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After 300 Years Of Marriage, I'm Finally Pregnant With His Dead Lover
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00:04300 years ago, at my wedding to Julian, he attacked me, desperate for the drop of precious progenitor blood on
00:11my belly.
00:14He left me for dead, and slaughtered my entire family.
00:19As I lay dying, I was found by the vampire prince, Cassius.
00:24He took me home.
00:26He cherished me.
00:28My weakness, my lost power, known of it mattered.
00:33He even threw us a lavish wedding.
00:36When I became pregnant against all odds, he fed me his own blood every day, even though it weakened him.
00:44I thought he was my salvation.
00:48Until today, when I overheard him talking to his underarm.
00:52Parasite is nearly whole.
00:54300 years of waiting are finally over.
00:56Soon Lilith will be reborn in her womb, and I can finally give her the perfect, immortal body she deserves.
01:04And Lady Selina?
01:06She's just the vessel.
01:08Lilith saved me.
01:10I owe her everything.
01:12Once Lilith is born, I'll drain every last drop of ancient blood from Selina's body and give Lilith true immortality.
01:20She's just the vessel.
01:23Lilith saved me.
01:24I owe her everything.
01:25Once Lilith is born, I'll drain every last drop of ancient blood from Selina's body and give Lilith true immortality.
01:33I stood outside Cassius' study, listening.
01:36A chill crept up from my feet and settled deep in my heart.
01:41Strange.
01:42Vampires don't feel the cold.
01:44300 years of a loving marriage.
01:46All of it, an elaborate lie.
01:48I thought back to that night, 300 years ago.
01:51My former fiance, Lilith, betrayed me at all right.
01:55Stole the sacred progenitor blood from my veins and massacred my entire crime.
02:00And now, history was repeating itself.
02:04I had fallen into a man's trap.
02:06Again.
02:07Inside the study, the conversation continued.
02:12Isn't that a bit cruel, my lord?
02:14After all, she's been the prince's wife for three centuries.
02:17That title was always meant for Lilith.
02:19I let her enjoy it for 300 years.
02:23Besides, if I hadn't found her, she would have died at Julian's hand anyway, wouldn't she?
02:27What if she finds out?
02:31She won't.
02:32She's too in love with me.
02:33Even if she suspects something, she won't dare believe it.
02:36And now she's addicted to my blood and the elixirs.
02:40She can't survive without them.
02:43She won't.
02:45She's too in love with me.
02:47Even if she suspects something, she won't dare believe it.
02:49And now she's addicted to my blood and the elixirs.
02:53She can't survive without them.
02:54I covered my mouth and stumbled back to my room, shaking.
02:58My handmaid, Clara, brought in two goblets.
03:02One held Cassius's 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.
03:22When he first saved me, I had almost no power.
03:25More 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.
03:51It's why I was willing to risk everything for him.
03:54Even the near impossible danger of a vampire pregnancy.
04:00That was why I fell for him.
04:02It's why I was willing to risk everything for him.
04:05Even the near impossible danger of a vampire pregnancy.
04:09But now I see it.
04:10It 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 go.
04:34As for the other, I poured it onto the floor.
04:38My lady, what are you-
04:40Shh!
04:42Trust me.
04:44Don't say a word.
04:48She looked at the resolve in my eyes and finally nodded.
04:52She 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 moved.
05:03More violently this time.
05:05As if it were desperate to claw its way 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.
05:22Too bad.
05:23Your little plan is about to go up in smoke.
05:25I went to my vanity and pulled an old map from the back of a drawer.
05:29I found it.
05:30The Sunstone Sanctuary.
05:33A forbidden place for our kind.
05:35Rumored to be filled with deadly, sacred light.
05:37But 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 good.
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.
06:14For 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.
06:38The spray of black blood erupted from my mouth.
06:41Splattering across the delicate silver music box on my vanity.
06:45It 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.
06:57I had been moved to tears.
06:59And I treasured it.
07:01How ironic.
07:02I reached for the music box.
07:04Ready 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.
07:28What happened?
07:30Cassius rushed in.
07:31His eyes immediately locking onto the music box in my hand.
07:35His face paled.
