LOGINMy Vampire fiancé, Vincent, was the powerful prince of New York's most influential coven. He had lived for centuries and was notoriously ruthless, yet he bestowed upon me, and only me, every honor imaginable. But one month before our Union Ceremony, he suddenly insisted on postponing it. The reason was his childhood friend, Camilla, was dying from a rare condition known as Bloodline Degeneration. To repay a life debt from long ago, he wanted to hold a mock wedding with her to fulfill her last wish to wear a wedding gown. I refused outright. It was a flagrant violation of coven dignity. But he pressured me relentlessly, using a supposed ancient code of honor as emotional blackmail. Then, two weeks before the ceremony, I received an anonymous email containing an advanced blood analysis report. Only then did I learn that he hadn't just been preparing a wedding; he had already secretly formed a Mutual Blood Bond with her, a pact that would bind their lives together for eternity. In that moment, I finally understood. My two centuries of devotion to him had been nothing more than a joke. And so, I called off our union and set fire to everything he had ever given me. On the day of the ceremony, I traveled to Europe's Supreme Institute for Vampiric Research in Italy and took charge of the Institute's most secret and critical project. From that day forward, I would have nothing more to do with the noble prince. We were finished.
View MoreI agreed. That night, I had an unwarded invitation and a single blood-crystal candy sent to him.Vincent unwrapped the blood crystal and placed it on his tongue, the sweetness on it more bitter than any he had ever known.On the day of the wedding, the ancient castle welcomed the nobility of all Europe's night.Lucas wore a custom-tailored suit as dark as night, radiating the commanding aura of an Archduke's heir.I gazed at the man by my side, an unprecedented sense of peace washing through my cold blood.It was only after meeting Lucas that I truly understood. Real love didn't require condescending charity, nor a tiptoeing dance of constant testing.The ancient, distant hymns began to play. I took my Mentor's arm and, under the twilight glow of the anti-sunlight serum, slowly walked toward Lucas.My Mentor solemnly placed my hand in his and declared, "My proudest student. I now entrust her to you."Lucas lowered his golden eyes and made a blood vow. "As long as my soul exists, she wi
The searing pain of vervain corroding my blood, the pain I had braced for, never came.I snapped my eyes open to the sound of space being torn apart.Vincent stood in front of me. The silver-coated, armor-piercing bullet had shot straight through him, right next to his heart.Dark red blood instantly soaked his expensive coat. His tall body staggered, and he fell heavily into my arms."Vincent!" I caught him, immediately channeling my magic to try and seal the wound near his heart. One thought dominated my mind: protect his heart, don't let the silver corrode it!"Are you insane? You didn't even have your wards up!" I pressed down hard on the smoking wound, my fingertips instantly soaked in his scalding blood.Vincent's eyes were losing focus, and beads of cold sweat rolled down his pale face.He clung to his last thread of consciousness, his gaze fixed on me.A faint smile touched his lips. "So... this is what it feels like... Is this how much you hurt, two hundred years ago on that s
Before I could speak, the emotions he had so carefully suppressed finally broke."Elena, I can explain! I was having hallucinations from magical depletion back then. I mistakenly believed Camilla was the one who dragged me from the sun. There was never any emotion between us."His throat worked, and his crimson-rimmed eyes filled with unshed tears."It wasn't until you vanished from my life, stripping away every trace of your presence, that I finally extracted her memories and learned the truth. It was you, on that white-hot day two hundred years ago, who shielded me from the sun. I mistook my savior, Elena..."Vincent's eyes were filled with regret. He thought that if he revealed the truth, if he set aside his princely dignity, I would soften and forgive him, just as I had for the past two hundred years.But he had miscalculated.In the wasteland two hundred years ago, it was I who had dragged him into the lightless chamber, enduring the agony of my own flesh being scorched by the sun
For two hundred years, I had offered him everything with an almost abject devotion, yet he remained cold.It wasn't until Camilla crossed the line so easily with a single lie that I had my epiphany. This exalted Prince wasn't born without feelings; he simply didn't love me.Two years ago, I had destroyed that wedding of the century with my own hands, completely clearing the space he occupied in my life.And now he'd drained her blood, severed their pact, and come to me with this display of agonizing love?I met his gaze, my voice faint. "I'm sorry. Lucas is my fiancé. We're holding our wedding ceremony on the eighteenth of next month. That's ten days from now."Vincent's eyes grew redder, as if his very soul was being forcibly torn away, unable to accept the reality that I was truly going to belong to another man.But I no longer had any desire to even look at him.I led the others toward a private room across the hall. As I passed him, he reached out, his hand desperately clutching th
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