After 300 years of marriage, I'm finally pregnant with his dead lover #shortmax
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00:04300 years ago, at my wedding to Julian, he attacked me, desperate for the drop of precious
00:10progenitor blood in my veins. He left me for dead, and slaughtered my entire crown.
00:18As I lay dying, I was found by the vampire prince, Cassius. He took me home. He cherished
00:27me. My weakness, my lost power. Known of it mattered. He even threw us a lavish wedding.
00:36When I became pregnant against all odds, he fed me his own blood every day, even though
00:41it weakened him. I thought he was my salvation. Until today, when I overheard him talking to
00:50his underarm.
00:52Parasite is nearly whole. 300 years of waiting are finally over.
00:57Soon, Lilith will be reborn in her womb, and I can finally give her the perfect, immortal
01:02body she deserves.
01:04From Lady Selina?
01:06She's just the vessel.
01:08Lilith saved me. I owe her everything.
01:11Once Lilith is born, I'll drain every last drop of ancient blood from Selina's body and
01:16give Lilith true immortality.
01:20She's just the vessel. Lilith saved me. I owe her everything. Once Lilith is born, I'll
01:28drain every last drop of ancient blood from Selina's body and give Lilith true immortality.
01:33I stood outside Cassius' study, listening. A chill crept up from my feet and settled deep
01:39in my heart. Strange. Vampires don't feel the cold. 300 years of a loving marriage. All
01:46of it. An elaborate lie. I thought back to that night. 300 years ago. My former feelings.
01:53Lilith betrayed me at our wedding. Stole the sacred progenitor blood from my veins and massacred
01:59my entire clan. And now, history was repeating itself. I had fallen into a man's trap. Again.
02:07Inside the study, the conversation continued.
02:12Isn't that a bit cruel, my lord? After all, she's been the prince's wife for three centuries.
02:17That title was always meant for Lilith. I let her enjoy it for 300 years. Besides, if I hadn't
02:23found her, she would have died at Julian's hand anyway, wouldn't she? What if she finds out?
02:30She won't. She won't. She's too in love with me. Even if she suspects something, she won't
02:35dare believe it. And now she's addicted to my blood and the elixirs. She can't survive
02:54I covered my mouth and stumbled back to my room, shaking.
02:58My handmaid, Clara, brought in two goblets.
03:02One held Cassius' blood.
03:04The other, the special elixir he'd found for me, said to protect the fetus and help it grow strong.
03:11My lady, the prince is so good to you.
03:13He specifically told me to watch you drink them every day.
03:16Good to me.
03:17I touched my swollen belly and couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
03:21When he first saved me, I had almost no power, more fragile than a human.
03:27Cassius fed me so much of his own blood, and even used his precious heart's blood to mend my spirit.
03:34Later, when I mourned for my clan, he spared no expense, building me a perfect replica of the castle I
03:40grew up in.
03:41He kissed my forehead back then, whispering softly.
03:45I would do anything to see you happy.
03:49That was why I fell for him.
03:50It's why I was willing to risk everything for him.
03:54Even the near impossible danger of a vampire pregnancy.
04:05But now I see it, it wasn't me he cherished.
04:12It was my body, the vessel.
04:14Suddenly, all the things that never quite made sense clicked into place.
04:19No wonder he was moved to tears when I became pregnant.
04:22No wonder this child, which should have taken two centuries to turn, was nearly due after only one.
04:30I grabbed the goblet of blood and drained it in one gum.
04:34As for the other, I poured it onto the floor.
04:38My lady, what are you...
04:42Trust me.
04:44Don't say a word.
04:48She looked at the resolve in my eyes and finally nodded.
04:51She was half vampire.
04:53Her father was one of my own.
04:55Cut down with the rest of my clan.
04:57Her loyalty was absolute.
04:59My belly clenched again as the thing inside me looked.
05:03More violent at this time.
05:05As if it were desperate to quiet me out.
05:10My belly clenched again as the thing inside me moved.
05:13More violently this time.
05:15As if it were desperate to claw its way out.
05:19Can't wait to get out.
05:21Too bad.
05:23Your little plan is about to go up in smoke.
05:26I went to my vanity and pulled an old map from the back of a drawer.
05:29I found it.
05:30The Sunstone Sanctuary.
05:32A forbidden place for our kind.
05:34Rumored to be filled with deadly, sacred light.
05:38But it was also the only place that could purify a corrupt soul.
05:41If I could survive its holy fire.
05:43I could kill the parasite in my womb for God.
05:47I would rather die than be a pawn in Cassius' game.
05:50I stared at my reflection.
05:52A fire of vengeance burning in my eyes.
05:55I swore an oath.
05:56If I survived the holy fire.
05:59I would burn the crimson port to ash.
06:02And I would make Cassius pay a price he would never forget.
06:05For all eternity.
06:11And I would make Cassius pay a price he would never forget.
06:15For all eternity.
06:17Just as I hid the map.
06:19A sharp, tearing pain ripped through my abdomen.
06:22Something inside me was thrashing wildly.
06:27I couldn't let it grow unchecked.
06:29I had to suppress it.
06:31I desperately called upon what little remained of my ancient bloodline's power.
06:35Trying to cage the parasite in my womb.
06:38A spray of black blood erupted from my mouth.
06:41Splattering across the delicate silver music box on my vanity.
06:46It was a gift from Cassius for our hundredth wedding anniversary.
06:51I wrote this melody for you.
06:53So whenever you hear it, you'll remember the beautiful moment we first met.
06:58I had been moved to tears.
06:59And I treasured it.
07:01How ironic.
07:03I reached for the music box.
07:05Ready to hurl it into the fireplace.
07:07Just as my fingers were about to release it.
07:10The door flew open.
07:15I reached for the music box.