07:37It's nothing.
07:38Just the baby kicking a little hard.
07:43You know, I was just thinking.
07:44The diamonds on this box are lovely.
07:46Why don't we have them reset into a new piece of jewelry?
07:50My tastes have changed a bit since becoming pregnant.
07:53No!
07:53I want to save this box for...
07:59Save it for who?
08:04For...
08:05For our child.
08:06It 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.
08:20No!
08:21No!
08:21Cassius screamed.
08:22And without a second thought,
08:24he plunged his hand into the roaring flames to snatch it back.
08:28The fire engulfed his hand.
08:30The smell of burning flesh filling the air.
08:33But 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,
08:48one corner was charred,
08:50revealing the inscription inside.
08:52To Lilith, my eternal beloved.
08:55I laughed, a bitter, mocking sound.
08:58Of course, the music box was never for me.
09:02The token of love I had cherished for 300 years.
09:05It 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.
09:14This 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.
09:23I didn't listen.
09:25Just kept throwing his son.
09:27Called mementos into the fire.
09:29Finally, Cassius' mask of tenderness grew.
09:32Enough!
09:33Keep this up, and I'll throw you in the silver cells myself.
09:39Finally, Cassius' mask of tenderness cracked.
09:42Enough!
09:43Keep this up, and I'll throw you in the silver cells myself.
09:47I froze.
09:48The silver cells.
09:49Even a prince as powerful as him grew weak there.
09:52He wanted to lock me, his pregnant wife, in that place.
09:56Seeing my pale face, Cassius' voice softened again.
10:01Selene, listen to me.
10:02Stop this foolishness.
10:05I'll give you anything you want.
10:07New jewelry?
10:09My heart burning with pure hatred.
10:12He tried to soothe me, but I just closed my eyes, refusing to look at him.
10:16I 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.
10:57The guard was a grim, faced bloodthrob.
11:00He looked at me with what might have been pity.
11:02My lady.
11:04Why must you provoke the master?
11:07Just then, a wave of powerful, evil energy surged from the enemy.
11:11To my horror, I saw the guard's normal gaze turn vacant.
11:16His lips twisted into a bizarre, cruel smile, and his voice became sharp and grating.
11:21Finally!
11:22I can finally control things out here!
11:25That wasn't the guard's voice.
11:28Really?
11:29Your soul was already strong enough to possess a human.
11:32The bloodthrall's eyes turned vicious.
11:34With a wicked grin, he grabbed me and slammed me onto a rack covered in silver spikes.
11:46The silver spikes pierced my skin, and agony shone through me.
11:56I was pinned to the rack, unable to move.
12:02Ah, what exquisite pain.
12:05You know, for the last hundred years in your room, I've had to endure every moment of you and Cassius'
12:11intimacy.
12:12Now, it's your turn to taste a little pain.
12:16You... you parasite me.
12:18The bran seared a black mark onto my arm.
12:21The pain was so intense I nearly blacked out.
12:24Parasite!
12:25I'm just taking back what's mine!
12:28Cassian was always mine!
12:30She used the thrall's hands to pick up a silver dagger,
12:33then slowly carved the word whore into the flesh of my other arm.
12:38The silver blade sizzled against my skin.
12:41Look at this beautiful wound.
12:43Listen 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.
12:55Look at this beautiful wound.
12:58Listen to that lovely scream.
13:00And the smell of burning flesh.
13:02So delightful.
13:04You should feel honored to give everything for my rebirth.
13:08The torment was absolute.
13:10My heart hammered against my ribs,
13:12threatening to stop at any moment.
13:14My vision blackened.
13:16My consciousness fading.
13:17Just as I was about to pass out,
13:20Cassius, in his chambers,
13:21suddenly woke from his sleep.
13:24He glanced at the moonlit window.
13:26Then at the empty space beside him in the bed.
13:29A strange unease washed over him.
13:34Go to the silver cells and check off Salona.
13:36I've prepared her favorite ruby necklace.
13:38If she's ready to apologize, let her out.
13:42That thrall also secretly under Lilith's control
13:45bowed respectfully.
13:46A moment later, he returned.
13:49Master, the lady is still throwing attention.
