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Author: Luxie
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Vlad

Days and nights passed, and I was still trapped in Bloodline Manor like a helpless butterfly, but I had completely healed and grown stronger.

My desperation grew by the second. I wondered what was going on in the outside world. Dimitri hadn't come to threaten me in days.

For sure, he was surely up to something sinister.

My only companion was a damn diary where I scribbled all my plans to escape, waiting for the perfect time to hatch my plan.

I was staring at a cow giving birth. The mother lay exhausted on the ground after pushing her calves far enough out.

She was too weak to stand and the smell of its dung and blood was strong enough to kill, but the cows were the only distractions I had because I was so close to going insane.

I loved video games and being with my phone. Not having that luxury was killing me.

My ears perched when someone knocked on my door.

"It's open," I said flatly.

Anna, who was the only innocent person in this manor because she had no idea I was
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  • Bound by the vampire's temptation   One Hundred and Eleven

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  • Bound by the vampire's temptation   One Hundred and Ten

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  • Bound by the vampire's temptation   One Hundred And Nine

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