Now that she was conscious, Vlad felt equally conscious about how he would perform. He was particularly careful about taking it slow, wanting her to enjoy the process.
Just as their lips barely touched, he felt his belt get undone and his eyes flew wide open. He quickly grabbed onto her hand and pulled away from her. /Is she still not conscious? How did she converse so well?/
Vanora blinked in confusion. "What's wrong?"
His look turned gloomy. "What’s? Wrong? What’re YOU doing?"
Vanora finally started to feel a little frustrated. Not only was she not feeling well, she even offered to do something far out of her comfort zone. She did not want to have to explain it clearly and in detail for him.
Nonetheless, she gritted her teeth and pushed her frustrations back down. Vlad was innocent. She knew better than to vent it out on him. "Aren't you suffering a lot now? Since you've helped me, let me help you too."
His eyes
The next morning, Vlad woke up first, as usual. However, this time, he spared a lot more time to gaze at Vanora’s sleeping profile. The thought to wipe her memories from last night crossed his mind. /I probably should ask her first.../Her brush with danger last night was far too close for comfort. Blaming himself for what happened to her, he vowed to tighten his security further and be a lot more careful. He sighed softly as he brought his fingers to her face and stroked her cheeks ever so lightly. "You're so precious." He whispered then kissed her forehead.Vanora frowned a little, then her eyelids slowly lifted. She looked at Vlad with sleep still in her eyes, "Morning...""Sorry for waking you up. You can sleep some more."She shook her head and slowly sat up.They then went about their morning routine like nothing was any different between them. While she drank her tea, Vlad finally found the courage to bring up the
Vlad and Vanora went through the day and subsequent ones without letting anyone know what had happened between them. However, those around them could tell that Vlad got a lot more attached to Vanora. /She must have accepted him./ Everyone surmised, without the couple’s knowledge.In truth, Vlad’s near obsession with staying with Vanora every second of the day was for security reasons. Both of them did not want the night at the inn to repeat itself. Moreover, his power in this world and over the plot may be useful in dire times. So, Vanora was fine with Vlad being around her while she bathed, as long as he kept his back towards her. The only exception was when she was taking a dump.The hell beings’ inference was not too far off, though. Their tightened security was only possible because of Vanora’s trust in Vlad. Now that she was convinced he had gone out of character, she need not fret that his actions were done with the in
The moment Angela broke in with the other angels, Vanora's eyes followed her. She wanted to look away, but she could not. A surge of hateful emotions suddenly coursed through her veins. Her breathing turned ragged. Every muscle fibre in her screamed to attack. So, although she had her eyes on the fight, she paid no attention to it./Not again./ Vanora fought for control over her body. The internal fight to keep her sanity was so intense that she unknowingly dug her nails into Vlad's arms. It went in deep enough to draw blood./Are you thinking of letting her go? Of running away?/ A deep voice that sounded like nails on a chalkboard suddenly resounded clearly in her head.Vanora paled in shock. That was far from the voice she expected to hear in her head.The voice cackled in the same way it did when it first communicated with Vanora./Surprised? Demons don't have a weak thing like trust. See what would have happene
[Here~ Don't worry! His powers can't affect me since I'm only bounded to you and not a part of you! Vlad's power technically sucked a part of your life force away, but it won't affect you since it wasn't exactly yours at the same time!]Her tense muscles relaxed as she sighed in relief. BaoBao had just returned. She did not know what she would do or how she would feel if she lost BaoBao in such a careless way."Vanora? You okay?" Vlad noticed how weary she looked."Mm." She nodded. "Thanks for helping me. Again."/There she goes again.../ "There's no need for thanks, the demon lord Vlad is at your service. You really should make use of me more. You really don't know how much power is at your hands, do you?" He grinned cheekily.
After they settled down, Vlad did not want to keep up the friendliness. He believed that there was no need to maintain any relations since they could survive well on their own. Vanora believed otherwise. She did not want to be hostile, then disliked, only to have trouble come knocking at their door. Her go-to plan was to be as boring as possible. One day, they should be forgotten. However, she forgot to account for Vlad's effect. Visits to their house never stopped. All of which were young and old women. They bore gifts with the excuse that it was to welcome them and help them tide over tough times. However, Vanora knew better. Although she was always the one who received them, they insistently asked for Vlad, so that they could give him their well wishes too. Not to mention her ability to hear their little gossips. While Vanora could not care les
Vlad came back out and found Vanora in the kitchen outside their house.His arms circled around her waist. He rested his chin on her shoulder. "Want to share what was making you so gloomy?"Vanora thought for awhile before revealing more about her past to him. "I AM the demon that they said looked similar to me. I'm responsible for the boy's crippled arm and their current state." She confessed, while cooking food for the children."That's it?""That's it? I'm the reason for their current state. It's because of ME." She paused cooking to look at him incredulously."Well... Do you remember how I praised you when I first met you? Anyone else would have eaten them up in no time, but you only broke his arm. That's a magnificent feat you've achieved."However, Vanora's guilt-ridden expression stayed the same. So, Vlad continued. "I'm sure they'll feel your sincerity through your actions. Just dedicate yourself to
Meanwhile, somewhere deep in the forest outside, Vlad held onto Vanora tightly. The moment he saw the bangles, he instantly knew they were bad news. So, he teleported themselves out of the house, no longer caring about the farce they were supposed to keep up. However, it was still not fast enough."No, no, no, no, no. Stay with me, stay with me!" His eyes opened wide in fear. Tears filled his eyes as one hand cradled her face tenderly.Vanora's body glowed dimly with white sparkles that occasionally left her body and disappeared into nothing. Each time it did, the edges of her body faded away, like she was an elusive painting being erased.Vanora gritted her teeth hard to tolerate the burning sensation. "Vlad...!"Vlad could hear her fear and sadness in her strained voice. Hardening his heart and holding back his tears, he hushed her and stroked her head. "Hold on, I'll make you feel better soon. What you're going through now is the obliteration of your s
After experiencing pain like never before, Luna suddenly found herself back in the dark space with BaoBao. She really wanted to find out the reason for that torturous experience, but she was still reeling from the pain, so she could only glare at BaoBao who was floating in front of her.BaoBao immediately explained himself with tears in his eyes. "Luna! I'm sorry, I had to do it! I felt a tremor in our bond so I checked back on you only to see that you were being consumed by Vlad! That can't happen! Your soul being obliterated such that it can never be reincarnated in that world did not matter but Vlad cannot absorb your soul into his! You would have went rogue and lost. I had to activate the emergency evacuation which is always kept as the last resort because it endangers your soul and I know it causes great pain! I had no other choice!"BaoBao was also still reeling from the shock he received since he was met with such a dangerous situation when he believed tha