All Chapters of Torn Between Monsters : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

~ Aria's POV ~"How are you feeling?" I asked Jeremiah some days later. I had visited him alongside Raven, Thorne, and Lucian after we got a call that he had woken up from a coma. We had left Velmora early just so we could visit him.Jeremiah’s tired gaze moved between Raven, Lucian, and Thorne before resting on me. "Are you all here to beat me up again?" he muttered.Lucian’s jaw clenched, his eyes darkening. "You have no right to question us, Jeremiah. What you did to my Little Sparkles was unforgivable. If it were up to me, I’d beat you again and send you right back into that coma." His voice dripped with venom."Lucian," I warned softly, shooting him a glare. "That’s not why we came. Don’t scare him.""But he’s right, Bunny," Thorne said, his tone cool and edged with anger. "If you weren’t already a vampire when he attacked you, you’d be dead. Sending him back to a coma doesn’t sound so bad." He and Lucian exchanged a fist bump, clearly agreeing on their words."They don’t mean wh

~ Lucian's POV ~I stared at my father, hoping this was a cruel joke, but knowing him, he never joked about anything. Every word he spoke was law, and when he said something, he meant it."She’s not the right person for you, Lucian,” he said coldly. "End that wretched relationship, and you’ll have your title back as my son. I’ve ruled for over two centuries, and I’m ready to pass the crown to you if you do as I say."My mother curled her arm through mine, her touch gentle yet suffocating. "It’s not difficult, my love," she cooed. "All you have to do is end it with her. There are plenty of succubi in our realm. You can choose any one of them."I stared at my mom. I wasn't surprised at her words. I was used to her supporting every single thing my father said. When he disowned me, she didn't do anything or try to speak on my behalf; she just followed her husband, blaming me for the rash decision I made."Was this why you remembered you had a son?" I finally spoke up after a few seconds o

~ Aria's POV ~I waited patiently for Ryker to show up at the eatery where I had asked him to meet me. While I waited for him, everyone in the eatery kept looking at me and whispering to themselves.They were trying to keep their gossip about me out of my hearing, but little did they know that I could hear every word that came out of their mouths.They weren't talking about my face or my body. They were gossiping about my hair, about why it was silver-white and why it was so long, down to my knees. I could feel the suspicion in their eyes. They wondered if I was part of the outcasts in Velmora.Yeah… Outcast, that's what they called us. The word Outcast made me remember Jeremiah. He was still in the hospital and hadn’t tried to reach out. I hope he does one day. He was still my very first human friend, no matter what."Aria?" Ryker's voice broke me out of my thoughts.When I lifted my head to him, he was staring at me, especially at the length of my hair."Your hair? What happened to

~ Aria's POV ~I stood by the window in my room, staring into the quiet darkness outside, but my mind was anything but calm. The innocent human who was murdered… her face wouldn’t leave me alone. And neither could the memory of what Lucian and Sybille had done to that man.I wasn't trying to be ungrateful. I was grateful to them. At least with what they did, he wouldn't point fingers at me... but still, I felt like they had done the same thing to me.Even now, I still couldn’t remember why I had gone to Sybille’s house that day. Or how Lucian had claimed we’d had sex. The more I thought about it, the more impossible it seemed. There was no way I would forget something like that. No way.If my instincts were correct, then why did he wipe my memory of that day? What did I say, or perhaps what did he say that made him wipe my memory?"Can't sleep?" Callista asked when she tossed around and found me standing by the window.I turned to her and shook my head with a little smile. She groaned

~ Raven's POV ~Two humans being murdered in just a week wasn't something you could simply look away from. Who was killing them, and why, was a terrifying, unknown void.I knew it had nothing to do with Aria. She was innocent, damn it. But with how everyone in that self-righteous academy kept insisting a Vamwolf was responsible for the deaths of humans, it made me want to punch every single one of them in the face.But she kept holding me back, saying I shouldn't do anything to create suspicion. And she was right, kind of. If we tried to rebel against their ignorant consensus, they'd find it instantly suspicious.The worst, most infuriating part? My own brother, Darian, and his snake of a girlfriend were the leading team, practically shrieking that the murderer was a Vamwolf."You sent for me, Raven," he said, his voice grating on my nerves as he entered my room."Where were you when I called a few hours ago?" I demanded, my tone a low snarl."I was with Callista. We were making poste