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Chapter 13

Author: Alyssa J
I returned to North City to visit the Vampire King. The aloof monarch sat on his throne and calmly told me what those two men had done to themselves over the past century.

Julian had been rushed to the Elder Council's emergency ward dozens of times for severe dehydration and refusal to feed. Silas, to punish himself for his arrogance, had volunteered as an experimental subject at the research base, spending countless sleepless nights applying holy water to his own wounds.

As for Elena-the enrage
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  • Vampire Brothers Begged Me Back   Chapter 14

    I rushed to the hospital.Silas lay in the bed, the once-mighty vampire lord reduced to little more than a skeleton. For a hundred years, he had been driving himself toward death.Julian sat in the shadows on the opposite side of the bed, face buried in his hands, weeping.I walked to the bedside and looked at Silas, his body threaded with tubes. He could no longer speak through his vocal cords, but his eyes were locked on me, his lips moving ceaselessly. He was calling my name."Alice? Alice?"Through the haze, I saw the blizzard again-and a Silas not yet twenty years old, holding me tight, promising me a home.Decades of memories, seen from the other side, felt like one long, absurd dream.His gaze began to drift. When he tried to reach for my fingertips, it took the last of his strength.I reached out and gently clasped that cold, withered hand.I said softly, "When you get to the other side, make yourself a bowl of warm soup. Stop tormenting yourself."A single blood-red tear slid

  • Vampire Brothers Begged Me Back   Chapter 13

    I returned to North City to visit the Vampire King. The aloof monarch sat on his throne and calmly told me what those two men had done to themselves over the past century.Julian had been rushed to the Elder Council's emergency ward dozens of times for severe dehydration and refusal to feed. Silas, to punish himself for his arrogance, had volunteered as an experimental subject at the research base, spending countless sleepless nights applying holy water to his own wounds.As for Elena-the enraged brothers had stripped her of everything and cast her into the filthiest slum a hundred years ago. Accustomed to luxury, she'd gotten caught up in a vampire territory riot. Her legs were crushed in the chaos, and without medication, the wounds had festered. Brain damage followed. No one knew or cared where she'd ended up-probably curled in some dark corner, barely clinging to life.I listened to all of this and felt nothing.The Vampire King sighed. "They know they were wrong. Every single day

  • Vampire Brothers Begged Me Back   Chapter 12

    A hundred years later, I finally walked out of the Progenitor Laboratory.The research on resistance to crucifix burns and holy water toxicity had been a resounding success. The drug that freed ordinary vampires from the threat of the Church's silver weapons was approved for widespread distribution at a minimal cost.I stood alongside Caspian and the other researchers at the press conference. The Vampire King himself pinned the Progenitor Medal of Supreme Honor to my chest, granting me a position of the highest esteem.In the audience below, countless vampire families who had suffered under holy water shed tears of gratitude and thanked me. The event fell on the Full Moon Festival-and the anniversary of our parents' sacrifice for this very research.Time had, it seemed, rewritten the ending of their story.I suddenly recalled a moment from many years ago, when my mother held me gently and said:"If we could just work a little faster, the commoners who can't afford expensive protective

  • Vampire Brothers Begged Me Back   Chapter 11

    Silas's voice was hollow. "There has to be a way.""I'll find a way. I have to find her. We need to bring her home."The Vampire King let out a cold snort, his tone carrying an unmistakable warning:"Put away that bargain-bin guilt, Silas.""Your parents died because the Holy Order located their laboratory. It was a security failure that led to the tragedy.""This time, until the research is complete, no outsider will find them. That is for the researchers' protection-and for Alice's."Silas repeated the words like a man who'd lost his soul: "I'll find a way."The King's patience finally ran out. His eyes glinted with lethal intent:"Listen carefully. If you dare conduct any public search for Alice, you'll draw the attention of every enemy with their sights on the holy relic research.""Don't forget how your parents died. If you truly have even a shred of care left for her? go home, and respect her choice."Silas's pupils trembled violently.The midnight blizzard had turned the vast ex

  • Vampire Brothers Begged Me Back   Chapter 10

    Julian opened his mouth but couldn't produce a sound for a long time. When it finally came, it was small and broken. Like a man grasping at a final straw, he repeated Elena's fabricated reassurances mechanically:"She'll come back eventually.""She's undergone the King's First Embrace. She's a powerful vampire now-not the weak little human girl she used to be. How could she just disappear?"Julian's eyes were blood-red, brimming with long-overdue tears.Silas's hands shook uncontrollably. He seized Julian by the collar with startling force."She left with Caspian!"Silas's voice trembled even harder, his knuckles white from the grip, nearly crushing Julian's throat."Do you understand what I'm telling you? That was Caspian!""Caspian-the King's First Enforcer! Do you have any idea what he's been working on? Do you?"Breathing became nearly impossible, but Silas had forgotten to struggle. After the crushing terror and despair, all that remained was a bottomless, barren confusion.How co

  • Vampire Brothers Begged Me Back   Chapter 9

    Silas clawed back a shred of reason from the tidal wave of fear and despair. He blurted out instinctively: "No. She never contacted me."Yes-we'd been siblings for eighteen years. No matter how strained things had become, no matter how much resentment I might hold, I wouldn't enter a century-long isolation program without at least saying goodbye. So I couldn't have left yet.The King gave a cold scoff, his tone growing more certain:"That's impossible.""I was standing right outside the isolation zone. I watched her dial your number with my own eyes.""Last Thursday. Around noon."Silas was about to deny it again. But a memory flashed through his mind like a bolt of lightning, and his blood ran cold.Last Thursday. Noon. That was five in the morning in the Caribbean.That morning at five, he had just taken Elena to watch the sunrise over the ocean. She had clung to him, insisting on photos, and they'd played until nearly dawn before heading back to the hotel.On the way back, Elena had

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