Emily 's POV
I never thought I'd see the huntress once saved me in our village! Even though she saved my life, I won’t thank her! Because she drove out all the Werewolves that had ruled the village for years, which she stated as life rescue of us human race. Yet since the Werewolves disappeared, our village had been overrun by a clan of Vampires headed by the Duke Elliot. And now, I was becoming a blood slave of Duke Elliot, feeding him my blood every day.
Now, the huntress who had been hated and spurned by the villagers was standing in front of me. I should, ought to revenge for my poor villagers, many of whom had been cruelly sucked every last drop of blood in their bodies by Vampires and turned into corpses with just flesh and skin!
"Bitch! That was all because of you! If you hadn't turned up in our village, they might still be alive! "
The huntress spoke, and I could stil recall her name, Echo, which was what she told me after she saved me, and she said that if I ever got in trouble, I should come to Sinpal and look for Echo BLake. Right! I even remember her last name! Blake, the fucking Blake family!
"You're Emily?" I thought she recognized me.
"I am! So what?" I provocatively looked at her, really wanting to drain her blood the next second in honor of my villagers!
"I saved your life, remember?" This bitch Echo was still trying to make me think of her kindness and be grateful for her.
"Ughm!" I sneered and said to her, "Do you think that by saving me, you will get rid of your written destiny?"
"What? My destiny?"She obviously didn’t get my words.
"Yes! You destinsy. That’s DEATH!" I angrily replied.
Echo frowned. "I don't understand! When YOUR village was ruled by vicious Werewolves, I saved you, and your people, and set you free. Why did you hate me SO MUCH ?"
She still looked innocent, as if all this had had nothing to do with her. Or she still treated herself like she was our goddess Athena! I just couldn’t take this any more. All I wanted, in my mind, was to kill her, right now!
"Don't dream of our thanks to you! Vampires took over our village after the Werewolves, and we lost a lot of people! In the old days when the Werewolves were here, all we had to do was to hunt for them and bring them food. And YOU! YOU broke all that and you still thought your most generous action was doing us good?"
Echo listened to me, speechless. I continued, "Damn bitch, Echo, you'll never pay for this sin! If I can't torture you to death, I'm sure Duke Elliot will!" With all my strength, I began to whip her, all around her body. Every time I hit on her, the face of a villager flashed in my mind. They were all innocent people!
Echo's POV
I actually met a Werewolf ruled villager I had saved years before. Back then, she was just a little girl of seven or eight with curly black hair and bright eyes. After she was saved by me, she kept thanking me, hoping I could save her parents. But unfortunately, the Werewolf killed innocent people in the process of escaping, which made her parents victims.
When I left, I told her my name and asked her to meet me in Sinpal if she needed help. However, we actually met in the dungeon of the Vampire castle. But this time we met, we did not enjoy the joy of reunion as much as we imagined, on the contrary, she began to torture me inhumane. She said she hated me and their whole village hated me!
"But Emily, it was my original intention to set you free. I did not think that Vampires would take over your village. I did not mean it!"
"The words that you didn’t mean it couldn’t revive the villagers!" Emily roared and swung the whip hard at me. I could feel her using every ounce of strength to hit me.
The pain attacked my mind, and I desperately reached for the whip and held her.
"Stop! Just stop! If a Vampire destroyed your village, why would you be a prisoner of that Vampire? It was he who you should hate, wasn't it? "
Emily was rickety, and definately feeling exhausted of all her strength running out. "You knew nothing! Of course I hate him! I was forced to be his blood slave, enslaved by him, hypnotized. What was I supposed to do? ! Pursue the reasons. It was your appearance that broke all balance. Not for you, everything was still fine. So I hated you and I had to hate you!!"
A bold idea suddenly occurred to me. Why not escape together with her? "Listen, Emily, if you keeo being his blood slave, you will die for sure sooner or later. Let's get out of here together, and this time, I won't let you be the victim!"
Leonardo's POV
I went back to my room, with my feet shaking.
Damn it! I forgot about the herbal deposits in the huntress's body, which would destroy my Vampire powers. But there was something deadly about her that I couldn't stand. I missed Jenna, so I couldn't say no to it.
