Zev woke up to the soft rustling sound of the leaves dancing as the wind blew. He blinked his eyes a few times while reminiscing what happened. A smile appeared on his lips when he recalled a passionate moment he shared with Layla. He subconsciously rubbed his lips with his thumb while quietly giggling. Getting his lip swollen for kissing too much meant a lot to him, especially when it was Layla whom he kissed with.He turned to the side and found the young lady sleeping soundly. After all, he made her exhausted. Zev sighed when he realized that Layla hadn’t eaten anything for the whole day, and he even marked her which worsened her condition.“Wake up, little Layla,” Zev whispered in her ear while tapping his finger on her cheek. “Let’s go back,” he added, still trying to wake the young lady up.“Mm…” Layla moaned as she slowly opened her eyes. She left them half-open before cuddling closer to him. “Take me back, Zev. My body aches so much that I could

“My Lady, we’ve arrived,” Boris said, causing Layla to open her eyes. She slapped her face with both hands and stood up from her seat. It had been a few hours since they left the peninsula and after getting her ears filled with Levius’ nagging, she finally had a quiet time to sleep in the ship.“Whoa! There are so many people here, Boris. It’s only daybreak, and they’re already crowding in here. Did they know we’re coming?” Layla exclaimed, almost sounding like a country bumpkin instead of being the so-called ‘noble’s relative from overseas’. She flipped her fan and covered half of her face when she realized what she said after seeing the young boy sighed at her. “Don’t give me that look, Boris. I’m trying to do my best here,” she mumbled and did try her best to walk graciously as she followed her ‘servants’ to get down of the ship.The sea breeze was gently touched Layla’s skin, making her whimper in the chill. She brushed her hair to the side and slowly went do

Everything went silent as if there were no other living creatures around, nor anything that would cause a sound. Layla could suddenly hear nothing, even her heartbeat seemed to stop. It was like that for a few minutes… and it’s suffocating. By the time she dared to speak, the wind breeze blew her hair again. Layla was flustered for a while until she realized she’s back to reality.The intimidating aura she felt earlier was gone. Layla brushed her hair to the side and turned around to see the owner of the voice who spoke to her. To her surprise, there was no one. She was all alone in the room.“Was that an illusion? A hallucination?” She muttered to herself, her brows furrowed, and her lips were quirked to the side. “Well, forget it. The stalls back then are interesting. I’ll better get changed and take a stroll outside,” Layla said, smiling widely as she skipped towards the wardrobe to check any comfortable dress she could wear.Bright-colored, heavy dr

“Your Majesty, the prisoner is still alive,” Lucian said, bowing his head as he awaited Zev’s response.The alpha was sitting on the couch in the living room for the entire day, reading books with his eyes, isolating himself from the rest of the people in the mansion as he kept his thoughts to dive deeper into the words written on the paper. He refused to eat anything since the ship departed at dawn and hadn’t ordered Lucian anything else except to check the remaining vampire prisoner in the basement.“Hmm… That’s not surprising. He’s the vampire lord’s brother after all,” Zev replied, still reading the book in his hands. “Just let him starve for a little longer. He can be useful during the feast,” he added and frowned after recalling Layla’s request. There’s no guarantee that Zev could resist the urge of eating human flesh on a full moon. But to avoid disappointing his lover, he thought having vampire meat wouldn’t hurt.“Your Majesty, are you planning

The sorrowful melody of lute resounding in Layla’s ears made her regain consciousness, slowly. She opened her eyes carefully, looking forward to seeing who was playing such melody with longing and sadness. She could feel it…the tingling pain in her chest grew stronger the more she listened to the song.It took Layla a few seconds to completely open her eyes which soon after widened in surprise to find herself in an unfamiliar room. She abruptly got up from lying down on a soft yet uncomfortable bed... it wasn’t because of the texture but the thought of not knowing where exactly she was at that moment caused her to put all her guards up. Layla would even think it’s the safest to sleep on the ground in a familiar forest where she’s aware of the beast lurking in the shadows than a fancy room she hadn’t seen before.“You’re awake,” a gentle voice asked the same time as the song ended.Layla didn’t notice it earlier but when she turned to her right, a man wa