13:52She refuses to see you and
13:54said some very unpleasant things.
13:56Cassius' face darkened.
13:59If she's not sorry,
14:00then let her rot down there until she comes to her senses.
14:03Meanwhile,
14:04in the silver cells,
14:05I had completely lost consciousness.
14:09Sensing her host's life force fading,
14:12Lilith was forced to stop the torture.
14:14She needed me alive,
14:16at least until the moment of her birth.
14:19A warm energy flowed from my womb,
14:21mending my damaged heart.
14:23She was feeding her own power back into me.
14:26Just enough to keep my heart beating.
14:32She needed me alive,
14:33at least until the moment of her birth.
14:36A warm energy flowed from my womb,
14:39mending my damaged heart.
14:40She was feeding her own power back into me.
14:44Just enough to keep my heart beating.
14:46Pain pulled me back to reality.
14:48I opened my eyes to find myself still tied to the rack.
14:52My body covered in wounds.
14:54Awake?
14:55Good.
14:56That was just the appetizer.
14:59Now for the main course.
15:01A violent slam came from my belly,
15:04as if something was trying to tear its way out.
15:07Every impact was agony.
15:09Feel that, Selina?
15:11It's me.
15:12Feel that?
15:12That's for the hundred years
15:14you've have restrained and suppressed me.
15:16Now I'm going to make you pay back.
15:18A hundred times over
15:19for every ounce of Cass' affection you enjoyed.
15:21Every kiss, every sweet word,
15:23they were all meant for me.
15:24Far away in his chambers,
15:26Cassius felt a phantom pain
15:28and shot upright in the mud.
15:35Master, what's wrong?
15:39I thought I heard something.
15:41Never mind.
15:42Probably a nightmare.
15:44Selina is stubborn.
15:46Maybe then she'll learn
15:46not to be so much trouble.
15:50But I remained in the silver cells,
15:52enduring inhuman torture,
15:54every second and eternity.
16:00But I remained in the silver cells,
16:02enduring inhuman torture,
16:04every second and eternity.
16:07Just when I thought I would die there,
16:09a familiar figure appeared silently
16:11outside the center.
16:15When she saw my broken, bleeding body,
16:17she gasped.
16:18My lady, what happened?
16:21I couldn't speak.
16:23With a trembling finger,
16:24I sprawled two words into the dirt on the floor.
16:27Potent blood.
16:29This is the last of the potent blood.
16:36Using my last ounce of strength,
16:38I took the vial and drank it all.
16:41Powerful energy surged through me.
16:42My wounds began to close.
16:45My strength returned.
16:47It would only last a few hours.
16:49But it would be enough.
16:50A few hours.
16:51Enough to get to the sunstone sanctuary.
16:54Enough to kill the disgusting parasite in my womb.
17:03With my power surging back,
17:08the iron shackles were useless.
17:10They snapped in two with a sharp crack.
17:13My lady, where are you going?
17:15To the place where this all ends.
17:21Clara,
17:22if I don't make it back,
17:23you must live.
17:25Get away from this place.
17:27Far away.
17:28And with that,
17:29I vanished from the silver-laced cell.
17:33Master!
17:34Master, something's happened!
17:38Cassius stirred.
17:39His face dark.
17:45What is all this commotion?
17:47The lady!
17:48She's gone!
17:48The silver cell is empty!
17:50Impossible.
17:52Where would she go without me?
17:54In this entire world of our kind,
17:56she has nowhere to run.
17:58No one to protect her.
17:59She's probably just sulking in a corner somewhere.
18:04But Master, we've looked everywhere!
18:05There's not even a trace of her scent!
18:07What did you say?
18:12But Master, we've looked everywhere!
18:14There's not even a trace of her scent!
18:16What did you say?
18:17You've looked everywhere!
18:19Looked everywhere!
18:20Yes, from the dungeons to the highest tower.
18:24Every single corner.
18:27Tear this place apart if you have to!
18:30Find her!
18:37Soon, the entire Crimson Court was in an uphole.
18:41After a fruitless search,
18:43a thought struck Cassius.