No, I just couldn’t go on with this. I had to find out how I was going to save Jenna, and more importantly, if I didn't want her to have that deadly attraction again, I would need to turn to the Heart of Moonshadow. It sucked the power out of the Vampires, and it should be able to suck the power back out of her body.
This stupid Emily. Never did she report back to me yet. Had she been overpowered by her? After all, that damn huntress had been through a lot of training. I went to the dungeon again. Emily lay on her side as if she had had a very tiring day. I walked up to her, and without hesitation, I bit off her neck and tasted the charming sweetness of her blood. Just as Emily turned pale, I stopped precisely to save her breath. If she died, I would have to find a new blood slave to feed on. What a trouble that would be!
"No! Stop it!" It was the voice of the huntress, stumbling toward me to stop me from drinking Emily's blood.
Crap!!
I could smell her special scent again, which made my hands loose, and Emily fell to the ground, not waking up. "Emily!" She should call my blood slave's name! I did not expect them to know each other!
"Is she dead?" She seemed to be addressing herself. "Why would you do this to a 16-year-old girl, you cruel pervert?"
Shit! So she was now turning into a saint? A damn woman who killed her best friend was now pretending worrying about my blood slave! I grasped her collar, making her closer to me. Oh god! This sweet lovely smell in her was becoming really more and more attractive, almost driving me crazy! My heart began to restless again!
"Damn you! It's not your turn to concern about my blood slave now." I said with a well-designed plan coming up in my brain. "Why don't we play a game like telling and freeing.You tell me the truth and I’ll leave the poor ignorant girl alone, all right?" Seeing her tangled face, I calmed down as she would finally tell me the truth about Jenna's murder!
Emily woke up on the ground and called out to me in a weak voice. "Your Royal Highness, kill her! Kill her, please! She has told me that Princess Jenna was dead under her violence. She told me all that!"
My eyes were filled with rage, and in my anger, I saw tears gradually filling in the huntress's eyes.
Leonardo's POVI admitted that I couldn't help noticing the tears in her eyes, even though I rarely saw them in Jenna's eyes, so I was totally unfamiliar with Jenna's tears. But this moment, I did not know the reason why my heart was full of this inexplicable pain when I saw her tears."Hold your tears, Huntress! I will not pardon you for those little drops of salty water! With me, you will always be guilty! YOU, get up!" I kicked Emily, the dying blood slave next to me, "Go to Luise and ask for some blood-filling medicine. Take it. The huntress still needs you to interrogate her."Emily struggled to her feet. "Your Royal highness, You've drunk up Luise's blood. I can't go to him.""Oh, yes! I forgot that!" I smiled, pulling over the chain nailed to the wall, and bound the huntress's hands firmly. I was afraid she should be too cunning, and escaped while we were gone!She struggled a few times, but because of the wound, she could not succeed. "Save it, dear huntress! You will never ev
Echo 's POVPain! Pain! Pain! I'd never felt pain like this before. It was ten times worse than the lash soaked in salt water whipping on my body!"What's wrong with me? I pulled my feet back out of the light. "What happened? What did you do to me? !" I looked at the Vampire in anger.Surely, he must have done something to me! Is the whip in Emily's hand to do with it? Or... I looked at the Vampire with a puzzled face, and he looked at me with a smile and a hint of defiance."Perhaps your great Moon Goddess is punishing you! Aha!" Even Emily chose to stand aside, saying and doing nothing, as if hoping that I would be burned to death by the sun!I lifted my heavily shackled hands and stroked my burned feet. How strange it was! There were no scars on my feet as if I had just been dreaming! "How did this happen?" I checked carefully to make sure it wasn't my fantasy."That's a good sign." The Vampire stopped his smile and squatted down. His eyes were at the same level with mine. I saw hi
