All Chapters of Her Blood, Their Debt: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

When Seraphina was being bullied, everyone at the academy just stood there and watched.Sure, she was the undisputed campus queen—but her bloodline was low, her status worthless.Some people poured rotting blood on her. Others spread rumors that she was whoring herself out in the human world.After she killed herself, not a single person showed up to her memorial."Just some lowblood vampire. She's dead. So what."The night before it happened, Seraphina had been locked in the abandoned chapel.By the time I broke the blood seal on the door, she was curled up beneath the MoonSilver altar, an iron collar—the kind worn by blood servants—clamped around her neck.She grabbed my hand."Mira, if your bloodline is low, are you just supposed to take it? Let anyone degrade you?"I told her no. Over and over. I told her I'd stay by her side and fight back with her.But the next morning, she drove a MoonSilver spike through her own heart.And now, the blood ledger she left behind is granting wishe

The blood ledger suddenly began to pulse faster.The twelve blood lines circling its core flickered without stopping.Then one line went bright and stayed bright, hanging right there in front of everyone.[Blood Healing]The crowd erupted."Isn't this proof enough? Seraphina's here to help us!""She even knows exactly what Nora needs!"The blood line hovered steady in front of Nora, waiting for her blood print.Nora's breath caught. Slowly, she reached out her hand.I grabbed her fingertip right away. "Don't touch it!"She yanked herself free. "Mira, how long are you going to keep stopping me?"I held my ground. "At least let the instructors examine this thing first!"Vivian's voice came from behind me. "So touching."I turned to look at her. "What now?""That some people are really good at putting on a show." She looked me up and down. "You say you were Seraphina's friend, but you're the one who trusts her least.""Shut up!""What, hit a nerve?"Vivian tucked a strand of silver hair b

After that, the abandoned chapel was almost never quiet again.Someone wished for love—that same night, their crush was waiting outside the dorm with roses.Someone wished for power—the next day, they skipped three levels on the blood arts exam.Someone else's family had their exile order lifted. Someone beat an opponent in the dueling ring they'd never beaten before.Every single wish came true without a flaw.The more the blood ledger worked, the more certain everyone became that Seraphina had forgiven them.And I became the only outsider who refused to accept that "forgiveness."My locker was stuffed with dead rats. Someone was always ready to dump rotting blood on me.They even tried to clamp a blood servant's iron collar around my neck.I wasn't Seraphina. I wasn't going to take it in silence.I fought back with everything I had. Every piece of evidence of their bullying—I kept it all.But there were too many enemies.They took turns attacking, then vouched for each other, insisti

The Inspector pulled me alone into the Headmaster's Tower.The second the door shut, he said:"I'll make them apologize to you. We end this here."I put the video of them bullying me on his desk."An apology won't bring Seraphina back, and it won't erase what they just did to me."The Inspector rubbed his brow."You didn't suffer any irreversible harm.""So as long as nobody's dead, we can just act like it never happened?"His expression shifted."Blowing this up won't do anyone any good.""When something happened to Seraphina, that's exactly what you people said."I played another recording.It was from after Seraphina died, during the academy's first investigation—him instructing everyone."If the Blood Tribunal asks, you all say Seraphina killed herself because she was ashamed of her bloodline.""No one ever laid a hand on her. This matter ends here. No one mentions it again."The room went dead silent.The Inspector shot to his feet. "When did you record that?""The first time you

After my words fell, no one in the chapel answered.I pulled up a chair and sat down.No rush. They were the ones who should be anxious.That was when Ian suddenly stepped out from behind the crowd.He'd just used the blood ledger to lift his family's exile order. If the wish failed, he'd go back to the lightless abyss.Right now, his legs were shaking so hard, every step looked like he was walking on the edge of his own grave."I have something to say."Dorian's head snapped toward him. "Ian, you'd better think carefully."Ian avoided his gaze, his voice trembling. "Seraphina being pushed out—it was Dorian who gave the order first.""He told us to kick her out of the course groups. No one was allowed to team with her."Ian swallowed and went on. "The rotting blood and the iron collar... he had those prepared too.""Shut up!"Dorian was in front of him in an instant, one hand clamped around his throat, lifting him off the ground.Ian's face went red fast, his feet kicking in the air.I