Se connecterChapter: I looked at Jack in shock, as if his words had fallen into my head without finding a place to settle:"prince ?… What do you mean?"Jack sighed slowly and lowered his gaze to the ground, as if the truth he carried was too heavy to be said easily:"Yes, as I said in truth… I am the prince of the ghouls."I laughed lightly, trying to break the strangeness of the situation, and said:"But Sophia is the princess of the ghouls, Jack. And you have no relation to her."He raised his head slowly and looked at me with a steady gaze, devoid of any humor:"I am the illegitimate son of the former prince, Claude ."My smile gradually faded, and I felt the air around me grow colder."Since my father died ten years ago, and there was no declared heir… Sophia was chosen as the heir, and she is my cousin's daughter."I fell silent for a moment, trying to process what he had said.It was no longer just a surprise, but a complex web of secrets, to say:"Does Sophia know about this?"He shook
Chapter: After the weekend ended. I gathered my belongings slowly, as if I were deliberately delaying the moment of departure. I placed the last item in the bag, then closed it tightly, and took one final look around. The room seemed unusually quiet, as if it were hiding everything that had happened within it between its silent walls. I stepped outside, where the servant was waiting for me, standing calmly as usual. Before getting into the car, I turned back toward the house. I contemplated its tall windows, its wide garden, and every corner of it, as if I were trying to preserve it in my memory. I had not expected my view of it to change so quickly from a strange place to one that carried a sense of familiarity. I got into the car, and we set off down the road. Throughout the journey, I was lost in my thoughts. I remembered how I had spent the past days between exploration, tension, and unexpected situations. I remembered Matthew and his endless problems, and I smiled despite
Chapter: At that moment, I felt an intense anger. It wasn’t an ordinary anger that could be ignored or easily suppressed; it was something accumulated that exploded all at once.Since I came into this world, I had gone through many situations, some strange and some annoying, but I had never been subjected to a direct insult like this. It was provocative, humiliating… as if it were a test of my patience, which was starting to run out.I rushed out of my room so quickly that the door slammed behind me loudly, and I began speaking in a raised voice as I moved down the hallway:“Where is that stupid boy?”My steps were fast, almost furious, their sound echoing through the wide corridor. I was about to head toward his room, but I suddenly stopped in the middle of the way.I raised my head slightly and frowned:“Wait… where is his room in the first place?”I froze in place for a few seconds, as if the excitement that had driven me forward had collided with a wall of reality. I didn’t know
Chapter: After I had been wandering through the house, a door in the right wing caught my attention. It wasn’t like the other doors; it was wider, heavier, covered with strange, intertwined carvings as if they told an ancient story no one could understand.I stood in front of it for a few moments, feeling that something was drawing me to it for no clear reason. I slowly extended my hand and touched those carvings; they were cold, unexpectedly so, as if they had not been affected by the warmth of the place.Suddenly, I heard the sound of footsteps from inside.I froze in place.The footsteps were light but clear, getting closer little by little, as if their owner was walking with deliberate slowness. I held my breath and moved a little closer to the door, trying to see through the narrow gap, but the darkness inside was dense, swallowing everything.I couldn’t make out any movement, not even a shadow.My heartbeat quickened, and my mind began to weave uncomfortable possibilities.Was
Chapter: I slowly turned toward the source of the voice, and the moment my eyes fell on him, I froze for a second. There was a small child standing at the doorway, his arms crossed over his chest, his features tense in a way that suggested intense annoyance. His bright blond hair reflected the dim candlelight, and his black eyes gleamed with a sharp look that didn’t suit his age.In that moment, I immediately remembered the picture I had seen in the hallway… it was the same child.He didn’t give me time to think.He rushed toward me in the blink of an eye until he stopped right in front of me, and said in a loud voice filled with clear anger:“Why did you come back?! Didn’t you say you wouldn’t return?!”I blinked in surprise, is… this the first thing someone says to his sister after being gone?I felt confused for a moment, but I remembered Carla’s words act like me and stay calm.I took a light breath, then turned my face away from him as if I wasn’t interested, and went back to ea
Chapter: The New Family.As soon as the servant reached one of the rooms in that long, dark corridor, he suddenly stopped. The hallway stretched as if it had no end, and the walls on both sides were covered with faded old paint, over which the dim shadows of the lamps hung, barely lighting the way.The silence was heavy between us until the servant turned toward me with a slight bow and said in his calm voice:“My lady… we have arrived at your room.”I looked at the door in front of me. It was a massive wooden door, adorned with old carvings that suggested the antiquity of the place. I moved forward slowly and placed my hand on the handle, while inside me was a mixture of curiosity and tension. I gently pushed the door, then reached my hand toward the lamp and turned it on.In that moment…My eyes widened in shock.The appearance of the room from the inside was completely different from the rest of the house. It was not dark or abandoned; rather, it was remarkably neat and elegant. Th