Leonardo's POVThis woman was acting like a Vampire! Did it mean that after she absorbed Jenna's Vampire power, she was going to be a Vampire, too? But we Vampires had never been like this before! No one could be a Vampire unless we suck blood and then resurrect them! Could a hunter's ring hold all that power? I chose not to believe that the heart of Moonshadow could do this, nor would I. However, I DID watch her wounds heal immeasurably."You keep questioning her. I need to taste some new blood." I motioned to Emily for another round of torture and quickly left the dungeon myself.Back in my room, I lay on the bed. Memoeries about the hunter came to me like tide hitting the shore. Her beauty, her dignity even in the face of torture, were deeply imprinted on my mind. To my surprise, Jenna's image was fading away in my mind,being replaced, step by step, by another shadow, and her image just vanished bit by bit!Thinking of this, my body was suddenly attacked by a flow of dry heat. I kn
Leonardo's POVWhat did I do? Making out in bed with this fucking huntress? This was definately betrayal, a betrayal of Jenna! Emily's screams woke me up. "Your Royal Highness, I... I'm sorry, I didn't know you were..." She apparently choked back, not daring to continue. I got up, found the bathrobe lying on the sofa and wrapped it around me. Then I turned my evil eyes on Emily. She dared to disturb me when I was in the heat of desire. She was now on her knees, trembling, and in my anger I kicked her hard."Get out of my room!" I was furious.When I turned around, I saw the stunned face of the huntress. Her hands around my neck were still frozen in mid-air and she could not lower them. She must have been woken up by Emily's cry, too. Seeing my eyes resting on her half-open collar, she hastily sat up and pulled her ragged clothes aside to cover them a little, but the more she did so, the more attractive she looked!"Huntress, listen to me!" I grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and c
Echo 's POVKindness in this world went in cycles, and I never thought that the people I had saved by accident would now return my kindness. I picked up the keys on the ground, unshackled the handcuffs and anklets. Then I began my directionless journey through the Illusion Fog. The Thorn Jungle was made all the more terrifying by the mournful cries of countless crows flying overhead. Although I was a tough hunter with all kinds of brutal training, I was also afraid when my heart iwas weak.The weakness of my heart came from the abandonment and betrayal that followed when I thought of my family and friends, which made my heart cold to the extreme. I might as well stay put because I was not sure if there was anything else chilling in the forest waiting for me. For safety, I chose to stand where I was now. As an old saying went, standing where you were was the safest option while losing direction."Roar!" Not far away from the depths of the jungle came the roar of a male Lion. Why would
Leonardo's POVThis woman, this crazy little woman, should spend two days in the Thorn Jungle! It was incredible! Not even the most powerful Alphas Werewolf could do that! And she was only a little huntress.I put on my defensive cloak and entered the Thorn Jungle at dusk. Only then could we Vampires be protected from the attack of The Illusion Fog. She was about to faint, and my heart was trembling! "You were really tough, aren’t you?" I couldn't help saying those ironic words to her. The next second, she was crawling up to me with her exausted and battered body, dragging me at the corner of my cloak and weakly said those words. "I didn't kill Jenna, I didn't..." Then she fell down and did not wake up."Hey! Hey! Wake up!" I squatted down and tried to wake her up, but she was probably hurt too badly to wake up in a short time. I picked her up. As she curled into my arms, I realized how tiny she was, almost a head shorter than Jenna. Now she was like a sleeping kitten in my arms. Her
Echo 's POVAfter eating the food, I seemed to regain the ability to survive. Human beings were different from Vampires. They needed the energy provided by food before they could accomplish what they wanted to accomplish. What I wanted to accomplish, of course, was ESCAPE!Emily watched me eating, though she hated it and even said bad words to me, I didn't have time worrying about that now. If she took my kindness as granted, I didn't have to bother trying to get her out of the control of the Vampire."Anything else? I'm still hungry." I began to make demands on her."What? That's not enough?" Emily looked at me with disdain, as if I were a homeless beggar on the street."No, not enough. I haven't eaten for days, you know. I need food." I begged her, for the sake of escape,I would choose to give up my dignity just for a while."Well, just wait for a second. I'll ask Your Royal Highness for permission. I don't want to waste food and be scolded by Your Royal Highness!" she said angrily,