07:17Ready to hurl it into the fireplace.
07:20Just as my fingers were about to release it.
07:23The door flew open.
07:26Selina?
07:27I heard you cry out.
07:29What happened?
07:30Cassius rushed in.
07:32His eyes immediately locking onto the music box in my hand.
07:36His face paled.
07:37It's nothing.
07:38Just the baby kicking a little hard.
07:43You know, I was just thinking.
07:45The diamonds on this box are lovely.
07:47Why don't we have them reset into a new piece of jewelry?
07:50My tastes have changed a bit since becoming pregnant.
07:53No!
07:54I want to save this box for...
07:59Save it for who?
08:04For our child, it has sentimental value.
08:08A lie.
08:09That is not what he was about to say.
08:11A tide of fury washed over me.
08:13And I lost all control.
08:15With all my might, I threw the music box toward the fireplace.
08:26The fire engulfed his hand, the smell of burning flesh, filling the air.
08:34But he seemed to feel no pain.
08:35His only concern to protect the box.
08:41But he seemed to feel no pain.
08:43His only concern to protect the box.
08:46When he pulled it from the fire, one corner was charred, revealing the inscription inside.
08:53To Lilith, my eternal beloved.
08:55I laughed, a bitter, mocking sound.
08:59Of course, the music box was never for me.
09:02The token of love I had cherished for 300 years was a gift for another woman.
09:07Hate and humiliation consumed me.
09:10I swept all the jewelry Cassius had ever given me off the vanity and onto the floor.
09:15This is all for her, isn't it?
09:16I'm just a substitute.
09:18A vessel!
09:21Selene, what are you doing?
09:22Calm down.
09:24He didn't listen.
09:25Just kept growing his soul.
09:27Called mementos into the fire.
09:30Finally, Cassius' mask of tenderness grew.
09:33Enough!
09:33Keep this up, and I'll throw you in the silver cells myself.
09:40Finally, Cassius' mask of tenderness cried.
09:43Enough!
09:43Keep this up, and I'll throw you in the silver cells myself.
09:47I froze.
09:48The silver cells.
09:50Even a prince as powerful as him grew weak there.
09:53He wanted to lock me, his pregnant wife, in that place.
09:57Seeing my pale face, Cassius' voice softened again.
10:01Selene, listen to me.
10:03Stop this foolishness.
10:06I'll give you anything you want.
10:08New jewelry?
10:10My heart burning with pure hatred.
10:12He tried to soothe me, but I just closed my eyes, refusing to look at him.
10:17I even knocked the goblet of blood he offered me from his hand.
10:20It splattered all over him, and the last shred of tenderness vanished from his face.
10:26Fine.
10:27Have it your way.
10:33Take her away.
10:34The silver cells were in the castle's deepest dungeon, their walls forged from pure silver.
10:40For a vampire, it was hell on earth.
10:43The heavy silver door slammed shut, and I collapsed onto the freezing floor.
10:51The heavy silver door slammed shut, and I collapsed onto the freezing floor.
10:58The guard was a grim, faced bloodthrall.
11:01He looked at me with what might have been pity.
11:03My lady, why must you provoke the master?
11:07Just then, a wave of powerful, evil energy surged on the bone.
11:12To my horror, I saw the guard's normal gaze turn vacant.
11:17His lips twisted into a bizarre, cruel smile, and his voice became sharp and grating.
11:22Finally!
11:23I can finally control things out here!
11:26That wasn't the guard's voice.
11:29Her soul was already strong enough to possess a human.
11:33The bloodthrall's eyes turned vicious.
11:35With a wicked grin, he grabbed me and slammed me onto a rack covered in silver spikes.
11:47The silver spikes pierced my skin, and agony shone through me.
11:57I was pinned to the rack, unable to move.
12:03Ah, what exquisite pain.
12:05You know, for the last hundred years in your womb, I've had to endure every moment of you and Cassius'
12:11intimacy.
12:13Now, it's your turn to taste a little pain.
12:16You, you parasite.
12:18The brand seared a black mark onto my arm.
12:22The pain was so intense I nearly blacked out.
12:25Parasite!
12:26I'm just taking back what's mine!
12:28Cassian was always mine!
12:31She used the thrall's hands to pick up a silver dagger,
12:34then slowly carved the word, horror, into the flesh of my other arm.
12:38The silver blade sizzled against my skin.
12:41Look at this beautiful wound, listen to that lovely scream.
12:46And the smell of burning flesh.
12:48So delightful.
12:50You should feel honored to give everything for my rebirth.
12:56Look at this beautiful wound, listen to that lovely scream.
13:01And the smell of burning flesh.
13:03So delightful.
13:05You should feel honored to give everything for my rebirth.
13:08The torment was absolute.
13:10My heart hammered against my ribs, threatening to stop at any moment.
13:15My vision blackened, my consciousness fading.
13:18Just as I was about to pass out, Cassius, in his chambers, suddenly woke from his sleep.
13:24He glanced at the moonlit window.
13:27Then at the empty space beside him in the bed.
13:30A strange unease washed over him.
13:34Go to the silver cells and check on Salona.
13:37I've prepared her favorite ruby necklace.
13:39If she's ready to apologize, let her out.
13:42That thrall also secretly under Lilith's control bowed respectfully.
13:47A moment later, he returned.
13:50Master, the lady is still throwing attention to you.
13:53She refuses to see you and said some very unpleasant things.
13:57Cassius's face darkened.
13:59If she's not sorry, then let her rot down there until she comes to her senses.
14:04Meanwhile, in the silver cells, I had completely lost consciousness.
14:10Sensing her host's life force fading, Lilith was forced to stop the torture.
14:15She needed me alive, at least until the moment of her birth.