18:45He strode to a jewelry box
18:46and pulled out a necklace set with a blood-red gem.
18:49It was his wedding gift to me,
18:51infused with a drop of his own blood,
18:53allowing him to sense the wearer's location.
18:56He clutched the necklace,
18:58closing his eyes to focus.
19:00A moment later,
19:02they snapped open,
19:03his face draining of color.
19:05The Northwest.
19:05She's heading for the Hallowed Temple.
19:09A moment later,
19:11they snapped open,
19:12his face draining of color.
19:14The Northwest.
19:15She's heading for the Hallowed Temple.
19:17He activated the necklace's link,
19:19his voice a low hiss into the gem.
19:23Selina,
19:24what game are you playing?
19:26Stop this nonsense at once!
19:28Come back now,
19:30and I will forgive you.
19:31I was struggling through a forest of thorns
19:34when the necklace on my chest grew hot,
19:36and Cassius's angry voice echoed from it.
19:39I stopped,
19:40looking down at the chain
19:42I once thought was a symbol of love.
19:44My eyes filled with scorn.
19:46Forgive me?
19:49What right did he have
19:51to forgive me?
19:56It glinted once in the moonlight,
19:59then was swallowed by the darkness.
20:02Cassius felt the connection sever.
20:05The color drained from his face.
20:09I had already reached the outskirts of the temple.
20:12The foreme stood a grand,
20:14white sanctuary,
20:15glowing with a holy,
20:17solemn light under the moon.
20:19This was it.
20:20The legendary Hallowed Temple of Light.
20:27I took a deep breath and took the first step.
20:33Instantly,
20:34a pillar of searing holy light slammed down from the sky,
20:37striking me.
20:39I cried out as fire seared through my body.
20:42My skin began to smoke and sizzle.
20:45So this was the power of holy light.
20:48It was as terrible as they said.
20:50But I gritted my teeth.
20:52A vampire's healing is strong.
20:54And the burns began to mend.
20:56No!
20:57You're insane!
20:58You'll kill us both!
21:01Then we'll die together.
21:09A second beam of light struck,
21:11more powerful than the first.
21:13I coughed up blood and fell to my knees.
21:15But I could feel the light had also seared the parasite within me.
21:19Her soul was weakening under the assault.
21:23It's working.
21:24I wiped the blood from my lips,
21:26struggling to stand.
21:28Just then,
21:29a shadow blurred past.
21:33It's working.
21:34I wiped the blood from my lips,
21:36struggling to stand.
21:38Just then,
21:39a shadow blurred past.
21:41Selena!
21:44The third beam of holy light was gathering in the sky,
21:47more terrifying than the last two combined.
21:50As it was about to fall,
21:52Cassius Dove in front of me,
21:54taking half the blast with his own body.
21:57He spat a mouthful of black blood
21:59and crashed to the ground.
22:01But the other half still hit me,
22:03already exhausted.
22:05I couldn't take any more.
22:06I collapsed.
22:07An unimaginable pain tore through my abdomen,
22:11like something was ripping me apart from the inside.
22:15Selimi,
22:17why?
22:18Why would you hurt yourself like this?
22:21Because I'd rather die than be your vessel.
22:25Shock and guilt flashed in his eyes.
22:28I don't know what you're talking about.
22:30I can explain.
22:33But before he could touch me,
22:35Lilith clawed her way into the world.
22:39With the sound of tearing flesh,
22:42Lilith emerged from my body.
22:44The agony almost made me pass out as blood poured from the wound.
22:47She scrambled toward Cassius,
22:50blind to her own monstrous form.
22:53The holy light and premature birth
22:55had made her a twisted hybrid.
22:58Half vampire,
22:59half human.
23:00She had a vampire's fangs,
23:02but her body was frail and skeletal,
23:04a pale wisp of a thing.
23:07Cassius,
23:08help me.
23:09Horror and disgust warred on Cassius' face.
23:12Seeing his reaction,
23:14Lilith's pleas became more desperate.
23:19Cassius,
23:20she tried to kill me!
23:21She sobbed,
23:22pointing a bony finger at my dying form.
23:26She brought me to this awful place
23:28to burn me with holy light.