Leonardo's POVThis time, after I told James to throw her into the dungeon, I didn't look at her at all. Or actually I dare not do that. I was afraid to look into her sad eyes. Every time I see them, I couldn't stop sinking into them.I hurried back to my room, and Nathan followed me into the room with the purple bottle. I didn't say a word, still angry that he had hugged Echo! I really shouldn't be angry! And I had no reasons to be angry! Especially with Nathan, even though he was a good friend of mine, I still didn't want to show him any different feelings towards humans, even hunters. So, I restrained myself."Is she your new blood slave?" Nathan was still pestering me about some of Echo's questions, and I didn't want to answer them."She is Nobody. Never mind!" I answered perfunctorily, and quickly changed the subject before I had a chance to amplify my feelings of discontent."But you don't look like not caring about her at all!" Nathan continued. I don't know if I had been a lit
Echo's POVTo my surprise, Pearl didn't show any sign of disbelief. She sat down gently so that I could lean on her shoulder. "Echo, I knew it. And I asked you about it the other night. It's just, at the time, you didn't seem sure how you felt. What's the matter? Have you finally found out how you feel about Duke Leonardo tonight?" Pearl's words made me feel like I couldn't resist opening up to her. She was the perfect person to talk to at this time, not to mention a very attentive and thoughtful person. A friend in need was a friend indeed. Pearl was one of those people who looked indifferent on the outside while he was actually very soft and caring on the inside."Honestly, Pearl, this may be the first time I've ever loved a man. Although I have had boyfriends in the past, I have not felt heartbroken because of some of his words or actions. This time, with Leonardo, I really felt the unbearable heartache, as if nothing could relieve it. You know what? I could have gone to Nathan to
Leonardo's POVI really had no idea that this woman would hook up with Nathan again. And to my surprise, Nathan told me that he was in love with that woman.How the hell did all this happen? Why was it that all of a sudden, everyone around me was trying to leave me?Back at my castle, I saw the Gabriel dress she was wearing, and I was getting so angry. It was a gift to her, but she was wearing it all over Nathan's hallway filled with those bad chemicals. She didn't deserve the dress! It was a relic, an explanation and a proof of love, but now the dress had thoroughly been contaminated by the cheesy, so-called love between her and Nathan."Take it off! "I said to her without ceremony. I didn't want any more of her disgusting smell on this dress. These smells were actually from Nathan. I didn't hate Nathan. Meanwhile, I still think of him as my friend, but I just couldn't stand the sight of the two of them being together. It made my heart ache. The pain became more frequent and more pro
Echo's POVNathan found out that I was getting painful again, so he took me to his room, ready to offering me the painkiller.“Can I just wait for you here. It’s your room. I’m afraid...”“There’s no need to concern about anything. You’re my friend now and it’s your right to visit my room.” He stopped to whisper to me.” even my bedroom.” He blinked like a kid which made me burst into laughter.“Ok, Since you invite me. I’ll go and check what you hide in your bedrrom.” I compromised in his smile and I had to say. Nathan had a really attractive and warm smile. Seeing that smile, my pain was erased a lot.However, I followed his lead to his bedrrom. I didn’t notice that two devious and fierce eyes were staring at me and Nathan.he took nme to a small elevator, which was specially designed for maids to serve hot food, according to Nathan, and it’s hard for me to imagine how big the Spencer’s house was. When the elevator stopped at the third floor and the door opened, I saw a whole new wor
Echo's POVI never thought that Nathan would treat me like this. He was a friend of mine. At least, deep down in my heart, I regarded him as my friends. How would a friend kissed me on the lips. I had to push him away, again. Because when he lightly brushed my mouth, my mind was fully filled with Leonardo’s face. The cold and sculptural and elegant face. It almost drove me crazy. Meanwhile, a sort of strange emotional pain crawled and wrapped around my heart. I had to knelt to the ground, sank my nails into my chest and bent down.“What’s the matter, Echo? Are you alright?” Nathan knelt down as well, concerning about me.“I’m not sure. Never had this feeling before.” I replied with a great pain attacking my heart once again. “Aah!” I couldn’t help yelling out.“I’d better get you to the hospital.” He searched himself for the cellphone, and was ready to call 911.“No, Nathan. I am a Vampire now and I won’t die.” With these words, both Nathan and I were stunned.“Yeah.” He smiled to me.
