Lahat ng Kabanata ng THE DUKE'S VIRGIN SACRIFICE: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 5

The night of the monstrous birth…A painful scream ripped through the wall of Blackthorn Manor. So raw that no one will believe it was from a highborn woman in labor.‘Where is he? Where is my husband?’ She snarled as she dug her fingers deeper into the soft cotton below her. The only thing that seemed soft about the night.Just an hour ago, the Duke had promised to be by her side while she gave birth to their child, whom they had prayed and hoped for all these years.He had kissed her hand at the dining table and assured her that everything would be fine.Now he was gone. Vanished. And no one dared to tell her what the hell had happened to him.Pain - worse than what the midwives had warned that she might experience - split through her spine like fire, and she wondered if that was how some women ended up being paralyzed during birth.Oh no, she won’t. She had to fight through the pain and be alive for her baby.She shut her eyes and whispered silent prayers to the Virgin Mother, comp

ElisaI opened my eyes, and the sudden burst of sunlight attacked my eyes. I closed my eyes and reopened them slowly, waiting for them to adjust to the light.I stared at my environment, which was strange and different. I was on a bed, in a room filled with antiques.This wasn't home, this wasn't home with Mama.I rose to my feet, my head heavy and my entire body weak and tired. I held my head and stood up, my legs wobbling. I walked up to the window, wondering where I was and why it sounded so awfully quiet.I froze as my memories returned to me in a rush.The curse, my mother sprawling on the floor. The blood moon's chosen one…. the fog and the shadow that had grabbed me.I rushed to the door and pulled it. It was locked.I am in Blackthorn Manor.I pulled the handles and banged loudly on the door.“ Let me out! Who's there?”.I choked on my screams and coughed violently. I held my throat as I wheezed and slowly sank to the ground.“Someone please let me out,” I managed to say betwe

ElisaThe sound of hushed voices woke me up.It had been days since I saw either Lucien or the woman who inhabited the manor, and I was just left to drown in weakness and fear of the unknown.I slowly got up from where I had been lying on the floor and crawled to the door.As I placed my ear on the door to listen, the door opened wide with the weight of my body on it.Hope renewed my strength instantly and scurried off the floor in a flash.I walked the opposite way from the one I took last time, which led to the garden, and soon I was in a hallway that seemed to be leading somewhere.“By the gods, I hope I am lucky this time,” I whispered to myself as I ignored the ache in my head and kept walking.A noise from one of the rooms sent chills down my spine - hushed tones between a woman and a man whom I was sure was not the same man I had seen some days ago in the garden.I rushed quickly into the slightly open door and flattened myself against the wall in the room, my heart pounding lo