บททั้งหมดของ Eclipse of the Blood Moon: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 33

The cells beneath the Sanguine Basin were not built to contain flesh; they were designed to drain immortality. Known as the Solar Crypts, the walls were constructed from heavily magnetized, reflective iron that amplified even the weakest trace of light. High above the vaulted ceiling, a series of complex prism glass shafts cut straight through the mountain stone, catching the absolute first rays of the rising sun and funneling them down into a blinding, concentrated beam of pure sunlight that danced across the floor like a golden executioner’s axe. Carmilla Dracul stood in the center of the reflective cell, her arms suspended high above her head by a pair of heavy, silver-plated chains anchored to the ceiling. The enchanted metal bit violently into her white wrists, a constant, low hiss of white smoke rising from her skin as the silver fought against her pureblood regeneration. She wore only a torn, sleeveless white tunic and trousers, her formal combat vest and her newly forged ra

The smooth, venomous laughter echoing down the volcanic corridor belonged to Lady Cynthia Bathory, but she wasn’t the only one waiting in the damp shadows of the lower keep. As the thick iron doors at the end of the hall slid shut, trapping Astrid and Carmilla inside the deep subterranean sector, a dozen elite guards of the Bathory personal vanguard materialized from the gloom. Their iridescent violet armor gleamed maliciously in the pale blue firelight, and their hands wielded long, silver-tipped pikes designed to keep a Lycan Alpha at bay. "A touching display of feral devotion, Moonvael," Cynthia purred, stepping forward from the ranks, her red velvet gown trailing gracefully over the blood-stained stone. She raised her left hand, a thin, liquid coil of sanguimancy rising from her palm, its dark mass twisting like a snake. "You tore through the outer gates like a rabid beast, but you have walked straight into the slaughterhouse. The Council’s purification decree will simply claim