Leonardo’s POVEcho Blake, that damn huntress, she dared to have herself thrown into Nathan’s arms. What a fucking borthering scene that I saw just now! I, the Duke Vampire, would never let Echo be my threats, of course, in their damn eyes. Not allowing anyone to threaten me in any way was the first basic rule of mine.I went straight to the doorway, Nathan and Chuck were still standing there. Seeing afar, crowds of guards surrounded something. They were moving slowly to the doorway. As I went nearer, I saw it clear that it was King Bass. I never liked this huge troop around me, but it seemed like he did.“What an honor it is for us to have you here, your Majesty!” Chuck prepared to shake hands with King Bass, but was refused by his guard. “Sorry for my rudeness.” Chuck apologized to cover his embarrassment. Stupid ass!Nathan politely bowed to King Bass and elegantly greeted, “I hope you had a nice and wonderful trip from your castle to our shabby house. Please come in and take a sea
Echo’s POVLeonardo left me in the middle of so many Vampires. He might have something emergent and I still took it for granted that there was no need for him to look after a nobody. I perfectly still for a moment, then I glance over the crowd briefly. Finally, i determined to look for something to drink, in order to cover my embarrassment. On the other hand, I did hope not to meet the monster Chuck. As a consequence, I cautiously made my way to the crowd, hiding myself into the crowds.Right at the moment I grabbed a glass of wine and took a little sip, I saw the monster coming to me. He was smiling, which made me rather disgusted.“See who is there?” He greeted sarcastically.“Crap! Think of the devil.” I tried telepathically to tell Leonardo, but he responded nothing.“The most influential Gabriel dress. He should let you wear it! What a surprise!” He walked around me and took a careful look at me and my dress. This might be catagoried into the most awkward moments in my life, bein
Echo’s POVI sat in the car of Leonardo. It was specifically designed for him according to the driver.“It’s my massive honor to drive you there, your Royal Highness. And as you can see, the vehicle was specifically made for you, one and only.” The driver couldn’t hold his excitement but talked too much. Apparently, Leonardo didn’t want this to be happening.“Shut your mouth up or you will be killed right now.” Leonardo coldly said, in a extremely low voice.“Yes, your Royal Highness. It won’t happen again.” I noticed the driver was sweating nervously and the steering wheel was covered with sweat stains.Yet, I was the one who was supposed to be nervous more. I was taken to the dangerous place, where I was almost killed by the monster, Chuck Spencer. Also, I was pretty sure that Leonardo would never defend me if there was a fight between me and them. I was nobody to him. Even the dress was saved for Jenna, not me.The car was running away from the castle farther and farther. My anxiet
Echo’s POVThree days passed by. How time flew! This was the day that Leonardo would take me to the party held in the Spencer’s. Honestly, I was nervous. Waking up so early in the morning, I got nothing to do. No one sent me food, and I was unwilling to come outside. I was just relaxing against the back of the chair, letting my head drop back a little, which I thought would make me a little bit calm, to kill the anxiety, actually.Leonardo went in, so early in the morning. He was as nervous as I was?“No way. I was bringing you something.” He said it telepathically. It was so surprised to find out that we had such a strong connetion since we had communicated telepathically. I could read his mind, so did him.“What is it?” I pointed to the bag he dragged in his hand. It seemed there was something heavy in it.“Try it on.” He ordered and came closer to me. I could breathe his breath from his sculptural nose. He was so tall that I had to raise my head in order to see him clearly. Damn! H
Echo's POVI never thought that he should do this for me. Undoubtedly, Daisy Lyle was a mean girl. She really was! I hated her, but I never thought of driving her away from this castle. If I was strong enough, there was no need to do so. I could confront and go through all the barriers that she set for me. However, Leonardo ordered to send her out. I intended to say something for her. At the very moment I would open my mouth, Leonardo seemed to read my mind and prevented me timely.After Daisy was taken out, Leonardo finally had some time talking to me. “Being softhearted to one’s enemy was the greatest danger for oneself.”He gently gave that advice to me. This was the first time that he had ever been nice to me. You knew that, once one gave you a piece of advice, it meant he was trying to be nice to you. And others said being considerate was the first step that one was ready to be friends with you. I was a huntress before I was turned into a Vampire. Though I looked tough and fearles