The Vampire's Human Bride의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 4

Winter’s POVThey say I look like the monsters my father kills.That’s why everyone hates me.I remind them of the vampires who slaughtered their families, who burned their homes, who ruined their lives. And every time they look at me, they see a piece of that horror staring back.“Harder.”Lorena’s voice cracks through the kitchen like a whip. I tighten my grip on the scrubbing brush and press it harder against the stone floor. The bristles drag through cold, dirty water, making a harsh grinding sound that sets my teeth on edge.My knees ache. My fingers ache. The skin on my knuckles has already split open from the lye in the water, but I keep scrubbing. Stopping will only make things worse“That corner too,” Giselle says from behind me. “Unless you plan to leave it filthy, like everything else you touch.”I drag the brush toward the far edge of the floor. The kitchen stones are already clean. I finished the worst of the stains before sunrise. But clean has never mattered in this ho

Winter’s POVDays had passed since I was locked inside this room. I had pounded on the door until my skin burned red. I had screamed for help, begged to be released, cried until my voice turned hoarse.I knew there were people outside. I could hear them, and for sure they heard me. And still, no one came.Eventually, exhaustion swallowed my panic and left me numb. The truth settled heavily inside me.No one was coming to save me.Not even my own father.If I want to escape, I could only rely on myself.The room that they locked me in is beautiful, nothing short of a room you would expect from a royal palace. But no matter how lovely this room was, it's still just a cage meant to lock me in, and I want nothing more than to escape it. No matter what, I would not marry a monster. I memorized the guards’ routines. I counted the time between every meal. I listened for the changing of shifts. I watched which servants came and went, which guards lingered to gossip, and which ones remaine