登入At the Nightwood Clan's feast celebrating our victory over the hunters, I was accused by Julia—a fledgling freshly turned from a blood servant. The charge? Stealing fifteen crates of mana crystals and hundreds of vials of the finest rare bloods. She pointed a finger at me, her voice ringing with self-righteousness. "Are we going to let a selfish thief like her continue to control this clan's lifeblood? I propose she be thrown into the Silverwater dungeons immediately!" I looked to Joseph, the Earl of Nightwood, the man I had loved for a hundred years. He knew damn well all of it—the blood, the crystals—was mine. My gift to the clan. I needed those crystals to heal the wounds I took in the fighting, and the rare blood was the only way we could call on our allies. But the man who'd been tangled in my sheets just last night now stared at me coldly. "Julia has records of you stealing clan resources. What do you have to say for yourself?" A smirk touched my lips. "I have nothing to say." So, they thought I was some fool they could just push around. They had no idea I was a descendant of the most powerful Vampire Prince of all, Valerius. If they wanted to play games with me, they’d better be prepared for my revenge.
查看更多On the run, Joseph and Julia became the lowest of the low in the vampire world.After their lies were exposed, they were shunned by every clan.The kill-on-sight order from the Valerius family, combined with the bitter hatred of the common vampires they had deceived, meant no one dared to offer them shelter.They lost not only their warm castle and their high status but also the basic means of survival.The once-proud Count was now a pathetic wreck, forced to scurry through the shadows like a sewer rat. Someone even saw him in a slum, fighting over a cheap bag of blood plasma.A month later, on a bitterly cold night.With nowhere left to run, Joseph knelt outside the magnificent iron gates of the Valerius castle."Elizabeth! I know you're in there!" he cried, his voice a raw, desperate howl. He clung to the cold iron bars, gaunt and haggard. "I was wrong! I truly was! Please, call off the High Council's warrant! Don't you remember the nights we watched the moon together? The portrait I
High on the success of their ridiculous spectacle, Joseph and Julia clung to it like a lifeline. They began campaigning even more frantically among the common vampires, shamelessly spreading their "truth" about being brutally oppressed.Deep in a hidden part of the Black Forest, an eerie green bonfire lit up a clearing packed with angry, resentful faces.Julia, dressed in a deliberately tattered dress, was crying her eyes out."I am just a fledgling, turned only three months ago. When I discovered that the high and mighty ancient nobles, like Elizabeth, were stealing from the clan's public resources, I bravely stood up to her. And for that? She unleashed her fury on me! She's using her family's power to hunt us all down!"Joseph stepped forward at the perfect moment, wrapping his arms around the "faltering" Julia, playing the part of a heartbroken leader. "My friends, this isn't just an attack on Julia! This is the old guard trying to crush all of us who are new! They hoard the best bl
I sat in my spacious, comfortable study, coldly watching the flood of messages from Joseph, Julia, and the other core members of Clan Nightwood.Elizabeth, answer me! Please, just answer! Those armored guards are throwing our things out! What is going on!You can't be this cruel! You're driving the entire clan to its grave! Stop this, for old times' sake!I never replied. The tone of his messages devolved from rage laced with pride, to frantic demands, and finally, to broken, weeping pleas.At the same time, a more lethal storm was brewing in the upper echelons of vampire society.I had the Valerius clan formally declare Clan Nightwood an enemy.Blood-ravens flew from clan to clan, carrying the message. The news spread like wildfire, cutting off every possible escape route for Nightwood.The neutral clans who had been watching from the sidelines, terrified of getting caught in the crossfire, pulled all their investments overnight and even cut off their supply of basic blood rations.Wh
I looked down at the weeping Joseph, filled with a pathetic sort of pity."What we once had?" I scoffed, completely unmoved by his pleas. "Lord Count, when you were in my bed, planning how to strip me of my power, did you think of 'what we once had' then? When you put the protective amulet I bled for around Julia's neck, did you spare even a single thought for our past?"I took a step back in disgust, avoiding his attempt to touch me as if he were a pile of filth.Then I turned and announced to everyone present, "I've had enough of this childish game. I have decided to officially return to the Valerius family and take what is rightfully mine. From this day forward, I have no connection to Clan Nightwood."Hearing my declaration, a deeply satisfied smile spread across Prince Archon's stern face.He released his grip. Julia crumpled to the ground like a rag doll, clutching her throat and coughing violently, her eyes wide with terror."Good girl. You've finally come to your senses," Princ






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