Greg took a deep breath to control his emotions. "May I ask why you're using Rosie as bait?" I can tell by the gesture she's making. She's trying to sound polite.Dostov smiled slightly as he observed Greg. "Carleon is not a fool, he knows which is fake, and which is real."Greg gritted his jaw. “Then why use Rosie?!”"Because Lily Rose is the most convincing candidate right now. Besides there's no way we can make Elliot Shaw a Valkyrie, he's a boy." Dostov's answer sounded strange to me. But I don't want to interrupt their conversation."Dostov, living for eight hundred years must have left your brain rotting inside your head by now. How could you have the heart to use a seven month old baby as Volder's bait like Carleon?!" Greg exclaimed furiously.Dostov did not look the least bit offended, his face still relaxed. "Have you forgotten I am their guardian too? How could I let these two get hurt, Gregory."“Guardian…” Greg hissed curtly. "You have to step over Nick and mine before you
What Dostov said still rang in my head that night. I've told Nick everything we talked about in our meeting, but oddly enough he doesn't look too surprised to hear it."You already know,right?" I accused him rather angrily. We were getting ready for bed after finishing dinner. Elliot and Rosie had been sleeping in their rooms for three hours.Nick shook his head, He was buttoning his pajamas while I had just changed into my nightgown."I don't know, but I guessed it," he replied before looking up at me after finishing all his buttons. He walked to the bed and opened the thick blanket of our bed.I, who was combing my auburn hair, stopped for a moment then turned my body to look at him. "Then what should we do?""Sleep?"he answered with a questioning look. He was already under the covers. One of his hands supports his head so he can watch me comb my hair.I rolled my eyes in annoyance. "Nick, this is serious," I grumbled before placing my comb back on the dresser. His blue eyes followe
After the knocking incident last night I still feel scared when Nick is not around me. This house is very big, so big we only use part of the room because Elliot and Rosie are still very small so they don't need too much space yet.Nick says he's lived in this house for eighty years with Greg, but he's never heard that mysterious tapping sound I heard last night.I asked him if this house might be haunted but Nick answered me laughing so hard he almost choked on the blood wine he was drinking."Eleanor, do you think a ghost has been occupying Volder's house?" he asked before wiping the blood wine that splattered the kitchen counter. Nick is one of those people who is very obsessed with cleaning our kitchen, if I dirty this place even a little bit, he immediately cleans up the mess I make.I know Nick doesn't believe in mystical things like ghosts and the like. But I myself didn't believe that vampires existed before, in fact now I've become one of them."How can you not hear a sound t
I kissed Nick's jaw, my lips trailing down his rough jaw as his beard was growing. Nick turned his face until our lips touched, then he kissed me gently without the slightest rush. It was as if he was enjoying my lips like sucking sweet candy.I brushed my tongue on his lips until he opened it, then only after that Nick was provoked and kissed me deeply.As I pulled my face away to catch my breath,Nick opened his eyes, his face came close to mine to follow mine then he kissed me again.I pushed his chest with both hands to stop him. I was afraid Greg and Lana had finished changing and caught us. Nick looked at me with a smile, as if he knew what was on my mind. Or Maybe he already knew.Greg and Lana joined the reading room ten minutes later. Lana immediately hugged me when she saw me. We sat down on one of the soft brown couches in front of the fireplace."Ella, sorry for disturbing your sleep" Lana's voice was hoarse but her gray eyes were clear and strong. I'm relieved that Lana i
"Which saying?" I was confused."Successor of Vlad's empires." Greg was the first to reply to my question. His tense pose is now more relaxed.My brows furrowed in confusion. "Didn't you say that Dostov and Alice wouldn't be his successors?"Greg laughed hoarsely. "That's right. But Vlad still has another bloodline successor. I would forgotten if I didn't hear what you said just now."A small ray of hope grew in my heart."So Vlad has other children?" Lana asked from next to me. His face had turned better than before. Finding backup options in our plans did lift our mood.Greg shook his head briefly. "Not his direct son. You could say that he's a distant relative? Even so, there's still a blood relation, even if it's slight, and most importantly, Vlad really like him. He even once wanted to set Alice up."Greg's words just now sounded familiar ... I think I've heard this story before.Lana, who was still curious, asked again. "Who is it?"Matchmaking with Alice? I'm trying to remembe
I had an instant bad feeling when I caught Luke's gaze on Rosie. Nick also froze in place with a wary expression."What why?" I asked him. Luke turned his gaze to me, his expression suddenly turning doubtful. Alice walked past him into the center of the dining room which adjoined our kitchen. She sat down on one of the sofas and crossed her legs."Are you using Dostov's idea?" Alice's question was directed at Nick. All our eyes were now fixed on Alice. She looked at the expressions on our faces one by one before her eyes finally landed on Elliot who was still sitting in his high chair. Elliot, who realized he was being watched, stuck out his tongue and then blew his mouth so hard that his saliva flew around him.Alice replied to Elliot by raising one eyebrow upwards."If you mean Dostov's idea of baiting Rosie then no, we didn't go through with that plan," Nick replied. I could tell he was trying to stay calm, but his expression was darkening rapidly, the expression on his face now
"You son of a bitch," I cursed suddenly, causing all eyes to fall on me again. "I will not let anyone take my daughter from me."Elliot confirmed what I had just said by saying a few sentences in a baby voice that didn't make any sense, then both of his hands wrapped around my neck. Maybe I would have laughed if the situation wasn't this serious."Eleanor, neither of us would ever let Vlad take Rosie from you," Luke said with a smile that reassured me. "Let's just take the positive side for now, at least we already know Vlad's plans, then we can prepare ourselves for the next step."Lana who had been silent for a while suddenly sighed loudly. "But it seems Vlad is always one step ahead of us."Greg stood up and walked over to her, his arms around Lana'swaist protectively. He whispered something in Lana's ear for a few seconds.Lana's words are true. "Can Vlad read minds or have that kind of power?" I asked in surprise.Alice and Nick shook their heads together.Greg snorted in disdain
Nick took Rosie who was not crying from Alice's lap"What did you communicate to her?" asked Nick suspiciously. His protective nature towards Rosie sometimes goes too far."I told her to be quiet" Alice answered curtly. Nick's eyes looked at her a bit angry but he didn't say anything else.They looked at each other for a few moments before Alice continued. "I agree with Eleanor's previous idea, for now it's better for you to join Dostov's clan, at least until Carleon realizes he has also been toyed with by Vlad."Her eyes followed Rosie who was now back in Nick's arms."Yesterday you asked me to accept Dostov as Elliot and Rosie's guardian, today you told me to join the damn clan, then what next Alice? Are you going to ask me to marry Rosie to Dostov?" he asked.We could feel the tension between Nick and Alice, even Luke looked at them with a wary expression. Their debate is likely not going to end if left like this continues. Nick may not realize it yet, but we really need Alice's su