Lahat ng Kabanata ng Vampire Brothers Begged Me Back: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

The hospital room quickly settled back into its warm atmosphere, as if I had never existed.Elena sat on the edge of the bed, taking small sips of the antihistamine Julian fed her, her face radiating contentment. She spoke softly:"A classmate told me last week that the Caribbean has the most beautiful sunshine and beaches in the world.""When I grow up, I want to go see it. I want to walk on the beach in the prettiest white dress."Julian ruffled her hair affectionately. "Why wait until you're grown up? It's no big deal-we'll take you this year."I stood outside the door, blood still dripping from my palm, but my heart felt like it had been packed with ice. I'd begged my brothers countless times to take me to the Caribbean, and they always refused with a frown, saying vampires naturally despised sunlight-it was torture for their skin.Yet now, just because Elena mentioned it, they agreed without a second thought.Silas even chuckled. "The timing works out. Julian and I both have time

I leaned back in my seat, exhausted, but my mind wouldn't stop dragging me back to childhood.I was three when our parents died in that lab explosion. They had been commissioned by a vampire clan to develop an affordable drug that would protect vampires from holy silver and crucifix burns. It threatened the profits of the old pharmaceutical giants, and a rival had detonated the laboratory before dawn.When the explosion hit, Silas and Julian threw themselves over me. They were left on the brink of death-saved only because a passing Vampire King turned them just in time. I survived too, but with permanent damage. My lungs were scarred, and I'd been physically frail ever since.Those first years after being brought to the vampire castle were the most terrifying of my life. I was at the age when human blood smells sweetest. As newly turned, bottom-tier vampires, my brothers walked me into a predatory world filled with hungry stares. Powerful old-blood vampires wanted to snatch me away as

The day I formally entered the Progenitor Research Center was three days after my transformation.Caspian hosted a final banquet for all participants. As vampires, we rarely consumed human food, but that evening the table was laden with the finest blood wines and specially prepared dark berries.After several rounds of drinks, the atmosphere in the banquet hall turned thick and somber. More than a few vampire researchers seated at the long table had tears in their eyes.Caspian set down his goblet and surveyed the room, his voice echoing through the vast hall:"This is your last chance to contact the outside world. Make a call to your kin or your loved ones.""Once you enter the core laboratory, you'll be immersed in a hundred years of research stasis and pharmaceutical trials. If you want to back out, now is the time."The soft sounds of dialing filled the room, interspersed with stifled sobs. I sat still for a long time before finally taking out my phone and opening a social media ac

Silas's phone slid from his grasp and struck the carpet with a muffled sound. The screen didn't crack. The call timer kept ticking.The bedroom plunged into deathly silence-so quiet he could hear his own ragged breathing. He must have been hearing things. What did the King mean-I could never come back?His breathing turned erratic. His heartbeat hammered against his eardrums like a battering ram. The taut wire in his mind was stretched to its absolute limit, ready to snap at any moment.Silas's mind went blank. A long time passed before he picked up the phone with trembling hands."Your Majesty? I didn't quite understand. What did you just say?"The voice on the other end grew colder still, edged with biting contempt. The wire called sanity finally snapped."I'd expect confusion from anyone else, Silas. But you?""If you hadn't withdrawn your own application at the last minute, the spot would never have gone to her.""She told me you gave up your research position for that human girl,

Julian opened his mouth but couldn't produce a sound for a long time. When it finally came, it was small and broken. Like a man grasping at a final straw, he repeated Elena's fabricated reassurances mechanically:"She'll come back eventually.""She's undergone the King's First Embrace. She's a powerful vampire now-not the weak little human girl she used to be. How could she just disappear?"Julian's eyes were blood-red, brimming with long-overdue tears.Silas's hands shook uncontrollably. He seized Julian by the collar with startling force."She left with Caspian!"Silas's voice trembled even harder, his knuckles white from the grip, nearly crushing Julian's throat."Do you understand what I'm telling you? That was Caspian!""Caspian-the King's First Enforcer! Do you have any idea what he's been working on? Do you?"Breathing became nearly impossible, but Silas had forgotten to struggle. After the crushing terror and despair, all that remained was a bottomless, barren confusion.How co