23:30If you hadn't come,
23:32I would have never seen you again.
23:35Cassius' expression shifted to one of pity and pain.
23:38He turned his fury at me.
23:40Selina,
23:41for centuries,
23:42I have treated you well.
23:44All I asked was to use your body
23:47to bring Lilith back.
23:49How could you be so cruel?
23:52Cruel?
23:53I let out a wretched laugh.
23:55My only regret is that I didn't kill her completely!
23:59Silence!
24:00Cassius slapped me across the face.
24:03My weakened body flew backward,
24:05slamming into one of the temple's stone pillars.
24:08Lilith fanned the flames,
24:10tugging weakly at Cassius' sleeve.
24:13Cassius,
24:14I feel like I'm fading.
24:17I need more power to hold this form.
24:21Her greedy eyes landed on me.
24:23Her ancient bloodline.
24:26If I had it,
24:28I could become a true vampire.
24:30You promised me.
24:32Cassius was silent for a moment,
24:34then gave a slow, deliberate nod.
24:36Fine.
24:38I will get it for you.
24:40He walked toward me,
24:41a flicker of conflict in his eyes
24:43that quickly turned to cold murder.
24:45Three hundred years.
24:47I was good to you.
24:48Thrawn has shot.
24:50A silver blade from his belt.
24:52Now,
24:53it's time for you to serve your final purpose.
24:56I closed my eyes.
24:57My heart filled with despair.
24:59Is this how it ended?
25:01Killed by the one who betrayed me.
25:03He won't let me.
25:05He won't die.
25:06Stop!
25:08A deep voice,
25:09regnading with power,
25:11cut through the air.
25:12In the next instant,
25:14Cassius was thrown aside.
25:16The silver blade,
25:18clad onto the ground.
25:21I opened my eyes
25:22to see a tall figure standing over me.
25:24He had hair as black as ink
25:26and deep violet eyes.
25:28Dressed in a dark, noble cloak,
25:31he radiated an ancient and immense power.
25:34Who are you?
25:35Cassius snarled,
25:37picking himself up.
25:39The man ignored him,
25:40turning to look at me.
25:42When I saw his face,
25:43a strange sense of familiarity
25:45washed over me.
25:47Don't be afraid.
25:48He said gently.
25:50You're safe now.
25:51He bent down
25:52and lifted me into his arms.
25:54Don't you dare take her!
25:57But the man shot him
25:58a single, dismissive glance.
26:00With just a look, Cassius,
26:02a prince of his own court,
26:04was frozen in place.
26:05Bound by an unseen force.
26:08A mere descendant
26:09dares to act so brazenly
26:11in my presence?
26:12The man's voice
26:12carried the weight of ages.
26:16Try that again,
26:18and I will wipe
26:19your crimson court
26:20from existence.
26:23I don't know how long I was out.
26:25When I awoke,
26:26I was staring up at a magnificent gothic ceiling,
26:29its black marble columns carved with intricate roses.
26:33The entire room hummed with an ancient, mystic energy.
26:37To my astonishment,
26:39not only were my wounds healed,
26:41but even the gash in my stomach
26:43had vanished without a scar.
26:45And memories,
26:46long lost memories,
26:47were flooding my mind.
26:49The memories Julian stole
26:50when he took my progenitor blood,
26:52they were all coming back.
26:54The man who saved me
26:56was Dorian,
26:57a powerful progenitor vampire.
26:59It was at my 200th birthday celebration.
27:02I had wandered off
27:03and stumbled upon his ancient castle.
27:05He didn't turn me away.
27:07Instead,
27:08he welcomed me
27:09with a gentle kindness.
27:11We spent a blissful time together.
27:14I sometimes caught a complex,
27:16loving look in his eyes.
27:18But I was already engaged.
27:20We both understood
27:21and never crossed that line.
27:23Before he entered one of his long slumbers,
27:25he gave me a drop of his own progenitor blood
27:28as a coming-of-age gift.
27:30To protect me,
27:32he said.
27:33I never imagined that very gift
27:35would bring about my woman.
27:37You're awake.
27:38Holding a crystal goblet filled with blood
27:40that smelled intoxicatingly sweet.
