All Chapters of Torn Between Monsters : Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

~ Thorne's POV ~Where Aria had gone, none of us could guess. She wasn't in Velmora, nor in Greystone Falls. I didn't know why she had gone into hiding, but I hope she returns. She'd be devastated and sad when she finds out that Darian was dead.It came as a shock how he died, because he was a vampire, but then Raven confessed to us that he wasn't completely a full vampire, which was why he was easily killed.After Raven spoke about his father knowing an existing Vamwolf, I decided to tail my father. There was a possibility he might think Aria is a Vamwolf.The weather was cold because it had indeed rained. I secretly returned home, and that's when I saw my father leaving through the back door of the palace.He was putting on a veil as if he didn't want anyone to see his face. He didn't go with his car either. Wondering what he might be up to, I secretly followed him.I made my footsteps as discreet as I could so he wouldn't hear me. I kept on tailing him until he arrived at his des

~ Lucian's POV ~I stood before the graves of Aria’s parents, sorrow tightening my chest as I stared at the names etched into the stones. Nineteen years ago, I had buried them in a cottage at the backyard of Sybille's house. The only place I could keep them safe, even in death.After I had saved Aria from dying and took her to Greystone Falls, I discovered her parents' bodies. Their heads were ripped off from their necks.I didn't need anyone to tell me it was all Alistair and Magnus's doing. Alucard had told me many times about how his love story with Luperca was forbidden by his realm and Luperca's.They were planning to escape Velmora together when tragedy found them. I still don’t know how they fell into Alistair and Magnus’s trap. Even now, the question haunts me.Aria had been to Sybille’s house countless times, but she never knew that her parents rested here, just a few feet away. Of course, she didn’t. She never dared to cross her boundaries.Sybille came to stand beside me, h

~ Aria's POV ~My feet felt unbearably heavy as I walked down the hallway. Even with the lights on, everything around me looked dim—blurred by the tears clinging stubbornly to my lashes. I could barely see where I was going.My vision wavered, my chest tightened, and I had to press my hand against the wall just to keep myself from collapsing.My heart felt like it had been struck by a massive stone. Raven’s words echoed viciously inside my head, each one slicing through me again and again.Not once did I imagine that he'd have this thought that I might've killed his brother. I know he's hurt by his death, but accusing me was really uncalled for.Has he by chance forgotten that I was his girlfriend? The one he claimed he'd love for eternity.He broke up with me. He doesn't want to be around me and even said he only pretended to be happy sharing me with Lucian and Thorne.His words shattered me because I loved him. I loved him just as fiercely as I loved Lucian and Thorne. He had shown

~ Aria's POV ~I stared at Lucian, stunned that those words were actually coming out of his mouth. How could he doubt my love for him? I had tried… really tried to love all three of them equally. The only reason I was focused on Raven and Thorne right now was because I refused to believe they had fallen out of love with me. I needed to hear it from their own mouths."Lucian..." I tried to speak, but when I looked into his blue eyes that always wear a smile, they were filled with sadness—sadness that pinched my heart and rendered me speechless."You know I’ll never lie to you," he began, and my heart tightened at how his voice cracked over each word. "I talked to Raven and Thorne. I tried my best, and they came clean. They said it themselves… they fell out of love with you."My eyes met Lucian's sad eyes. I have always believed everything he told me. Whatever he said to me, I always believed him, even when my head tried to tell me otherwise.But right now, it was different. It felt lik

~ Raven's POV ~Accusing Aria of killing Darian was the most foolish, disgraceful thing I’d ever done. I had allowed Lucian to control me like a mindless puppet, and I hated myself for it.This wasn’t who I was. I used to be cold and never listened to anyone’s opinion but my own. How Lucian managed to twist my mind so easily still baffled me.But I needed to come clean. I couldn’t stay away from her anymore. I loved her. And it hadn’t even been twenty-four hours since I ended things between us, yet her absence already felt like a hole ripping through my chest.Eventually, she would discover the truth anyway— that her parents were dead… murdered by my father and Thorne’s father.She would be furious. She had every right to be. But the worst part would be her realizing that I kept the truth from her.After I made up my mind that I was going to tell Aria the truth, regardless of what Lucian had said, I returned to the academy to talk to her, and that’s when I saw her running out of the a