LOGINKaleen came from a family which haunted vampires for many generations. When the Kingdom Vel was suddenly attacked with werewolves, She came to ask for the help of the king of vampires, Marcus. As one already recognized as hunter by the vampire community, she was turned down many times. Determined to get the help that her kingdom need, she fell on her knees and beg before the mockery of Marcus. The king of vampires finally agreed to her wish for a condition of bearing him an heir who came from the family who relentlessly hunted him for years. As Kaleen was desperate to gain the powerful king’s support, she sacrificed herself including her ideals for her people. What Kaleen didn’t know that she had fallen into a plot created by Marcus himself. From the deliberate attack of werewolves in Vel to the relentless struggle of the people there which finally pushed the princess, Kaleen, into making the decision of her life of marrying him. This is to push the Vel to the brink of destruction until it would crawl right on his palace’s footsteps for help and to deny Askian, a werewolf king of a rival kingdom, from his own mate Princess Kaleen.
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Le 10 avril. Mes yeux s’ouvrent sur le plafond blanc de notre chambre. Le chiffre s’imprime sur ma rétine avant même que mon cerveau ne soit pleinement réveillé. Vingt-quatre ans. Aujourd’hui, j’ai vingt-quatre ans.
La place à côté de moi est vide. Froide. Les draps n’ont même pas été dérangés de l’autre côté. Il n’est pas venu. Encore une nuit.
Je refuse de laisser la tristesse m’envahir, pas aujourd’hui. Je prends une grande inspiration et je force mes lèvres à sourire. C’est mon anniversaire. Peut-être qu’il a prévu quelque chose. Oui, c’est ça. Il est peut-être déjà en bas, en train de préparer le petit-déjeuner, ou une surprise.
Cela fait cinq ans que nous sommes mariés. Cinq ans que j’ai épousé Marco Fontana, l’homme le plus froid que je connaisse.
Je repasse ses chemises avec une précision maniaque, je m’assure que ses plats préférés sont sur la table quand il rentre tard du travail, je fais en sorte que la maison soit un sanctuaire de calme pour lui. Je suis parfaite. Ou du moins, j’essaie. Parce que si je suis parfaite, si je lui donne assez d’amour, assez de patience, assez de moi-même, il finira par m’aimer. C’est ce que je me répète chaque matin en me regardant dans le miroir.
C’est ce qui m’a portée pendant cinq ans.
Je me lève, je passe une robe légère, celle qu’il préfère, une robe d’été jaune pâle. Je me maquille un peu, juste assez pour camoufler les cernes. En descendant l’escalier, mon cœur bat plus vite.
Le salon est vide. La cuisine est vide. Le silence est total. Seul un rai de lumière filtre sous la porte du jardin. Je m’en approche, le souffle court. J’ouvre la porte.
Ils sont là, tous les deux. Marco et Giulia , notre fille.
Ils sont assis sur la balançoire, serrés l’un contre l’autre. Marco lui lit un livre, sa voix est basse, douce. Une voix que je ne connais pas. Une voix que je n’ai jamais entendue. Giulia rit, un rire cristallin qui me transperce. Il pose un baiser sur ses cheveux.
— Papa, dit-elle, tu sais ce que je souhaiterais pour mon anniversaire le mois prochain ?
— Quoi donc, mon trésor ? demande-t-il, et son regard est si tendre que j’en ai le vertige.
— J’aimerais tellement que maman Elena soit là. Tu crois qu’un jour, elle pourrait revenir et être ma maman pour de vrai ?
Le livre se referme. Le silence qui suit est plus assourdissant que n’importe quel cri.
Je reste figée sur le seuil de la porte-fenêtre, invisible derrière la moustiquaire. Je sens le sang quitter mon visage. Elena.
Ce prénom, je l’ai déjà entendu. Dans un demi-sommeil, une fois, il a murmuré ce prénom. Dans le regard de Marco, parfois, quand il pense que je ne le vois pas, il y a un vide, un manque… c’est elle.
Toutes ces années, j’ai cru que sa froideur venait de son caractère, d’un passé douloureux qu’il finirait par me confier. J’ai cru qu’avec assez de patience, je finirais par atteindre son cœur. Mais il n’était pas vide. Il était plein. Plein d’une autre.
Et Giulia… ma petite Giulia… elle le sait. Elle sait qu’elle a une « maman Elena » quelque part. Elle l’attend, elle aussi.
Soudain, une mémoire plus ancienne me revient. La nuit où Giulia a été conçue. C’était il y a six ans, juste avant notre mariage arrangé par nos familles. Une soirée d’entreprise, trop d’alcool. Marco avait les yeux vitreux, il m’avait prise dans ses bras sans vraiment me voir. Le lendemain matin, il sétait réveillé avec la gueule de bois et un trou noir. Il ne se souvenait de rien. Pas de la nuit, pas de moi. Rien.
Quand j’avais découvert ma grossesse, j’avais eu peur. Mais j’avais aussi espéré. Espéré que cet enfant nous rapprocherait. J’avais accouché de Giulia en croyant que ce bébé serait le début de notre histoire d’amour.
