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CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
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THE VICTIMS CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
As the queen cast her gaze at Aric, Henry, and Emily, the three remained still.Lady Leanor glared at each of them with her blue eyes, demanding to know "why in the world" they had attacked her bodyguards. "Why in the world would you three assault my guards?"Aric's angry response was, "We thought we were saving you." "We thought we were saving you." You deceived Emily by sending her secret messages, telling her that your father had misplaced your wallet and that you were being kept hostage.His mother sighed with relief as the anger and rage left her body. "Oh," she said.She stated this while staring at her children with a sorrowful expression. "I'd given up on you two ever finding it out," she said, glancing at her children. "So I changed tactics. I discovered a means to interact with the outside world and contacted some of my previous supporters."She proceeded by coming forward and saying, "With their support, I was able to replace your father's guards with my own one at a time,"
THE VICTIMS CHAPTER SIXTY SEVEN
When I came in the middle of the night, I felt like I had spent the previous night sucking on a pair of old sweat socks.I had to brush dry gunk out of my eyelashes before they would open, and when a bolt of lightning flew through my brain, I immediately wished I had kept them closed. I had to rub dried gunk out of my eyelashes before they would open.A woman's voice could be heard above me saying, "Good evening."I cautiously opened my eyes, hoping that it wouldn't hurt as much as it had the last time, and as I glanced up, I saw Aida staring down at me with concern in her eyes."How are you doing?" she inquired. "I'm OK."The only sound that came out of my mouth as I turned away and buried my face in my pillow was an audible "ugh."I could feel the edge of the bed sink as I listened to her sigh, and she said, "Yeah." "It appears that Lara gave you one of the special tablets she manufactures," you said."Here," she said, handing over a cup, "sip this."I could see, through the cloud o
THE VICTIMS CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT
While Leanor and Aric waited for her connections to return to her, Leanor asked Aric, "Tell me about Liberty." Aric responded by telling Leanor about Liberty.Henry and Emily had left him behind with his mother to go get Aric's car, leaving Henry all by himself with his mother.He leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees as he continued, "I don't know how to describe her." He went on to say that she was unlike any other human he had ever encountered."She's a living being?!" His mother sputtered, her eyes widening in surprise as she stared at him."Yeah," he said while lowering his head in shame.And you say that you adore her?" Leanor questioned, her voice becoming more conciliatory."I do," he nodded.And do you know whether she loves you?" She prodded, attempting to gain a better understanding of the problem.Aric heaved a sigh and lowered his shoulders as he said, "I don't know." He thought she may, but it's possible that she was just doing what she believed she needed
THE VICTIMS CHAPTER SIXTY NINE
Aida comforted me with kind words as she held me tight and waited for me to cry myself to exhaustion.After finally weeping myself to oblivion, she wiped the tears away from my eyes soothingly."Are you done?"Are you ready?" she said, stroking her palm down the length of my back. "If I don't get you ready, we'll be late."As Aida rapidly reapplied my makeup and restyled my hair, all I did was nod and sit still in the chair.She assisted me in putting on an outfit identical to the one I had been wearing the night before. The only difference was that the arm cuffs she put on me this evening cinched securely closed and had little silver loops down three of the sides.As she watched from a distance, she gave a downcast nod of approval.She reattached the leash to my collar and walked me back into the waiting room. As we went through the door, I had a momentary loss of balance."Aren't we going in?" I inquired while craning my neck to get a better view of the door behind me.Over her sho
THE VICTIMS CHAPTER SEVENTY
Aric spat out the word "no" as he rose to his feet. "No! Emily should have the throne; I have no desire to sit on it."Leanor responded while attempting to maintain her composure, saying, "But the law says it must be a male."His voice cracked with exasperation as he said, "Come on mom," he continued, "it's the fucking twenty-first century!!"Emily yelled out, "He's correct," as she joined her brother in the position of prominence. "If you look back at the history of vampires in general, our people have always been led by men, and as far as I can tell, every single one of them has messed things up,"Henry called out, "Here, here," as he moved closer to his companions and joined them. "You got my vote!"Aric approached his mother and inquired, "What do you say?" as he stepped in her direction. "Would you be willing to ascend the throne if we were able to remove your father from it?"Lady Leanor gave the three people who were intently staring at her some thought as she surveyed their fa
THE VICTIMS CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
When you're as near to death as I was, being flung across the room by a master vampire and hitting a wall doesn't hurt as much as you might think when you're in that position.Through the haze that filled my eyes, I watched his feet as they traversed the room to get to me. I heard and felt my ribs fracturing, but I didn't feel any pain.Damn, I'm not dead yet.I could feel a dull aching in my neck when Lord Lothaire grasped the back of my neck and lifted me off the floor. I couldn't help but giggle since I must seem like a bloody marionette.He took me from room to room, past human slaves who were prostrating themselves on the floor as he approached. I hung limp in his arms as he moved through the rooms.After pushing through a door, I found myself in a bedroom set up like a torture chamber with all the necessary equipment.As Lord Lothaire went about the room, he threw me against the wall, and I immediately felt a searing agony in my side.When he came back to me, he pulled me into a
THE VICTIMS CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
Lady Leanor entered the throne room together with her children and support staff.When she looked at the end of the room, she saw her husband scraping dirt from beneath his fingernails while he was covered in blood and internal organs and lazing on his raised throne as if he didn't have a care in the world.Before entering the corridor with her followers, Leanor shielded herself from the impending horror by covering her eyes and taking a deep breath before proceeding.When Lord Lothaire saw his exiled wife approaching, he yelled at the top of his lungs, "My darling Lady Leanor, how dare you to leave your exile without my express permission!""Your recent 'eccentricities' have made it essential," she said fiercely, pausing just outside the assault radius of her husband so that she would have time to respond. At this distance, she would have a chance to defend herself.Lord Lothaire chuckled as he asked, "My eccentricities? Why would my eccentric or not actions be any of your concerns?
THE VICTIMS CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
I was acutely aware of the rapid beating of my heart. After that, there will be two beats. I could sense that the process was drawing to an end. Even if this liberation meant I would never see Aric again, I would be free of all the physical and emotional misery plaguing me.Oh, for the chance to spend just one more minute in his arms, to feel his lips crushed against mine, and to finally be able to part with him.If I could have one wish granted, it would have been it; the other would have been to visit my mother.To my great relief, she would never have any idea what the hell I'd gone through. I could only pray that, in her mind, I was free and leading a happy, fulfilling life in the free zone.As soon as my feet struck the floor, I heard someone scream my name, "Liberty!"I was too weak to open my eyes or cry in pain while my wrists were being unhooked, but I felt multiple pairs of hands holding me as they did so.My ribs were exposed and pointed upward as I was carefully positione
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