“Are you freaking kidding me? Run without you? After seeing you cough blood!? Do you really think I could run away without you, huh? Hahh!??” Charlene shouted at Elliot who was now sitting on the ground because his legs had given up. “Die with me then,” he laughed, wiping the blood off his mouth with the hem of his shirt. Charlene looked at him with eyes full of concern. “How sick are you? Why did you go to the forest? Stop lying about looking for your mother! There is nothing in that forest but monsters. You are not a monster’s child, are you?” Charlene tried to lessen the tension that is slowly building up between them because of the situation they are in. “I’m bound to die when I was a baby,” “What?” “When I was born, my mother left me in this forest to die… My father told me so. I never really met my mother even once. I was adopted by the Vampire Prince because my mother was a close friend of his. I lived in his mansion near the borders so that the Vampire Queen would not harm
Elliot looked at Charlene after he was transferred to a different spot in an instant. “How the hell is she so good with magic?” he thought to himself and saw that Charlene was looking at him. Her eyes… She always has the eyes that tell everything that is going on in her head. Elliot shook his head. “No. No. Charlene! No! Charlene!” “Charlene! —” he was still shouting but he was in a different yet familiar place now— in front of a man that was surprised and worried seeing him. “Elliot! Where have you been? I was looking for you everywhere! What the hell happened? Is that blood on you? Did something happen? Where the hell did you even go?” Prince Valier scanned his son from head to toe. He has minimal injuries but knowing his son— Elliot must be in great pain right now. “This is not the time to worry about me, Father,” he said. Prince Valier furrowed his brows and looked at Elliot. “You shouted her name… what happened? And you used the scroll— were you with her? Were you with Charle
“Head! The Vampire prince is getting near this area! What should we do?” another hunter shouted. The woman in the red cloak clicked his tongue and gazed away from Kiel. “Let’s go… and leave that child here. I do not want him around the organization anymore—” “But he had been really useful in capturing the werewolves, head—” The hunter that tried to oppose her was killed in an instant. The other hunters kept their mouths shut as they looked at Kiel with pity. “Let us retreat for now,” the head said and they all left… leaving Charlene and Kiel in that abandoned place. “You were talking with your head just now, right?” Charlene looked at Kiel who appeared in front of her. “I will let you loose now,” “Why did you not beg her to have you? You have an ability,” Charlene asked Kiel who was removing the rope from her feet. “Because you said she’s not a human,” Kiel simply said. “I don’t know why, but I heard your voice when you talked to her,” “So that’s why you were staring at me,” “W
“Walk me through what happened!” Yulo immediately told them when they reached the best room in the castle and Charlene was carefully put on the bed. “And call all the priests here! I don’t care what they are doing. Tell them to come here at once!” He instructed the servant, Samuel, to gather everyone in the old palace. “I treated her a week ago for a monster attack… but the hunters captured her. There are multiple wounds on her back because of the arrows that hit her. I was able to do first aid, but you know it’s a red moon today— nothing works on them when it’s a red moon besides the divine power from the Moon Goddess,” Prince Valier said as he tried to recall what else he needed to inform the saint. “My son said—” “You have a son!?” Yulo exclaimed but still continued to treat Charlene with his divine power. “We’ll talk about that letter, what did your son say?” “She was poisoned,” Valier continued. He gulped and stared at the saint. “And she is pregnant, Yulo… of the Lycan King
“I am afraid there is still no news about the woman that the scouts saw, Your Highness. Although I have other news that might be music to your ears—” Keiffer handed him a folder containing evidence of the involvement of a certain organization in the death of his brother— the late King Dia. “ — That tattoo was found in not just one but three knights that accompanied your brother; and this one,” he handed him a photo of someone wearing a ram mask. “Is one of the notorious killers from the association that had no name under them. His name is Ram and the tattoo on his neck indicates that he’s part of that organization,” “Find out who this man is— and look more into what I told you about the woman. You have two more days or I will remove all the assets under your name for good,” Adhler stood up and went back to preparing himself for the Royal Wedding that will take place on the same day of his coronation. “You are annoyingly stubborn, Your Highness,” “If you cannot find more about tha
Adhler’s Point of View I looked at the clock and then at the food in front of me. It had been an hour since I officially married my brother’s wife and made her my Luna. The coronation went smoothly earlier like what we had planned. Everything is going as planned. I looked at the delegation— I could feel my heart racing in anger as I stared eye to eye at their king that was smirking at me. Hah. I cannot believe he really came though I only sent him an invitation out of formality. Was he doing it for the pact? That was already useless after he killed my brother… I have no evidence that he was the one that commanded his death yet— but I know I have seen that tattoo with one of his servants before. And I smell it… I smelled the scent of a wolf when I appeared at the scene of my brother’s death. And I know it was one of them since I can smell the same familiar scent again. I gritted my teeth to calm myself. I cannot let this occasion go to waste. My niece is also here to congratulate m
“What do you mean you lost her? How could she escape that palace when hundreds of you are there to look after her?” Yulo was angered upon hearing the news from Samuel. It appears like Charlene had used magic to leave the place even before Samuel could serve her breakfast. “She has no mana left after she used it to protect her child. I did not tell her, but after she consumed more mana than she could handle, she broke her core and would never be able to use magic ever again,” Yulo squeezed his eyes. He’s trying to think where the woman must have gone. Where should she go in this kingdom or did she really leave the castle? How? She should have no energy to move around. It was even a miracle that she had awoken after just three days of getting treatment. She would be needing a month at the very least to fully recover. “Scan the whole damn castle again and look for her. I do not want to hear another excuse that you could not find her! There is no way she has left already. She would not
“And I think I must inform you too that she’s your Luna,” “What?” “Make the announcement tomorrow or I will be the one to tell the people,” “What the hell were you talking about? Charlene has obsidian eyes!” “That is because we— involving her mother— sealed her Lycan powers to keep her from running amok!” King Adhler looked at the woman. The saint has left after treating her and said that he would be back the next day to hear the announcement from Adhler himself. “Is it really the best thing to do, Samarah?” Adhler covered his face with his hands and then stood up to sit by the woman’s side. She’s still asleep and the sun has already set. King Adhler had been beside her ever since he carried her to this room… the room that he had always had prepared in case she would really come to the kingdom— never had Adhler thought that the woman would come this way. In this state… he had never thought that she would suddenly show up full of injuries at that… he had never even considered