27:42My own heart's blood.
27:43It will help you recover your strength.
27:45I took the goblet.
27:47My gaze complicated.
27:50You...
27:50How did you find me?
27:54He said,
27:55without a trace of hesitation.
27:57Because I love you.
27:59The moment I awoke,
28:00I went to find you.
28:02I never expected to see...
28:04His eyes flashed with a dangerous light.
28:06You had a fiancé then,
28:07and I was about to fall into slumber.
28:10I couldn't give you any promises.
28:14But now, Selina,
28:16please give me a chance.
28:17Let me take care of you.
28:19Dorian.
28:20I looked at his handsome,
28:22intense face,
28:23unable to meet the raw emotion in his eyes.
28:26Right now,
28:26all I want is revenge.
28:28Julian stole my bloodline
28:30and slaughtered my clan.
28:31Cassius used and deceived me
28:33for three hundred years.
28:34I will make them pay.
28:36I will help you.
28:38He said instantly.
28:40Your enemies are my enemies.
28:41Over the next seven days,
28:43under Dorian's care,
28:45my strength returned with incredible speed.
28:47Just as I was preparing to hunt down Julian,
28:50an unexpected visitor arrived.
28:54Selina, my love,
28:56I finally found you.
28:58His face a mask of anguish and regret.
29:01These past years,
29:02I have lived every day in repentance.
29:04I've missed you so much.
29:06I don't know what came over me back then,
29:08to have hurt you so.
29:10Please,
29:11forgive me.
29:12Come back to me.
29:13These three hundred years without you
29:15have been a living hell.
29:16If my memories hadn't returned,
29:18I might have actually been moved
29:20by his performance.
29:21But now,
29:22I could see right through it,
29:24to the greed and calculation in his eyes.
29:26His body was rejecting my progenitor blood.
29:29He couldn't control his power.
29:32That was the only reason
29:33he had come looking for me.
29:35Julian,
29:36I said,
29:37are you done with your act?
29:40You look Mifrin.
29:42The pain of my stolen blood,
29:44the murder of my entire family.
29:46Today,
29:47you will pay for it all.
29:51Dorian handed me a longsword
29:52forged of black obsidian.
29:54The blade gleamed in the castle's candlelight.
29:57It was forged from the bones of an ancient demon,
30:00poison to our kind.
30:02Use it.
30:03End this.
30:04His veneer of remorse shattered.
30:08If you won't do this the easy way,
30:11then don't blame me for what comes next.
30:15You think a little restored power
30:17makes you a match for me?
30:19I am an ancient,
30:21thousands of years old.
30:23In a flash,
30:24his hand shot through my throat.
30:26He sidestepped,
30:28the obsidian sword
30:29carving a sharp arc through the air,
30:31its tip just grazing his cheek.
30:33A thin line of blood appeared,
30:35and he screamed in pain.
30:39That was just the beginning,
30:41I said,
30:42pressing the attack.
30:43The agony I felt
30:45when you tore my blood from me.
30:48I'm going to return it to you tenfold.
30:52Dorian dodged clumsily,
30:53horrified to find that despite his superior age,
30:56he was losing ground.
30:57No,
30:59this is impossible.
31:05I consumed your progenite blood.
31:08My power should be far greater than yours.
31:11A shame it never truly belonged.
31:13I lunged,
31:14aiming for his heart.
31:15It twisted the heart,
31:17but the blade tore a deep gash in his shoulder.
31:20Black,
31:20corrupted blood gushed out.
31:22At the same time,
31:24the blood in my own veins began to stir.
31:26He felt something inside him shift,
31:29fighting to escape.
31:31No!
31:32What are you doing?
31:33He screamed,
31:34looking down at himself and tear.
31:36No!
31:37A single,
31:39perfect drop of crimson blood
31:41seeped from his chest
31:42and flew through the air,
31:44merging back into my body.
31:47It was my progenitor blood,
31:48stolen 300 years ago.
31:53No!
31:54Julian let out a soul-shattering cry.
31:56His body began to convulse,
31:59his skin turning in a deathly light.
32:02In a stark contrast,
32:04an incredible surge of power
32:05exploded.
