Leonardo’s POV“Back to my castle, and you will find yourself happy there finally.” I said this to her. I hoped to see her angry face. She couldn’t disagree with me but to obey my command. However, I didn’t get what I wanted just like her. Since she accidentally met Nathan in my castle last time, I kept doubting if they were comspiring something behind my back. I was predictable. They DID do something dirty! Why would Nathan choose to kiss Echo since I was still on the scene? Why were Echo Blake so enjoyable? I hated to see her lovely face when kissing Nathan! Apparently, they were planning to do this before I ordered. But how should Nathan know what I was going to say?I simled to Echo, but only I knew how hard it was. I had to pretend I cared nothing. Even I kissed her rudely, I still couldn’t show anything nice to her. I just didn’t want her to find out the real thoughts in my mind. I didn’t love her for sure. I loved Jenna, indeed! While seeing her with others, I still couldn’t co
Emily’s POVI never thought that she’d come back! When Duke Leonardo carried her in the castle, I was stunned. Was she supposed to die in the Thorn Jungle? Why was she still alive? I clearly remembered that the guards had broken her hamstrings. How could she survive? She was just a huntress, and human beings without hamstrings of arms and legs would not walk as she did! I couldn’t believe my eyes!Duke Leonardo ordered that everyone in this castle should watch over her, not letting her escape from here again. But he also said that none of us could hurt her because she got the truth of how Princess Jenna died. Though we had received the order from Duke Leonardo, I had the feeling that she was there to be next Jenna, which meant that Duke Leonardo would show love to her as he once did to Princess Jenna.So I hated her, Echo Blake! She took lives of my villagers. Now she was trying to take Duke Leonardo from me! This time, while backing to the castle, she even had her own bedroom! Was sh
Leonardo’s POVShe was making out with one of my guards! How dare she! Son of bitch! She WAS the most slutty woman I had ever met! She should be! WIth such characteristic, she didn’t deserve Jenna’s Vampire power! That was even an insult of Jenna! I had to do something as the punishment on her.“Disgusting!” I just said this word, and my guard heard that. He was springing up like a spring. That was the sign of fright. I knew they were afraid of me, even someone would pee himself when did something wrong and heard about my coming. Pearl Trenton told me that. She was the most courageous and outstanding guards of mine. I trusted her.“Your...your Royal Highness...”He came to me quickly and knelt down to the ground, even daring not see my face.“James.” I called my housekeeper.He came even faster. “Yes, your Royal Highness, at all your requests.” “Kill him, now!” I said without any emotion and not even an expression. “ Yes. As you wish, your Royal Highness.”“No, please, your Royal Highne
Leonardo’s POV“You will never ever be Jenna, even you got her power in you.”Sometimes, I thought I didn’t know myself well. For instance, I just said to her, Echo Blake, that even she was so much like Jenna, she actually was not Jenna. To be frank, I barely thought of Jenna recently, and I did know it was all becuase Echo Blake had turned up in my life. She was brave and never gave up on anything, even with so much torture and disbelief. I couldn’t help showing true me in front of her. Just as you had known, Jenna was the only one who had ever seen the real me in this world.As I could remember, I was a Vampire and being alone for thousands of years. No one knew me and had the chance to learn about me. At the same time, I didn’t let them get close to me until Jenna showed up in my life. She, together with Nathan, had helped me out of emergency situation, and I was totally attracted by her beauty and elegance. She was humorous and open-minded, which brought me so much fun. I started
Leonardo’s POVKindness and sympathy seemed to find their way into my heart. I never had any mercy on any races. I drank up their blood just for fun. Like Emily, after she lodgedan accusation against Echo. I executed her, asking a guard to trew her in the Thorn Jungle. Anyone with desires would never survive there. I hated betrayers, but I hated those who falsely incriminated others more. If this meant that I trusted Echo Blake on some level.Neverthless, the truth of Jenna’s death was still bothering me. I couldn’t forget it. She was once loved deeply by me. How could I just get over her after she died for a month? I wasn’t that cold and cruel. I just needed to show my authority before someone, like her, the huntress.Nathan should never be her first choice when she made up her mind to find truth. I was the absolute power when anyone needed any help. That was why Echo Blake should surely stay with me. Or whatever truth she finally found, I would never choose to believe.So, the guard
Echo’s POVTonight, I was sleepless. Not because of the nervousness of being a guard of Leonardo but the plans I had to make. I had claimed that to be a guard was the choice that I had to make. The plans to get out here were the most vital.Pearl Trenton seemed easy-going. She was tough and serious, but she let me call her first name with nobody around. That was quite a sign that she was ready to be friends with me. Yet this time, I couldn’t be more cautious. To be friends with Vampire was a risky thing. They were changeable, cruel and devious. As a huntress, I should have stayed away from them. However, Pearl Trenton was the only one that I could turn to for now. So I had to get close to her and be attached to her Vampire power without letting her be aware of that. It was something about tricks and needed some skills.“Knock Knock” I heard someone knocking on my door. It would never be Leonardo, he never knocked on any of the doors in this castle.“Who is it?” I cried out. No one ans
Echo’s POVI should have known that every girl once saw Leonardo would be obssessed with him. The lust of being his girl was like the drug addiction, which made them lose their minds. When they saw my appearing in this castle, they naturally regarded me like I was the one with no difference to them. It was not difficult to explain for myself, but I just didn’t want to because I thought it was sort of meaningless to me. What was the most significant was that I needed to find the truth to prove my innocence.I kept silent, and didn’t want to fight with any of them. However, while giving up on explanation, I was treated worse. It was the time that I should fight back. The first thing I needed to improve was my Vampire power. I didn’t expect to be more skillful when using the power. I just hoped that I could control it.Training soon came to an end. Time flowed like waterfall and rapids. We came to the lunch time. Every guard was sitting in a huge canteen, which was said to be the cateen
Echo’s POVAs I finished running laps in the yard for 10 times, I stopped to sit on the staircase of the gate, resting. Pearl gently patted on my shoulder. “Good! The first task was completed. Now comes the second.”I stood up, willingly accepted her commands. “At all your requests!”“I need you to go to Daisy and say something nicely to her.” Apparently, it sounded like a joke.“But you know we are not easy with each other.” I tried to explain to Pearl about those dirty movements and shameless behavior she once had on me, but she stopped me from opening my mouth.“Of course I know that. Well, I had my own traning ways. Don’t you believe in me?”“I do believe in you, and you are the only one I believe in this castle. And because of my trust, you should stand on my side, thinking for me a little bit, will you?” I felt like I was even ready to beg her.“Learn to control your anger, Echo!” Pearl said with a very low voice. “Now you go and run laps for 10 times in this yard, and tiredness