14:19A warm energy flowed from my womb, mending my damaged heart.
14:24She was feeding her own power back into me.
14:27Just enough to keep my heart beating.
14:46Pain pulled me back to reality.
14:49I opened my eyes to find myself still tied to the rack.
14:53My body covered in wounds.
14:55Awake?
14:56Good.
14:57That was just the appetizer.
14:59Now for the main course.
15:02A violent slam came from my belly, as if something was trying to tear its way out.
15:08Every impact was agony.
15:10Feel that, Selina?
15:11It's me.
15:12Feel that?
15:13That's for the hundred years you've have restrained and suppressed me.
15:17Now I'm going to make you pay back.
15:19A hundred times over for every ounce of Cass' affection you enjoyed.
15:22Every kiss, every sweet word, they were all meant for me.
15:25Far away in his chambers, Cassius felt a phantom pain and shot upright in the head.
15:35Master, what's wrong?
15:39I thought I heard something.
15:41Never mind.
15:43Probably a nightmare.
15:45Selina is stubborn.
15:46Maybe then she'll learn not to be so much trouble.
15:51But I remained in the silver cells, enduring inhuman torture, every second in eternity.
16:01But I remained in the silver cells, enduring inhuman torture, every second in eternity.
16:08Just when I thought I would die there, a familiar figure appeared silently outside of Sandville.
16:16When she saw my broken, bleeding body, she gasped.
16:19My lady, what happened?
16:22I couldn't speak.
16:24With a trembling finger, I scrawled two words into the dirt on the floor.
16:28Potent blood.
16:30This is the last of the potent blood.
16:37Using my last ounce of strength, I took the vial and drank it all.
16:41Powerful energy surged through me.
16:44My wounds began to close.
16:46My strength returned.
16:47It would only last a few hours.
16:49But it would be enough.
16:51A few hours.
16:52Enough to get to the Sunstone Sanctuary.
16:55Enough to kill the disgusting parasite in my womb.
17:01Enough to get to the Sunstone Sanctuary.
17:04Enough to kill the disgusting parasite in my womb.
17:07With my power surging back, the iron shackles were useless.
17:11They snapped in two with a sharp claw.
17:14My lady, where are you going?
17:16To the place where this all ends.
17:22Clara, if I don't make it back, you must live.
17:26Get away from this place.
17:28Far away.
17:29And with that, I vanished from the silver-laced cell.
17:34Master!
17:35Master, something's happened!
17:39Cassius stirred.
17:40His face dark.
17:46What is all this commotion?
17:48The lady.
17:48She's gone.
17:49The silver cell is empty.
17:50Impossible.
17:53Where would she go without me?
17:55In this entire world of our kind, she has nowhere to run.
17:59No one to protect her.
18:00She's probably just sulking in a corner somewhere.
18:04But Master, we've looked everywhere.
18:06There's not even a trace of her scent.
18:08What did you say?
18:13But Master, we've looked everywhere.
18:15There's not even a trace of her scent.
18:17What did you say?
18:18You've looked everywhere?
18:20Looked everywhere?
18:22Yes.
18:23From the dungeons to the highest tower.
18:25Every single corner.
18:28Tear this place apart if you have to.
18:31Find her!
18:38Soon, the entire Crimson Court was in an uproar.
18:42After a fruitless search, a thought struck Cassius.
18:46He strode to a jewelry box and pulled out a necklace set with a blood-red gem.
18:50It was his wedding gift to me, infused with a drop of his own blood, allowing him to sense
18:55the wearer's location.
18:57He clutched the necklace, closing his eyes to focus.
19:01A moment later, they snapped open, his face draining of color.
19:11A moment later, they snapped open, his face draining of color.
19:16A moment later, he activated the necklace's link, his voice a low hiss into the gem.
19:25Selina, what game are you playing?
19:27Stop this nonsense at once.
19:30Come back now, and I will forgive you.
19:32I was struggling through a forest of thorns when the necklace on my chest grew hot, and
19:37Cassius's angry voice echoed from it.
19:40I stopped, looking down at the chain I once thought was a symbol of love.
19:45My eyes filled with scorn.
19:47Forgive me?
19:50What right did he have to forgive me?
19:58It glinted once in the moonlight, then was swallowed by the darkness.
20:03Cassius felt the connection sever.
20:05The color drained from his face.
20:10I had already reached the outskirts of the temple.
20:13Before me stood a grand, white sanctuary, glowing with a holy, solemn light under the moon.
20:20This was it.
20:21The legendary hallowed temple of light.
20:28I took a deep breath and took the first step.
20:34Instantly, a pillar of searing holy light slammed down from the sky, striking me.
20:40I cried out as fire sealed through my body.
20:43My skin began to smoke and sizzle.
20:46So this was the power of holy light.
20:49It was as terrible as they said.
20:51But I gritted my teeth.
20:53A vampire's healing is strong.
20:55And the burns began to mend.
20:57No!
20:58You're insane!
20:59You'll kill us both!
21:02Then we'll die together!
21:10A second beam of light struck, more powerful than the first.
21:13I coughed up blood and fell to my knees.
21:16But I could feel the light had also seared the parasite within me.
21:20Her soul was weakening under the assault.
21:24That's working.
21:25I wiped the blood from my lips, struggling to stand.
21:29Just then, a shadow blurred past.
21:34It's working.
21:35I wiped the blood from my lips, struggling to stand.
21:39Just then, a shadow blurred past.
21:42Selena!
21:45The third beam of holy light was gathering in the sky.
21:48More terrifying than the last two combined.
21:51As it was about to fall, the Cassius dove in front of me.
21:54Taking half the blast with his own body.
21:58He spat a mouthful of black blood and crashed to the ground.
22:02But the other half still hit me.
