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Chapter 171

~ Raven's POV ~My steps were excruciatingly heavy as I walked closer to Darian, who was lying lifeless on the ground. The sight made my stomach churn with icy dread.His broken body showed that he'd struggled to fight back, but since he was just a half-vampire, he was brutally overpowered by whoever must have killed him.Callista wailed loudly and miserably beside him as I pushed myself forward. The moment I got to where he was, my knees buckled and I fell to the ground, my tears rushing out like a sudden, unstoppable dam had broken."Darian," I pushed him a little, my voice a raw, desperate whisper, hoping he'd twitch, get up, and cling to me, acting all playful like he always did."Darian, get up!" I pushed him again, harder, but he remained stiff and cold on the ground, not moving, not blinking. His body was closer to a corpse than it was to life.My brother was truly, irrevocably dead.I hadn't heard wrong.Seraphina wasn't blabbing when she told me about it. Darian… my brother w

Chapter 172

~ 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

Chapter 173

~ Raven's POV ~I stayed up, walking back and forth outside the academy because Thorne had called earlier, stating that he needed to speak to me.As my patient grew thinner, I saw him walking toward me. He looked hollowed out, as if life had been ripped from him. "Thorne," I hurried toward him, and that's when I saw the tears in his eyes. Thorne was the youngest among Lucian and I, but he was someone who never shed tears."Did something happen?" I asked, and he lifted his head to me. Several parts of his body were wounded, and my brows knitted."What happened, Thorne?" I asked, concerned. We may have started off as enemies, but we both loved the same girl, and that brought us closer despite our realm's hatred for each other."Thorne... what happened?" I asked again when he refused to speak."There's something you need to know. It's important that you know. I can't be the only one who knows, or else my head might explode." He sniffed like he was trying to hold himself together."Okay.

Chapter 174

~ 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

Chapter 175

~ Aria's POV ~I had stayed away from the academy, from my three monsters, because I desperately needed space. Space from the chaos, from the whispers, from the constant pressure of Darian and Callista insisting that a Vamwolf existed.I left my phone behind. I knew that would be the first thing they’d use to hunt me down once they realized I wasn’t at the academy. I didn’t go to Greystone Falls either; that would’ve been the first place they’d look.They knew me too well.Before I left, I had called Betty, my father's old friend whom Raven and I had visited one time to ask about him. She sounded genuinely happy to hear from me and told me I could stay with her as long as I wanted.Thankfully, Raven never guessed I’d go to her. Why would he? Betty and I weren’t close. But she welcomed me with open arms and treated me like I was her own forgotten child.The few days I stayed with her, she told me lots of things about my dad, things she never got to tell me when I first came here.Her s

Chapter 176

~ 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

Chapter 177

~ Lucian's POV ~I watched her wipe away the last trace of her tears with the tissue I had given her. She sat on my bed, trembling, and I’d lost count of how many times tears had fallen from her eyes as she spoke about how Thorne and Raven had treated her.She had no idea that I was the one who scripted every word Raven and Thorne threw at her.Before she returned to the academy, I had told Raven to accuse her of murdering his brother, to look at her with disgust, to make her believe he hated the idea of sharing her.As for Thorne, I told him to pretend he was getting back together with Lyra and to wound her with words I carved out for him myself.At first, they had refused to do it, but they went along with it after I manipulated them into falling into guilt because their fathers had made Aria an orphan, and that it would hurt her more if they stayed by her side.They were powerful, but it was so easy to make them do what I wanted. I won't blame them anyway; I am an incubus, and I kn

Chapter 178

~ 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

Chapter 179

~ Aria's POV ~I couldn’t understand what the hell was happening. Vampires and werewolves had been sworn enemies since the beginning of time, so why was Magnus and Alistair—two leaders of rival realms teaming up against me?I swallowed hard as Alistair walked closer to me, almost closing the distance between us."You’re just as stubborn as your father," he said coldly. "You never listen… but I suppose it’s good you didn’t. If you had run when I warned you, I never would have discovered that an existing Vamwolf like you existed.""I have nothing to do with the killings of humans, neither do I have anything to do with Darian's death!" I snapped, trying desperately to steady my breath."And who else would have done it, if not you?" Magnus accused me."I didn't do it!" I spat. "I would never kill anyone. It had to be another existing Vamwolf."Alistair laughed, low and cruel. "You're the only existing Vamwolf, Aria. The worthless love of your parents produced your existence." He paused, l

Chapter 180

~ 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

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