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The Fake Heiress the Vampire Prince Regretted Losing Chapter 15
Elena's POVIn the end, I didn't go with them.My mother stood there, eyes red.As if, only now, she'd finally understood. I was not going to forgive them this time, not the way I would have before."Elena…"Her voice was shaking."We know. We were wrong. We really do."I just looked at her, calmly, and shook my head."It's too late."The air went quiet.The color drained slowly out of my father's face too.In the end, they didn't push it any further.They just walked out of the hall, the both of them, hollowed-out.I watched them go.And I realized something.The Ashbournes, who had once held themselves so high, had been brought to this.My father's tailcoat was clearly an old model. The cuffs were worn.My mother's jewelry wasn't the priceless collection it used to be.So. Without their "fated bride," they'd never managed to climb into the vampire world after all.I watched them go, and there was nothing big inside me.Only a thin, distant sense of how strange life could be.That was
The Fake Heiress the Vampire Prince Regretted Losing Chapter 14
Elena's POVJoey hadn't wanted to bring me back for the Council.Ever since I'd woken up, he had kept me away from any news of that world.The nobles. The banquets.The people who'd once driven me to the edge.Joey wanted to put himself between me and all of it.That night, it was raining again.Damp sea air came in through the windows.I was sitting by the window, sorting through my drawings, and Joey was at the desk, frowning at the invitation I'd quietly pulled out of the mailbox.After a long time, he said it quietly."I could just not go."I looked up.He didn't meet my eyes."The Council business is just official. There's no need to attend it.""And," he paused, his voice dropping, "I don't want you running into those people again."The rain kept falling.I looked at him for a long moment.Then I smiled, gently."But you've already declined more than once, haven't you? It'll affect your business, won't it?"Joey went still.I put down the brush, stood up, and walked over to him.
The Fake Heiress the Vampire Prince Regretted Losing Chapter 13
Elena's POVTo let me recover in peace, Joey took me away from the place we'd been staying.He took me somewhere remote.It was near the sea.The weather was always overcast.The rain didn't stop.A grey-blue sky, year-round, hung over the wet mist.The human me probably wouldn't have liked it here.But somehow, after I'd become a vampire, I started to like weather like this.The wind in the middle of the night didn't feel cold on my skin anymore.When the rain came down, I could smell the wet smell of leaves and earth on the air, sharp and clean.The whole world had become quiet and slow.Like, finally, I had room to breathe.That night, after Joey told me how he felt, the air between us shifted into something strange.But it wasn't exactly awkwardness, either.Mostly, I'd started avoiding his eyes.Because every time mine met his, I'd remember that night.The way he'd looked at the floor and held my hand carefully in his.And said, "I don't want to be your friend."Joey, for his part
The Fake Heiress the Vampire Prince Regretted Losing Chapter 12
Elena's POVI never thought I'd actually live.When my mind came back to me, I assumed I was already dead.Everything was black. My whole body felt like it had been ripped apart and stitched back together, even the movement of blood through me hurt, like something burning.I tried to open my eyes. They were too heavy.There was a man's voice, near me. Rough. Low."Please. Wake up. Don't leave me here on my own…"His voice was breaking. Like he hadn't slept in days.For a second I thought it was Alexander.I found out later that the person who'd come for me that day was Joey.He'd been keeping watch outside the manor. He'd been ready to forcibly take me away from there.He just hadn't expected Alexander to bring me to a vampire nobles' banquet.By the time he reached the venue, the whole floor had blown apart.The fire was too thick to see through.He told me the whole banquet hall was in chaos. Everyone was running.He was the only one who'd thrown himself into the wreckage. The only o
The Fake Heiress the Vampire Prince Regretted Losing Chapter 11
Alexander's POVIn the end, even after I pushed for it more than once, the Council didn't have Vicky executed.The truth was simpler than that.They couldn't bear to spill the true Ashbourne bloodline.Not even when she'd colluded with the enemy. Not even when her conspiracy had nearly killed every noble at that banquet.Inside the council chamber, Vicky was on her knees on the stone floor.There were heavy silver shackles on her wrists and ankles. Her face was bloodless.The eyes that had always glittered with calculation and self-satisfaction held nothing now but fear.The Council sat above her.Examining her like a piece of merchandise. Calculating whether it was still worth something."Vicky Ashbourne, you have conspired with vampire hunters. This is unforgivable.""However. In consideration of the fact that you carry the true bloodline of House Ashbourne, the Council decrees that you will be remanded into Alexander's custody.""After you have produced an heir, your punishment will
The Fake Heiress the Vampire Prince Regretted Losing Chapter 10
Alexander's POVAfter that day, I started dreaming about Elena. Often.No. I'm not sure they count as dreams anymore.Because I'm having trouble telling reality from hallucination.I keep thinking she's still here.That if I open the right door, I'll see her sitting there, quietly.She'll look up at me, the way she used to.And softly say my name."Alexander."But every time I open a door, the room is empty.*****I've stopped sleeping at night.The moment I close my eyes, Elena. In the fire.Hanging on to the windowsill with the last of her strength.Half her body almost lost in the flames.Smiling at me anyway.Then her lips moving."I don't owe you anything anymore."That sentence is a curse.It loops in my head, on and on.I've started remembering things I never paid attention to.Toward the end, Elena kept looking at me like she wanted to ask me something. Like she was on the verge of asking, and then stopping herself.Her eyes used to be red.She was clearly being pushed past her
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