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
Echo 's POV:"Echo, you are a huntress, but you conspired with a Vampire to steal the ring-Heart of Moonshadow, which was used to defend against other races, you... you deserve to DIE!"Right now, I was being forced to kneel in a dark basement, being judged by my family. However, I felt nothing but anger at Uncle Marcus's absurd accusation. I defended myself by straightening my spine. "No! I was not in league with Vampires! Nor did I steal the family treasure!""So dear Echo, you still won't tell the truth,huh?"said Uncle Marcus, with a look of hatred and disgust on his face."I had told you the truth, but you didn't believe me." I struggled to straightene my back to prove that I had been wrongly accused, but I was filled with tiredness and helplessness when I saw the scornful faces of the other hunters in my family."If you ARE telling the truth, then where had our family treasure gone? You were the only one who insisted that there was only good and evil in this world, under which ci
Echo 's POV:The crowd followed the guards into the dark forest. It was a vast forest full of oak trees. The moonlight poured down like thin veil tonight, but the forest was still too dark just like its name -Dark Forest. Now the forest was quiet except for the crow. The torches lit up the acorns on the ground. Squirrels fled wildly.I trudged to Jenna's "secret base." Sure enough, Jenna was there! But she seemed wounded, sitting down in the doorway, pale, but not like her Vampire-white, even whiter."Jenna, were you hurt? "I asked, approaching with concern."Get out of here, bitch!" Jenna's eyes were full of aggression."Jenna, what's wrong with you? Tell me what happened. Maybe I could help! " I did not give up my concern for Jenna, naively assuming that Jenna was as misunderstood as I was."Mind your own business." Jenna sneered and coughed, looking even weaker."Em...... that......" I hated to doubt my good friend, but the crowd was about to catch up, and I had to ask, "The ring..
Echo 's POVI didn’t know how they took me back. When I woke up, ALL I felt was sore. My legs were scratched with thousands of brambles, big and small. I was locked in the dungeon, which I knew fairly well. Here once held a beast of prey which I finally subdued. From then on, Castile the Elder had shown the preference for me, hoping that I could become the future heir one day. Yet now I was here, being imprisoned by my people, my trusted family. What an irony!TAT-TAT-TAT. Someone was approaching. Now I never got anything more to wish for as to be rescued from the dungeon. On the contrary, memories of my cold and cruel family crawled into my mind and made me shudder with disappointment.The dungeon door was opened and a stranger entered. In the darkness I could make out only the side of his face. The bridge of his nose took up most of it, followed by two very thin lips. His eyes were so deep at night that they were indistinguishable, like a pool. The next thing I know was my severe ch
Leonardo's POVDamn the hunters!From the day we Vampires rose, the hunters should never have been left alive! Otherwise, today, I should be married to my beloved Jenna and live together happily for the rest of my life! However, it was because of her, this pretentious woman who had ruined all this!Without hesitation, I bit her neck and blood ran down my lips. The smell was so familiar. It was Jenna's smell. Oh! That sweet smell! My mind was confused and I was totally mistaking her for Jenna! I turned the bitting and sucking at the beginning into a gentle kiss in the end. How I missed the time with Jenna!All of a sudden, a voice of groaning softly came in my ears. "Ughm!" The strange voice pulled me back to reality. No! She was not Jenna but that fucking disgusting huntress."You seemed really easy to fuck, right? What a disgusting bitch!" I recovered myself and spat a mouthful of bloody spit at her side. Then I took out my handkerchief and wiped my hands and lips.Every time I was wi
Emily 's POVI 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 troub
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
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