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9 Kabanata

第一章

I was deep in meditation, focusing on my unborn child, when I felt a ripple of my blood-mate's power. I smiled. He was blessing our baby.I walked to the study, a happy smile on my face, only to find him—my blood-mate, Draven. I found him in the study. His hand was pressed against another woman's belly—his first love, Sabine. A golden glow flowed from his palm into her."Draven, do you feel that?" Sabine's voice was a breathless whisper. "Your power... it's soothing our child."Draven pressed his hand firmer against her belly, a gentle smile on his lips.Then he looked up. His golden eyes met mine."Isolde?!" His voice was a strangled whisper. He was in front of me in a flash, his icy hand gripping my arm."Draven, let me go." My voice cracked, threatening to shatter."Isolde, listen to me! It's not what you think."I threw his hand off, cold tears finally breaking free. "Not what I think? I heard her, Draven. She said your child. I saw your power flowing into her!"He was about to pul

第二章

Cold? I never thought Draven would see me that way.I hastily wiped the tears from my face and took a deep, chilling breath."Then end it. End my pregnancy.""No." Draven stopped dead, whirling around. His golden eyes burned with fury as he stared at me. "Are you insane? How could you even think that? I won't give up on your child or Sabine's. That's final."The next day, clan guards appeared outside our room. Draven had locked me in.He cut off all my communications.One morning, I was woken by noise from downstairs.I went down to see Sabine and her mother at the door, directing servants to bring luggage inside.The moment her mother saw me, she sneered, "Some women have no shame. Clinging to a man when she's carrying another's bastard."Then she wrapped an arm around Sabine's shoulder. "You foolish girl, suffering so much for Draven! And he still hasn't gotten rid of that bitch!""Mother, stop. This was my choice!" Sabine said, lowering her head in a show of false pity.As her mothe

第三章

I never told Draven about my true family. I wanted a love that was pure, untouched by power.I used to be a blood-healer, but I ran away from home after my brother's second-in-command broke the rules and fed on a human.Besides my brother, I have no other family.And I cut off all contact when I left.When Draven discovered I was his blood-mate, his parents looked down on my background.But Draven chose me anyway, making me believe our bond could overcome anything.I felt a love I had never known before, but that spark faded with time.That night, Draven stayed with me. I didn't refuse him, even though the lingering scent of Sabine's herbs on him, the ones used to suppress the werewolf scent, made me sick.The next morning, he was in a good mood. He kissed my forehead when he woke up."The two most important women in my life, finally at peace. I'm so grateful, Isolde. I promise I'll make it up to you in the future!"After breakfast, he even lifted my communication block and allowed me

第四章

After Draven left, I forced my weak body to move, pushing through the pain to start packing.I checked the time. Six hours until my brother's people arrived.I glanced at the blood-ward surrounding the manor and contacted my brother's lieutenant. "It might not be easy for you to get me. There's a clan blood-ward.""Don't worry, Miss Isolde. We'll handle it," a calm, strong voice replied. "You're safe now. We won't let anyone bully you again!"Even though I had been away from home for so long, his words gave me a surge of strength.But just as I hung up, Sabine's mother burst into my room with Draven's parents.Each of them looked at me with scorn."You, with your filthy, inferior bloodline!" Draven's mother hissed. "How dare you deceive my son? He told me he smelled a wolf in your chambers. You're the one carrying the mongrel!""If it were me, I'd let everyone know and ruin her name!" Sabine's mother added, which only enraged Draven's mother more.Draven's mother stormed up to me, her

第五章

When I woke up, I found myself in the medical wing of the Eternal Blood headquarters, with someone standing over me.I thought it was Draven's parents and started screaming."Let me go, let me go!""Isolde, you're finally awake!" My brother Orion's voice cut through my panic, and I realized it was him."Brother..." My voice was weak.He bent down to stroke my face, his eyes red and swollen."Isolde, you need to rest. I'll make those people pay!" my brother, Orion, roared.That's when the moments before I blacked out came flooding back.I cried out in a panic, "My baby! Where's my baby?"I touched my stomach. It was flat. Empty. A barren, plundered wasteland where my child used to be."They killed my baby! They killed him! He was so small!" I cried out hoarsely, struggling to sit up."Don't, Isolde! Please! You need to rest!" My brother gently laid me back down, stroking my forehead. "You're young, my sister. You'll have another chance...""No..." I sobbed, clutching my brother's clothe

