All Chapters of Two Centuries Wasted on a Lie: Chapter 11 - Chapter 17

The moment the connection was forcibly severed, Vincent froze.In two hundred years, Elena had never once cut a link between them.He frantically tried to call again, only to be met with a cold wall of magical shielding in his mind. Your frequency has been completely isolated by a silver artifact.He tried to send a message through their blood resonance, only to find she had purged his signature from her very blood.Vincent's heart plummeted as if into a bottomless abyss.In the past, no matter how disappointed she was, she had never been so final.His crimson eyes narrowed, his mind immediately locking onto the one person she trusted in this city: Linda.Under the thick cover of night, a violent storm of black mist descended upon a half-blood witch's apartment in Brooklyn. The door opened to reveal Linda, arms crossed, a cold sneer on her face."Well, well, if it isn't the Prince who settles debts with a sham marriage. What brings you here? Looking for your next blood-donating sacrifi

Two years later. JFK Airport, New York.As our private jet vanished into the night, I stepped out of the private terminal. The familiar, crisp night air of Manhattan washed over me.The night I left this city, I was alone. Tonight, as I returned, Lucas was by my side.The first phase of the anti-sunlight serum experiment was a success, and the Sanctuary had granted us a two-month sabbatical. I chose to return to New York to sever my last ties to the past and say a final, proper goodbye."Your friends must be getting anxious," Lucas smiled, taking my hand and leading me into the night.Linda had organized an underground masquerade ball for my return. Considering I'd been almost completely isolated for two years, I'd agreed to the festivities.As we walked down the long corridor, I thought I caught a familiar, intensely suppressed aura, but I dismissed it as my imagination.Pushing open the doors to the grand hall, a shower of dark red rose petals mixed with magical gold dust rained down

Before I could speak, the emotions he had so carefully suppressed finally broke."Elena, I can explain! I was having hallucinations from magical depletion back then. I mistakenly believed Camilla was the one who dragged me from the sun. There was never any emotion between us."His throat worked, and his crimson-rimmed eyes filled with unshed tears."It wasn't until you vanished from my life, stripping away every trace of your presence, that I finally extracted her memories and learned the truth. It was you, on that white-hot day two hundred years ago, who shielded me from the sun. I mistook my savior, Elena..."Vincent's eyes were filled with regret. He thought that if he revealed the truth, if he set aside his princely dignity, I would soften and forgive him, just as I had for the past two hundred years.But he had miscalculated.In the wasteland two hundred years ago, it was I who had dragged him into the lightless chamber, enduring the agony of my own flesh being scorched by the sun

I agreed. That night, I had an unwarded invitation and a single blood-crystal candy sent to him.Vincent unwrapped the blood crystal and placed it on his tongue, the sweetness on it more bitter than any he had ever known.On the day of the wedding, the ancient castle welcomed the nobility of all Europe's night.Lucas wore a custom-tailored suit as dark as night, radiating the commanding aura of an Archduke's heir.I gazed at the man by my side, an unprecedented sense of peace washing through my cold blood.It was only after meeting Lucas that I truly understood. Real love didn't require condescending charity, nor a tiptoeing dance of constant testing.The ancient, distant hymns began to play. I took my Mentor's arm and, under the twilight glow of the anti-sunlight serum, slowly walked toward Lucas.My Mentor solemnly placed my hand in his and declared, "My proudest student. I now entrust her to you."Lucas lowered his golden eyes and made a blood vow. "As long as my soul exists, she wi