22:04Already exhausted, I couldn't take anymore.
22:08I collapsed.
22:09An unimaginable pain tore through my abdomen.
22:12Like something was ripping me apart from the inside.
22:16Salami!
22:18Why?
22:19Why would you hurt yourself like this?
22:21Because I'd rather die than be your vessel.
22:26Shock and guilt flashed in his eyes.
22:29I don't know what you're talking about.
22:31I...
22:32I can explain.
22:34But before he could touch me,
22:36Lilith clawed her way into the world.
22:40With the sound of tearing flesh,
22:43Lilith emerged from my body.
22:45The agony almost made me pass out as blood poured from the wound.
22:49She scrambled toward Cassius,
22:52blind to her own monstrous form.
22:54The holy light and premature birth
22:56had made her a twisted hybrid.
22:59Half vampire, half human.
23:01She had a vampire's fangs.
23:03But her body was frail and skeletal.
23:05A pale wisp of a thing.
23:08Cassius.
23:09Help me.
23:11Horror and disgust warred on Cassius' face.
23:14Seeing his reaction,
23:15Lilith's pleas became more desperate.
23:20Cassius!
23:21She tried to kill me!
23:22She sobbed,
23:23pointing a bony finger at my dying form.
23:27She brought me to this awful place
23:29to burn me with holy light.
23:32If you hadn't come,
23:33I would have never seen you again.
23:36Cassius' expression shifted to one of pity and pain.
23:39He turned his fury on me.
23:42Selina, for centuries,
23:44I have treated you well.
23:45All I asked was to use your body
23:48to bring Lilith back.
23:50How could you be so cruel?
23:53Cruel?
23:54I let out a wretched laugh.
23:56My only regret is that I didn't kill her completely!
24:00Silence!
24:01Cassius slapped me across the face.
24:04My weakened body flew backward,
24:06slamming into one of the temple's stone pillars.
24:09Lilith fanned the flames,
24:12tugging weakly at Cassius' sleeve.
24:14Cassius,
24:15I feel like I'm fading.
24:18I need more power to hold this form.
24:22Her greedy eyes landed on me.
24:25Her ancient bloodline.
24:27If I had it,
24:29I could become a true vampire.
24:31You promised me.
24:33Cassius was silent for a moment,
24:35then gave a slow, deliberate nod.
24:37Fine.
24:39I will get it for you.
24:41He walked toward me,
24:42a flicker of conflict in his eyes
24:44that quickly turned to cold murder.
24:46Three hundred years.
24:48I was good to you.
24:50Drawing a shot,
24:51a silver blade from his fault.
24:53Now,
24:54it's time for you to serve your final purpose.
24:57I closed my eyes,
24:58my heart fed with despair.
25:00Is this how it ended?
25:01Killed by the man who betrayed me.
25:04I won't let it.
25:06I won't die.
25:07Stop!
25:09A deep voice,
25:10regnating with power,
25:12cut through the air.
25:14In the next instant,
25:15Cassius was thrown aside.
25:17The silver blade,
25:19clattering to time.
25:22I opened my eyes
25:23to see a tall figure
25:24standing over me.
25:26He had hair as black as ink
25:28and deep violet eyes.
25:29Dressed in a dark,
25:31noble cloak,
25:32he radiated an ancient
25:33and immense power.
25:35Who are you?
25:37Cassius snarled,
25:38picking himself up.
25:40The man ignored him,
25:42turning to look at me.
25:43When I saw his face,
25:45a strange sense of familiarity
25:46washed over me.
25:48Don't be afraid.
25:49He said gently,
25:51you're safe now.
25:52He bent down
25:53and lifted me into his arms.
25:55Don't you dare take her!
25:58But the man shot him
25:59a single, dismissive glance.
26:02With just a look,
26:03Cassius,
26:03a prince of his own court,
26:05who was frozen in place,
26:07bound by an unseen corpse.
26:09A mere descendant
26:11dares to act so brazenly
26:12in my presence?
26:13The man's voice
26:13carried the weight of ages.
26:18Try that again,
26:19and I will wipe
26:20your crimson court
26:21from existence.
26:24I don't know how long
26:25I was out.
26:26When I awoke,
26:27I was staring up
26:28at a magnificent
26:29gothic ceiling,
26:30its black marble columns
26:32carved with intricate roses.
26:33The entire room
26:35hummed with an ancient,
26:37mystic energy.
26:38To my astonishment,
26:40not only were my wounds healed,
26:43but even the gash in my stomach
26:44had vanished without a scar.
26:46And memories,
26:47long-lost memories,
26:48were flooding my mind.
26:49The memories Julian stole
26:51when he took
26:52my progenitor blood.
26:53They were all coming back.
26:55The man who saved me
26:57was Dorian,
26:58a powerful progenitor vampire.
27:00It was at my 200th
27:02birthday celebration.
27:03I had wandered off
27:04and stumbled upon
27:05his ancient castle.
27:07He didn't turn me away.
27:09Instead,
27:10he welcomed me
27:10with a gentle kindness.
27:12We spent a blissful time together.
27:15I sometimes caught a complex,
27:17loving look in his eyes.
27:19But I was already engaged.
27:21We both understood
27:22and never crossed that line.
27:24Before he entered
27:25one of his long slumbers,
27:27he gave me a drop
27:28of his own progenitor blood
27:29as a coming-of-age gift.
27:31To protect me,
27:33he said,
27:34I never imagined
27:35that very gift
27:36would bring about my woman.
27:38You're awake.
27:39Holding a crystal goblet
27:40filled with blood
27:41that smelled intoxicatingly sweet.
27:43My own heart's blood.
27:44It will help you
27:45recover your strength.
27:46I took the goblet.
27:48My gaze complicated.
27:51You,
27:52how did you find me?
