide. In that desperate moment, sh
All the fine hairs on Jane's body stood on end. Every instinct in her screamed at her to run the moment she saw Victor's slender hands moving toward her. It made no sense as just moments ago, he had needed her guidance, had stumbled, had reached blindly into space.But now... Now it felt like he co
Jane rushed to the top of the staircase, her black loafers making a dull sound as she huffed, finally reaching the highest floor which took more time than she thought it would. A part of her even regretted looking too amazed at the mansion. What will that blind man do to her if she's late? Jane g
"Anyway, I heard that you're going to be taking care of the young master from now on," Wren continued and Jane furrowed her eyebrows at the news. She knew she would have to do business to stay in this mansion, even though she doesn't want to stay, but she couldn't willfully dispose herself from wo