32:07The beam.
32:09So this is the true power of a progenitor.
32:12Julian,
32:13refusing to give up,
32:14lunged one last time.
32:16Dorian simply waved a hand,
32:18and he was sent flying about her.
32:21Dorian smirked.
32:22You overestimate yourself.
32:25Then he looked at me.
32:26Savine,
32:27allow me to dispose of him for you.
32:29You needn't dirty your hands.
32:30I didn't have d'object.
32:32Julian was dragged away
32:33and hurled into the chasm behind the castle,
32:36a bottomless, dark abyss.
32:38Let him enjoy an eternity of solitude
32:41and hunger down there.
32:42Julian's screams faded into nothing.
32:45Vengeance was mine,
32:47but the triumph I'd expected felt hollow.
32:50Instead,
32:51thinking of my fallen family,
32:53a wave of profound grief washed over me.
32:56Father,
32:57mother,
32:58my brothers and sisters,
33:00they were never coming back.
33:04Selene.
33:05Dorian sensed my sorrow
33:06and gently pulled me into his arms.
33:08I know.
33:09Even revenge can't fill the void
33:11of losing the ones you love.
33:13They're all gone,
33:14all of them.
33:15I choked out.
33:17The grief I'd suppressed for 300 years,
33:20finally breaking free.
33:21I'm the lost one.
33:23No.
33:25You're not alone.
33:26From now on,
33:27I will always be with you.
33:29For a hundred years,
33:31a thousand,
33:31for all of eternity.
33:34I will never leave you.
33:36His words were like warmth
33:37seeping into a frozen heart.
33:39But having been betrayed twice,
33:41I couldn't give my trust away so easily.
33:44I leaned against him,
33:46lost in thought.
33:47This time,
33:49can I believe him?
33:52The next evening,
33:53I returned to the ruins
33:54of my family's estate.
33:56The once-dened grand castle
33:58of the Dracal clan
33:59was now just a pile of rubble,
34:01overgrown with thorns and weeds.
34:03I knelt in the center of the ruins
34:05and performed the ancient rite of mourning.
34:07I whispered their names.
34:09Father,
34:10mother,
34:10my kinsmen.
34:11I have avenged you.
34:13Julian has paid for his crimes.
34:15The night wind moaned through the wreckage,
34:17as if the souls of my family
34:19were answering me.
34:21The ritual ended late into the night.
34:23I dragged my weary body
34:24back to Dorian's castle.
34:26But that night,
34:27the nightmares returned.
34:29In my dreams,
34:30I was back in that night of blood
34:31300 years ago.
34:33Julian and his army
34:34surrounded our home.
34:39The sky was red with fire,
34:41the ground slick with blood.
34:42I watched as a silver dagger
34:44pierced my father's chest,
34:45as my mother died before my eyes,
34:47as my people fell one by one.
34:50No,
34:51please!
34:52Let them go,
34:54please!
34:55But it was useless.
34:56Blood stained everything.
34:58My lady!
34:59My lady!
35:00Wake up!
35:01A familiar voice pulled me from the nightmare.
35:06Clara?
35:07I shot up,
35:08my eyes flying open.
35:09How are you here?
35:11How are you here?
35:19Clara was looking at me with concern.
35:25I managed to escape.
35:27Her eyes read Zen Rim.
35:28I've been looking for you for so long.
35:30I studied her,
35:31but something felt wrong.
35:33Clara,
35:34I said,
35:34testing her.
35:35Did you happen to bring my favorite emerald ring with you?
35:37A flicker of panic crossed Clara's face.
35:40My lady,
35:40I...
35:41I left in such a hurry.
35:42I forgot it.
35:43I'm so sorry.
35:44My hand moved stealthily toward the nightstand,
35:47where a glass of silver Zen laced water sat.
35:50I see,
35:51I said,
35:52nodding calmly.
35:53Come here, Clara.
35:54Let me see if you were hurt.
35:57Clara approached without suspicion.
36:00I snatched the glass and threw the water in her face.
36:03The moment the silver hit,
36:05Clara shrieked.
36:06How could you know?
36:08You wretched thing!