27:55He said,
27:56without a trace of hesitation.
27:58Because I love you.
28:00The moment I awoke,
28:02I went to find you.
28:03I never expected to see.
28:05His eyes flashed
28:06with a dangerous light.
28:07You had a fiancé then,
28:09and I was about
28:10to fall into slumber.
28:12I couldn't give you
28:13any promises.
28:15But now,
28:16Selina,
28:17please give me a chance.
28:19Let me take care of you.
28:20Dorian.
28:21I looked at his handsome,
28:23intense face,
28:24unable to meet
28:25the raw emotion
28:26in his eyes.
28:27Right now,
28:27all I want is revenge.
28:30Julian stole my bloodline
28:31and slaughtered my clan.
28:33Cassius used and deceived me
28:34for three hundred years.
28:36I will make them pay.
28:37I will help you,
28:39he said instantly.
28:41Your enemies
28:42are my enemies.
28:43Over the next seven days,
28:44under Dorian's care,
28:46my strength returned
28:47with incredible speed.
28:49Just as I was preparing
28:50to hunt down Julian,
28:51an unexpected visitor arrived.
28:55Selina, my love,
28:57I finally found you.
28:59His face a mask
29:00of anguish and regret.
29:02These past years,
29:03I have lived every day
29:05in repentance.
29:05I've missed you so much.
29:07I don't know
29:08what came over me back then,
29:09to have hurt you so.
29:11Please,
29:12forgive me.
29:13Come back to me.
29:14These three hundred years
29:16without you
29:16have been a living hell.
29:17If my memories
29:18hadn't returned,
29:19I might have actually
29:20been moved
29:21by his performance.
29:22But now,
29:23I could see right through it,
29:25to the greed
29:26and calculation
29:26in his eyes.
29:28His body was rejecting
29:29my progenitor blood.
29:31He couldn't control
29:32his power.
29:33That was the only reason
29:34he had come looking for me.
29:36Julian,
29:37I said,
29:39are you done
29:39with your act?
29:41You look Mithrin.
29:43The pain of my stolen blood,
29:45the murder
29:46of my entire family.
29:48Today,
29:48you will pay
29:50for it all.
29:52Dorian handed me
29:53a longsword
29:54forged of black obsidian.
29:55The blade gleamed
29:57in the castle's candlelight.
29:58It was forged
29:59from the bones
30:00of an ancient demon.
30:01It's poison to our kind.
30:03Use it.
30:04End this.
30:06His veneer of remorse
30:07shattered.
30:10If you won't do this
30:11the easy way,
30:12then don't blame me
30:13for what comes next.
30:17You think a little
30:18restored power
30:19makes you a match
30:19for me?
30:21I am an ancient,
30:23thousands of years old.
30:25In a flash,
30:26his hand shot
30:26through my throat.
30:28He sidestepped,
30:29the obsidian sword
30:30carving a sharp arc
30:31through the air,
30:33its tip just grazing
30:34his cheek.
30:35A thin line of blood
30:36appeared,
30:37and he screamed in pain.
30:40That was just
30:41the beginning.
30:42He saw
30:43the person in the attack.
30:45The agony I felt
30:46when you tore
30:48my blood from me.
30:50I'm going to return
30:51it to you tenfold.
30:53Julian dodged
30:54clumsily,
30:55horrified to find
30:56that despite
30:56his superior age,
30:58he was losing ground.
30:59No.
31:00This is impossible.
31:07I consumed
31:08your progeny blood.
31:10My power
31:10should be
31:11far greater
31:12than yours.
31:12A shame
31:13it never truly belonged.
31:14I lunged,
31:15aiming for his heart.
31:17It twisted him
31:17like a blade
31:18tore a deep gash
31:20in his shoulder.
31:21Black,
31:22corrupted blood
31:23gushed out.
31:24At the same time,
31:25the blood in my own veins
31:26began to stir.
31:28I felt something
31:29inside him shift,
31:30fighting to escape.
31:32No.
31:33What are you doing?
31:34He screamed,
31:35looking down at himself
31:37and terrified.
31:38No!
31:39A single,
31:40perfect drop
31:41of crimson blood
31:42seeped from his chest
31:43and flew through the air,
31:45merging back
31:46into my body.
31:48It was my progenitor blood,
31:50stolen 300 years ago.
31:54Julian let out
31:55a soul-shattering power.
31:57His body began
31:59to convulse,
32:00his skin turning
32:01of deathly white.
32:03In stark contrast,
32:05an incredible surge
32:06of power
32:07exploded.
32:09The blood.
32:10So this is the true power
32:12of a progenitor.
32:13Julian,
32:14refusing to give up,
32:16lunged one last hand.
32:18Dorian simply waved a hand,
32:20and he was sent
32:20flying away.
32:22Dorian smirked.
32:23You overestimate yourself.
32:26Then he looked at me.
32:28Savine,
32:28allow me to dispose
32:29of him for you.
32:30You needn't dirty
32:31your hands.
32:32I didn't have dapject.
32:33Julian was dragged away
32:35and hurled into the chasm
32:36behind the castle,
32:37a bottomless,
32:38dark abyss.
32:39Let him enjoy an eternity
32:41of solitude and hunger
32:43down there.
32:44Julian's screams
32:45faded into nothing.
32:47Vengeance was mine,
32:48but the triumph
32:49I'd expected
32:50felt hollow.
32:52Instead,
32:53thinking of my
32:54fallen family,
32:55a wave of profound
32:56grief washed over me.
32:58Father,
32:59mother,
33:00my brothers and sisters,
33:01they were never
33:02coming back.
33:05Selene,
33:06Dorian sensed
33:07my sorrow
33:07and gently
33:08pulled me
33:09into his arms.
33:10I know.