Mais non. Giulia était juste le fruit d’une nuit où il avait trop bu pour oublier Elena. Un accident. Et moi, je n’étais que celle qui était restée.
Ce n’est pas une surprise que Marco préparait pour mon anniversaire. C’est un rêve. Le rêve de Giulia. Un rêve dans lequel je n’ai jamais eu ma place.
Toutes ces années à espérer, à me donner, à me fondre dans ce moule d’épouse parfaite… pour quoi ? Pour être la remplaçante, la silhouette floue qui occupe le terrain en attendant le retour de la véritable propriétaire.
Pour la première fois, je sens quelque chose céder en moi. Ce n’est pas de la colère. C’est pire. C’est la certitude absolue que je viens de tout perdre.
It was too much coldness that made Kaleen thoroughly awaken from the deep sleep. When she stirred, she felt her body sinking down to the water. Her hands flailed, in desperate hope to hold onto something. Her feet even kicked up as her face submerged completely to the water with softened rocks of ices. She gasped for an air as she was able to pull her head up the water surface.Blinking her eyes rapidly, people registered her vision. Three standing still beside the marble tub while a man, Marcus, leaned lazily on the door’s frame, directing his eyes to her direction. Kaleen didn’t pay much attention to him and let a wondering gazes around. The three people, mostly elderly women straightened up and gazed at her down in the same blank expression as their king by the door.“It seemed that the flower cured her, your majesty.” One woman among the three, wearing a dark violet turtle neck dress, addressed Marcus in bowed head.Marcus didn’t say any word to that, flickered his eyes to the t
Kaleen’s eyes never left the beast that slowly stalked towards their direction. “It always hungered on the blood of the one that summoned it here. Your grandfather.” Marcus said in much fascination glittered on his eyes.“You…you brought me here for this purpose.” Kaleen spat with a low growl on her throat. She didn’t hesitate to snatch her sword back from him.Marcus let it go at once with a devilish smirk on his face. His gray eyes now replaced with deep scarlet, as if flood of blood pooled on those.“If your goal is to free it through me, you are utterly mistaken. Only the summoner can break the spell that bound it.”Marcus only stared at her without saying anything. None of the vampires ever moved did. Kaleen’s eyes went to the Manik’s direction, a creature so foul and huge that its exposed skin stretched from its elongated face down to its four legs. It could be likened into a werewolf but viler…and deadlier.Its whitened eyes stared directly at her, hungered for the blood that
It was too much coldness that made Kaleen thoroughly awaken from the deep sleep. When she stirred, she felt her body sinking into the water. Her hands flailed, in a desperate hope to hold onto something. Her feet even kicked up as her face submerged completely in the water with softened rocks of ices. She gasped for an air as she was able to pull her head up the water's surface.Blinking her eyes rapidly, people registered her vision. Three stood still beside the marble tub while a man, Marcus, leaned lazily on the door’s frame, directing his eyes in her direction. Kaleen didn’t pay much attention to him and let a wondering gazes around. The three people, mostly elderly women straightened up and gazed at her down in the same blank expression as their king by the door.“It seemed that the flower cured her, your majesty.” One woman among the three, wearing a dark violet turtle neck dress, addressed Marcus with a bowed head.Marcus didn’t say any word to that, flickered his eyes to the
Chapter 7Kaleen’s eyes never left the beast that slowly stalked in their direction. “It always hungered on the blood of the one that summoned it here. Your grandfather.” Marcus said in much fascination glittered in his eyes.“You…you brought me here for this purpose.” Kaleen spat with a low growl in her throat. She didn’t hesitate to snatch her sword back from him.Marcus let it go at once with a devilish smirk on his face. His gray eyes were now replaced with deep scarlet as if a flood of blood pooled on those.“If your goal is to free it through me, you are utterly mistaken. Only the summoner can break the spell that bound it.”Marcus only stared at her without saying anything. None of the vampires ever moved. Kaleen’s eyes went in the Manik’s direction, a creature so foul and huge that its exposed skin stretched from its elongated face down to its four legs. It could be likened to a werewolf but viler…and deadlier.Its whitened eyes stared directly at her, hungered for the blood
The blisters on her feet appeared to have exacerbated the pain she felt in the long hike in the course of her travel. But Kaleen refused to back down nor voice out any complaints. She had long passed the main city of Vel with people clamoring in agony at the sight of the princess chained and dragge
In the adjoining land of Vel, a round of nobles were having tea time with the royals of Vel and in some other countries. Under the shadowed table of a cypress tree, came a peaceful conversation between the people around the party. As if there wasn't chaos in the distant lands.Dahlia, Marie, Penelo
When Kaleen saw the large numbers of vampires just outside the gate by the stairs, she stood in one of the steps in momentary shock. There would be no way that the Vel would be able to overthrow such a population even in full force. Marcus might have changed his course of action indeed.Even wher
Kaleen stared outside the window, now dressed and dolled up by her personal maids. "My lady, I already placed your precious dresses in your traveling bag." Clarin had spoken from behind. "Will there be carriage to take you to your destination? I booked for one but the king's men denied it."Kalee


















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