All Chapters of The Pure-Hearted Princess and the Kiss of Darkness: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Majori's POV:I was finally carried back to the bed. Vincent acted as if the intimate gesture earlier was just a fleeting moment. He suppressed his inner turmoil, maintaining his cold, indifferent demeanor."If you need anything, just call the servants. You're in no condition to move around."I looked at him and let out a bitter smile."It's been a while. How have you been? Your life… it's good, isn't it?""Is that what you care about?"I didn't respond. I stared at him, as if seeing through him, peering at the reflection of my past self.How deeply had we once been in love with each other?He now wore the insignia of royalty on his chest, dressed in silk and fine fabric, with a meticulously embroidered wolf crest on the lapel. It was the uniform reserved for the highest position in the nation. He… had become a king.The young, naïve boy I once knew stood in stark contrast to the man before me. Our differences, once distinct, had only become more pronounced over the years.Perhaps, in

Majori's POV:Crash!The sound of shattering glass rang out sharply. The bright sky outside seemed to darken in an instant. Vincent's imposing frame loomed in front of the window, blocking my view entirely.His face, shrouded in shadows, looked terrifying. His eyes blazed with fury. Beneath him, shards of glass scattered across the floor, and water from the shattered cup soaked into his pants. But Vincent paid no mind to these trivial things.He was angry, very angry.He probably couldn't understand why I kept trying to leave over and over again. Just moments ago, he had wanted nothing more than to destroy all those who had robbed me of my life, to do everything to bring justice back to me. How aggrieved he must be, right?Now, I was back by his side, and he was no longer the powerless man of five years ago. He possessed power, status, and wealth. All I needed to do was say the word, and he would willingly offer the entire kingdom in exchange for my smile.But all I wanted… was to lea

Majori's POV:Am I about to die?I begged to die, yet why am I so afraid now? Ryder said he would give me an injection that would let me leave peacefully. He did not lie. There is no pain, no feeling that I am about to die, everything just comes like a wave of sleep that I experience every day. Maybe in just a few more minutes, my wish will be granted. But right now, I feel more terrified and panicked than ever. Suddenly, regret and unwillingness fill me. I do not want this.Death is not what I truly want, is it? Even I have to ask myself that question, yet I dare not give the answer.From the corner of my eyes, two warm tears fall and slide down my face. My eyes are closed, yet it feels as if another world has opened inside my mind. I suddenly see Vincent, see him as he was at seventeen, on the day I foolishly stole money from my parents because of a so-called investment with my friends, only to lose everything. I was too scared to go home, so I hid in the forest, crying helplessly an

Vincent's POV:"If you cannot save her, I will kill every one of you and imprison all your families."Maybe I had truly gone mad, unable to keep my composure, but all that fury was only to hide the total collapse inside me.Leon Pembroke, the man I summoned, lived ten minutes away from my mansion. Counting the time my men took to fetch him and the time he needed to prepare, it added up to thirty minutes. That might have been the longest and most terrifying thirty minutes of my life. I held Majori, she was here yet I could lose her at any moment. Her breaths grew more fragile, her body cold and limp.Even though Harper and Harry were here, even though they were kneeling before me, I did not dare let them touch Majori. I knew this was her doing, with Ryder involved. For so long Ryder had been my personal doctor so there was no other physician in my house. And now I had to hold her tight and wait in despair.Yes, I should have hated her. She left me, betrayed my love, turned me into a jo

Majori’s POV:I… am not dead?With great effort, I lifted my eyelids, feeling exhaustion deep to the bone. The first thing I saw was a high ceiling covered in old European motifs. The gilded patterns had faded with time, forming roses and winding grapevines that intertwined like a frozen garden suspended in the air. At the center hung a massive crystal chandelier, its glass droplets scattering faint light across the ceiling cold, yet exquisitely beautiful. This… was the room Vincent had given me when I first came to the Silverfang Pack.The steady sound of “beep… beep…” echoed somewhere close to my ear, mixing with the faint drip of an IV line. The sharp scent of disinfectant filled my lungs, and a cool current from the air conditioner brushed against my skin, making me shiver.I tried to move my fingers. The IV tube swayed lightly, and only then did I realize I had really been saved. After all my efforts… I still hadn’t died.Just then, footsteps echoed from outside. The sound grew n