33:11Even revenge
33:12can't fill the void
33:13of losing the ones
33:13you love.
33:14They're all gone,
33:16all of them.
33:17I choked out,
33:18the grief I'd
33:19suppressed for
33:20three hundred years,
33:21finally breaking free.
33:23I'm the last one.
33:25No.
33:26You're not alone.
33:28From now on,
33:29I will always
33:30be with you.
33:31For a hundred years,
33:32a thousand,
33:33for all of eternity.
33:36I will never leave you.
33:37His words were like
33:38warmth seeping
33:39into a frozen heart,
33:41but having been
33:41betrayed twice,
33:43I couldn't give
33:43my trust away
33:44so easily.
33:46I leaned against him,
33:47lost in thought.
33:49This time,
33:50can I believe him?
33:53The next evening,
33:55I returned to the ruins
33:56of my family's estate.
33:57The once-dened
33:58grand castle
33:59of the Dracal clan
34:00was now just
34:01a pile of rubble,
34:02overgrown with
34:03thorns and weeds.
34:05I knelt in the center
34:06of the ruins
34:06and performed
34:07the ancient rite
34:08of mourning.
34:09I whispered their names.
34:10Father,
34:11mother,
34:12my kinsmen,
34:12I have avenged you.
34:14Julian has paid
34:15for his crimes.
34:16The night wind
34:17moaned through the wreckage,
34:19as if the souls
34:20of my family
34:21were answering me.
34:22The ritual
34:23ended late
34:24into the night.
34:25I dragged my weary body
34:26back to Dorian's castle.
34:28But that night,
34:29the nightmares returned.
34:30In my dreams,
34:31I was back in that night
34:33of blood
34:33three hundred years ago.
34:34Julian and his army
34:36surrounded our home.
34:40The sky was red with fire,
34:42the ground slicked with blood.
34:44I watched as a silver dagger
34:45pierced my father's chest,
34:47as my mother died
34:48before my eyes,
34:49as my people
34:50fell one by one.
34:52No, please!
34:54Let them go, please!
34:55But it was useless.
34:57Blood stained everything.
34:59My lady!
35:00My lady!
35:01Wake up!
35:02A familiar voice
35:03pulled me from the nightmare.
35:08Clara?
35:09I shot up,
35:10my eyes flying open.
35:11How are you here?
35:15A familiar voice
35:16pulled me from the nightmare.
35:20Clara?
35:21I shot up,
35:23my eyes flying open.
35:24How are you here?
35:25Clara was looking at me
35:26with concern.
35:27I managed to escape.
35:28Her eyes read Zen Rim.
35:30I've been looking for you
35:31for so long.
35:32I studied her,
35:33but something felt wrong.
35:35Clara,
35:35I said,
35:36testing her.
35:37Did you happen to bring
35:37my favorite emerald ring
35:38with you?
35:39A flicker of panic
35:40crossed Clara's face.
35:41My lady,
35:42I...
35:42I left in such a hurry,
35:44I forgot it.
35:44I'm so sorry.
35:46My hand moved stealthily
35:48toward the nightstand,
35:48where a glass of silver
35:50Zen-laced water sat.
35:51I see,
35:53I said,
35:54nodding calmly.
35:55Come here, Clara.
35:57Let me see if you were hurt.
35:59Clara approached
36:00without suspicion.
36:01I snatched the glass
36:02and threw the water
36:03in her face.
36:04The moment the silver hit,
36:06Clara shrieked.
36:07How could you know?
36:09You wretched thing!
36:11When the transformation
36:12was complete,
36:13it wasn't Clara
36:14standing before me,
36:15but the snarling face
36:17of Lilith.
36:17Because I've never owned
36:18an emerald ring.
36:21Clara was with me
36:23for centuries.
36:24She would have known that.
36:28So clever.
36:30Lilith cackled maniacally.
36:32Too bad your loyal
36:33little servant
36:33is already dead.
36:34What did you say?
36:36My mind went blank.
36:38Lilith's smile
36:38grew more twisted.
36:39That traitor?
36:40I tortured her to death
36:41in the silver cells
36:42for letting you escape.
36:44She was still whispering
36:45about protecting you
36:46right before she died.
36:48Pathetic!
36:48Clara,
36:49the last of my people,
36:51dead,
36:51because she tried
36:52to save me.
36:53Rage and grief
36:54erupted inside me
36:55like a volcano.
36:56I lunged forward
36:57and wrapped my hands
36:58around Lilith's throat.
37:00For the pain you caused me
37:01in that dungeon
37:02and for Clara's life,
37:03you will repay
37:04every drop of pain
37:06and Clara's life
37:07in blood.
37:11My fingers tightened.
37:13Lilith's face
37:14began to turn purple.
37:15She clawed at my wrists,
37:17but my grip
37:18was like iron.
37:19Well, wait!
37:20She choked out.
37:22You hurt me
37:24and Cassius
37:25will never forgive you.
37:27I laughed.
37:28A cold, sharp sound.
37:32Cassius?
37:34Right now,
37:35I have more than enough power
37:36to kill you both!
37:37After the morning ritual,
37:38the souls of my ancestors
37:40had found peace
37:41and their remaining power
37:42had flowed into me.
37:44The pure blood
37:45of the Dracal clan
37:46coursed through my veins,
37:47stronger than it had been
37:48three hundred years ago.
37:49Just as I was about
37:50to snap her neck,
37:51the door burst open.
37:52Selina, I'm begging you,
37:53stop!
37:54Don't hurt her!
37:55I've made her
37:55my adoptive sister.
37:56What happened before,
37:58can't we just put it behind us?
37:59You're the only one
38:00I want as my princess.
38:01I slept back,
38:02watching the scene
38:03with cold amusement.