第六章

Draven's eyes locked on my flat stomach, confusion twisting his features."Isolde... where's the baby? You're not due yet."I ignored him, took my brother's arm, and headed for the exit.But he grabbed me. "Isolde, I'm talking to you. Where is our child?"My brother pushed him away. "You're Draven? My sister's greatest misfortune was meeting a mate like you! The only mercy in this tragedy," my brother snarled, "is that you never forged the final bond with her.""Sister?" Draven glanced at my brother, then back at me. "When did you have a brother? Where is our child? Tell me. Where did you hide our baby?""That thing is gone. Turned to dust," Draven's mother spat before I could answer."Turned to dust?! No, no, it can't be!" Draven staggered back. "Isolde, tell me it's not true!""It's true. The child is dead. And we are over," I said, not looking at him. My eyes welled up, thinking of the child I never got to see...Hearing this, Sabine's mother took the baby from Sabine's arms and wal

第七章

Back at the headquarters of Eternal Blood.Years had passed, and the family's business empire had grown to be a hundred times the size of the Crimson Moon Clan."Welcome home!" Orion said.He took me to the top-floor suite of the headquarters, where he had prepared a room with a private blood-healing lab for me.I thought of the nearly five months I spent in that stifling, oppressive sunroom at Draven’s manor. It made me sad, but then this place made me feel loved again.My first night home, a wall of text from Draven arrived. Excuses. He’d thought of me daily. He’d tried to call. His mother had lied. He hadn’t broken his promise, he swore...I snorted. Empty words. I deleted the message. Blocked his number. Done.The next morning, as my brother and I were having breakfast, a servant came over with a large bouquet of rare blood orchids."Miss Isolde, someone sent you flowers!"I took the bouquet and found a card tucked among the blossoms. I pulled it out and read it."Isolde, give me

第八章

"Dear Isolde, you are cordially invited to attend the negotiations between the Eternal Blood Group and the Crimson Moon Clan."The card was handwritten. I recognized my brother's script."You're negotiating with the Crimson Moon Clan?" I asked, my eyes wide. "How did they agree to that?""They have no choice," my brother said, a predator's smile on his lips. "Their blood sources are nearly depleted. They negotiate with us, or they wither into dust."I remembered my brother telling Draven's mother that he would make her family pay, but I didn't expect him to do it in just six months.And the price they were paying was quite steep."What's wrong? Are you not happy? Are you still feeling sorry for that bastard?""Of course not." I shook my head, feeling a bit lost. "It's just... this doesn't bring him back," I whispered. "All the revenge in the world won't bring my baby back.""You will meet someone who truly loves and cherishes you!" My brother patted my head gently, his eyes full of sym

第九章

"I've been sending you a bouquet of blood orchids every day, and a letter every day. Did you receive them? Did you read my letters?"It seemed he didn't know I had returned to the Group."You don't have to send them anymore," I said calmly."No, I will keep sending them until you forgive me, until you come back to me."The atmosphere instantly froze. I was getting impatient."I came here to do one thing: sever the blood-bond. Permanently."Draven seemed to want to say something, but he just opened his mouth and swallowed his words.Sabine, standing by, couldn't take it anymore and cried out on Draven's behalf:"Draven has become like this for you, why can't you forgive him? He really loved the wrong person!""Shut up!" Draven snapped at Sabine.I sighed."This is what happens when you're too greedy to choose and too weak to commit. A Lord's bloodline can't hide a coward's heart."After choosing me, he couldn't let go of Sabine; after getting Sabine, he couldn't let go of me.I didn't w

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