38:04Adoptive sister?
38:06You finally have
38:07your precious love back
38:08and you won't
38:09make her your mate?
38:10Cassius flinched.
38:11It's not like that.
38:12She and I are not...
38:14Seeing his discomfort,
38:15I understood.
38:17He couldn't accept
38:18Lilith's new,
38:19monstrous form.
38:20He wasn't going
38:21to keep his promise,
38:22as cold-blooded as ever.
38:24No wonder Lilith
38:25had been desperate enough
38:26to come after me.
38:27If you truly want
38:28my forgiveness,
38:30then you can suffer
38:31every torture
38:32from the silver cells,
38:33just as I did.
38:35Then I'll consider it.
38:37The silver cells?
38:38Confusion clouded
38:39Cassius's eyes.
38:40Torture?
38:42Selene,
38:43what are you talking about?
38:45His gaze shifted
38:46to Lilith,
38:47who went pale,
38:48her eyes darting
38:49around nervously.
38:50Lilith,
38:51tell me,
38:52is what Selene
38:54said true?
38:59I, I was only...
39:01Lilith stammered,
39:03unable to form
39:04a sentence.
39:05Cassius didn't
39:06give her the chance.
39:07He placed his hands
39:08on her temples,
39:09his eyes glowing
39:10with an eerie red light.
39:12He was reading
39:12her memories.
39:13Lilith screamed
39:14in agony
39:15as the spell
39:16took hold.
39:17Cassius's face
39:17grew deathly white.
39:19I knew what he was seeing,
39:21silver daggers
39:21carving humiliating words
39:23into my skin,
39:24hot iron branding
39:25my flesh,
39:26my own cries
39:27of pain and despair.
39:30No.
39:30Cassius's hands
39:31began to shake.
39:33This isn't real.
39:35It can't be.
39:36When the spell ended,
39:38Selene,
39:39I didn't know.
39:40I truly didn't know.
39:42I'm so sorry.
39:44I thought it was just
39:44simple confinement.
39:46I never meant for you
39:47to be tortured like that.
39:48He didn't know?
39:49I looked at him
39:49with utter indifference,
39:51then slowly pushed
39:52up my sleeve,
39:53revealing the scars
39:54that would never
39:54fully heal.
39:55You see these?
39:56Do you still think
39:57you can be forgiven?
39:58I started toward
39:59Lilith again.
40:00Cassius still blocked
40:01my path.
40:02He opened his mouth,
40:03but no words came out.
40:05Don't kill her!
40:06He pulled an ancient
40:07looking cross
40:08from his coat.
40:10She saved my life once.
40:12She's the reason
40:13I'm alive.
40:14If you want revenge,
40:16I will die in her place.
40:18The moment I saw the cross,
40:19my heart skipped a beat.
40:20The design was so familiar.
40:23Just then,
40:24the sound of slow clapping
40:25came from the doorway.
40:26What a performance.
40:28Cassius,
40:29you truly are a fool.
40:31That cross belongs
40:32to Selene's family.
40:36Dorian's words
40:37fell into a dead silence.
40:39What?
40:41That's impossible.
40:43Lilith gave this to me.
40:46Idiot.
40:47Dorian strode over
40:47and snatched the cross.
40:49Look closely.
40:50You can see the faint
40:51initials engraved here.
40:53SD.
40:53This is the sacred heirloom
40:54of her house
40:55passed down
40:56through generations.
40:57As he spoke,
40:58a long buried memory
40:59surfaced in my mind.
41:01A rainy night
41:02over 400 years ago.
41:04I was wandering
41:05in the forest
41:05and found a young vampire.
41:07Torn apart by werewolves
41:09and clinging to life,
41:10I took pity on him
41:11and carried him
41:12to a small cabin,
41:13using all my precious herbs
41:14to heal him.
41:15It took over three months
41:17of constant care
41:18to pull him back
41:18from the brink of death.
41:20One day,
41:21I returned from gathering supplies
41:23to find he was gone.
41:25The family cross
41:25I had placed on his chest
41:27for protection
41:27was gone too.
41:28I assumed he had simply
41:30left after recovering.
41:31I was a little sad,
41:32but I didn't think much of it.
41:34Over the years,
41:35the memory had faded completely.
41:37Until now.
41:38It was you.
41:39You were the one
41:40attacked by werewolves.
41:42That cabin.
41:44The girl who took care of me.
41:46That was you?
41:47No, it was me!
41:50I saved you!
41:51She did nothing!
41:53She did nothing!
41:56But her lies were pathetic
41:57in the face of the truth.
41:58I took the cross
42:00back from Dorian.
42:01My gaze fixed on them.
42:03Found Callius unconscious,
42:04took him while I was away,
42:06stole my family heirloom,
42:07and passed yourself off
42:08as his savior?
42:09Lewis had no more lies
42:11to tell.
42:12I... I...
42:13Cassius just stood there,
42:14a storm of shock,
42:16regret,
42:16and a strange,
42:18wild joy
42:19warring on his face.
42:20Four hundred years.
42:22I've been thanking
42:23the wrong person
42:24for four hundred years.
42:25You damned liar!
42:27You made me misunderstand
42:28her for centuries!
42:31No!
42:31Cassius, let me explain!
42:33I love you!
42:35Everything I did was for...
42:36Enough!
42:37Cassius was in front of her
42:38in the instant.
42:39Because of you,
42:40I hurt my true savior.
42:42This is all your fault!
42:44With a sickening snap,
42:45he broke her neck.
42:46Her body went limp
42:47and fell to the floor,
42:49her eyes wide
42:50with disbelief.
42:51She never imagined
42:52Cassius could be so ruthless.
42:54After dealing with Lilith,
42:56Cassius turned to me.
42:58Tears streamed down his face.
43:00Selina,
43:01my savior,
43:03I finally found you.
43:05Please,
43:05forgive me for everything.
43:07Come home with me.
43:09I'll spend the rest
43:10of my existence
43:11making it up to you.
43:12His belated devotion
43:14meant nothing to me.
43:15It was too late.
43:17The three hundred years
43:18of imprisonment,
43:19using our child
43:20as a vessel for Lilith,
43:22Clara's death.
43:23None of it could be undone.
43:24I turned to leave,
43:26needing to be alone.
43:28Look out!
43:29I spun around
43:30just in time
43:31to see a mangled figure lunge
43:32from the shadows behind me.
43:34It was Julian.
43:35He had somehow
43:36clawed his way
43:36out of the abyss,
43:37a demonic revenant
43:39with long claws
43:39aimed straight for my heart.
43:41If I'm going down,
43:43I'm taking you
43:44with me!
43:46In that split second,
43:47a familiar body
43:48moved to shield me,
43:50a wet,
43:51tearing sound
43:51filled the air
43:52as Julian's hand
43:53plunged deep
43:54into Dorian's chest.
43:56Looking into his deep,
43:57devoted eyes
43:58as he stumbled,
43:59I held him,
44:00and my own tears
44:01finally began to fall.
44:03Idiot!
44:03His face went pale,
44:05but he still gave me
44:06a reassuring smile.
44:10A progenitor's healing
44:11is formidable.
44:13Dorian's wound
44:13was not fatal,
44:14but my heart
44:15was in turmoil.
44:17Why?
44:18You could have
44:19dodged that.
44:23Because I promised
44:24I would protect you.
44:27Julian roared
44:28in frustration.
44:30You think it's over?
44:33I'm not dead yet!
44:35He charged us again.
44:36This time,
44:37I didn't move.
44:38I held out
44:38my right hand,
44:39and a deep,
44:40crimson light
44:41gathered in my palm.
44:42It was the oldest,
44:43most powerful ability
44:44of the Dracul bloodline,
44:46strong enough
44:47to unmake
44:47an ancient vampire.
44:49Julian's power
44:49was a flickering candle
44:50against my inferno.
44:52I didn't kill him quickly.
44:53I stripped his power away
44:54piece by piece,
44:56letting him feel
44:56true despair.
44:58Mighty Julian
44:58shriveled into
44:59a common bat,
45:00trembling on the floor.
45:02You will live out
45:03the rest of your days
45:04in this form.
45:06And you will never forget
45:07the lesson you learnt today.
45:09With Julian's final defeat,
45:10the weight on my soul
45:12finally lifted.
45:13The pain of centuries
45:14receded like a tide,
45:16replaced by a profound
45:17sense of peace.
45:18My power settled,
45:19stronger and purer
45:21than ever before.
45:22Cassius looked at me
45:23with an even deeper obsession,
45:25reaching out to touch me.
45:26Go, Cassius.
45:27Let's pretend
45:27I never saved you,
45:29and never disturb my life again.
45:31I stepped away,
45:32ignoring his ashen face.
45:33I turned and helped
45:35Dorian away.
45:37Months later,
45:38Dorian was fully healed.
45:40During his recovery,
45:42he had been shamelessly direct
45:43with his affections.
45:44I'd gone from blushing
45:46to being completely used to it.
45:48This morning,
45:49he presented me
45:50with another bouquet of roses.
45:52Selina,
45:53will you accept my love today?
45:55He asked with a smile.
45:58I will.
46:04I will.
46:05That's all right.
46:06I'll just ask again tomorrow.
46:08Dorian's hopeful smile
46:09faltered,
46:10then erupted into pure joy.
46:12Are you serious?
46:13You said yes?
46:14I couldn't help but laugh
46:15at his rare loss of composure.
46:18You heard me correctly.
46:20I will make you happy,
46:22Dorian said,
46:23pulling me into a fierce embrace.
46:26I'll guard you with my life.
46:28The news spread like wildfire.
46:30The progenitor, Dorian,
46:32was to take Selene,
46:33the dracal princess,
46:34as his mate.
46:35Clan leaders from all corners
46:36of the world
46:37came to witness
46:38the unprecedented ceremony.
46:40The ancient castle
46:41was decorated in splendor,
46:42more magnificent
46:43than it had been in centuries.
46:47Today,
46:48I declare in my name
46:49as progenitor
46:50that Selene will be my mate,
46:53my equal in status
46:54and power.
46:55He bit his own wrist
46:56and in front of everyone
46:57made a blood oath.
46:58If I ever betray this vow,
47:00may I walk into the sun
47:01and be consumed
47:02by holy fire.
47:03The oath sent a shockwave
47:05through the vampire world,
47:06a progenitor
47:07willing to stake
47:08his very existence
47:09on a promise.
47:10Such devotion
47:11was unheard of.
47:12In the distance,
47:14Cassius watched us,
47:15his gaze vacant
47:16and broken.
47:17His body was covered
47:18in fresh scars
47:19from silver burns.
47:20He had foolishly believed
47:22that by punishing himself,
47:23he could earn
47:24my forgiveness one day.
47:25Instead,
47:26he got an invitation
47:27to our wedding.
47:28I ignored
47:29his shattered expression
47:30and confidently
47:31took Dorian's hand.
47:33How does it feel?
47:34I smiled.
47:35It feels strange
47:36and it feels wonderful.
47:38We stood together,
47:40looking out over the domain
47:41that was now ours.
47:42With Dorian by my side,
47:43I looked toward a new dawn,
47:45ready to embrace a future
47:46I would build
47:47with my own hands.
47:49Now,
47:49a new one,
47:50one of love
47:51and empire,
47:52was just beginning.
47:53All right.
47:55All right.
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