36:10When the transformation was complete,
36:11it wasn't Clara standing before me,
36:14but the snarling face of Lilith.
36:16Because I've never owned an emerald ring.
36:20Clara was with me for centuries.
36:22She would have known that.
36:27So clever.
36:28Lilith cackled maniacally.
36:30Too bad your loyal little servant is already dead.
36:33What did you say?
36:34My mind went blank.
36:36Lilith's smile grew more twisted.
36:38That traitor?
36:39I tortured her to death in the silver cells for letting you escape.
36:42She was still whispering about protecting you right before she died.
36:46Pathetic.
36:47Clara,
36:48the last of my people,
36:49dead because she tried to save me.
36:51Rage and grief erupted inside me like a volcano.
36:54I lunged forward and wrapped my hands around Lilith's throat.
36:58For the pain you caused me in that dungeon and for Clara's life.
37:02You will repay every drop of pain and Clara's life in blood.
37:09My fingers tightened.
37:11Lilith's face began to turn purple.
37:13She clawed at my wrists, but my grip was like iron.
37:17Well, wait!
37:19She choked out.
37:21You hurt me, and Cassius will never forgive you.
37:25I laughed, a cold, sharp sound.
37:31Cassius?
37:32Right now, I have more than enough power to kill you both!
37:35After the morning ritual, the souls of my ancestors had found peace, and their remaining power had flowed into me.
37:42The pure blood of the Dracal clan coursed through my veins, stronger than it had been 300 years ago.
37:48Just as I was about to snap her neck, the door burst open.
37:51Selina, I'm begging you, stop!
37:52Don't hurt her!
37:53I've made her my adoptive sister.
37:55What happened before, can't we just put it behind us?
37:58You're the only one I want as my princess.
38:00I slept back, watching the scene with cold amusement.
38:03Adoptive sister?
38:04You finally have your precious love back, and you won't make her your mate?
38:09Cassius flinched.
38:10It's not like that. She and I are not...
38:12Seeing his discomfort, I understood.
38:15He couldn't accept Lilith's new, monstrous form.
38:18He wasn't going to keep his promise, as cold-blooded as ever.
38:22No wonder Lilith had been desperate enough to come after me.
38:25If you truly want my forgiveness, then you can suffer every torture from the Silver Cells, just as I did.
38:33Then I'll consider it.
38:35The Silver Cells?
38:37Confusion clouded Cassius' eyes.
38:39Torture?
38:40Selene, what are you talking about?
38:43His gaze shifted to Lilith, who went pale, her eyes darting around nervously.
38:49Lilith, tell me, is what Selene said true?
38:57I-I was only...
39:00Lilith stammered, unable to form a sentence.
39:03Cassius didn't give her the chance.
39:05He placed his hands on her temples, his eyes glowing with an eerie red light.
39:10He was reading her memories.
39:12Lilith screamed in agony, as the spell took hold.
39:15Cassius' face grew deathly white.
39:17I knew what he was seeing.
39:19Silver daggers carving humiliating words into my skin.
39:23Hot iron branding my flesh.
39:25My own cries of pain and despair.
39:28No.
39:29Cassius' hands began to shake.
39:30No.
39:31This isn't real.
39:33It can't be.
39:35When the spell ended...
39:36Selene, I didn't know.
39:38I truly didn't know.
39:40I'm so sorry.
39:42I thought it was just simple confinement.
39:44I never meant for you to be tortured like that.
39:46He didn't know?
39:47I looked at him with utter indifference, then slowly pushed up my sleeve, revealing the scars
39:52that would never fully heal.
39:53You see these?
39:54Do you still think you can be forgiven?
39:56I started toward Lilith again.
39:58Cassius still blocked my path.
40:00He opened his mouth, but no words came out.
40:04Don't kill her!
40:05He pulled an ancient-looking cross from his coat.
40:08She saved my life once.
40:10She's the reason I'm alive.
40:13If you want revenge, I will die in her place.
40:16The moment I saw the cross, my heart skipped a beat.
40:19The design was so familiar.
40:21Just then, the sound of slow clapping came from the doorway.
40:25What a performance.
40:27Cassius, you truly are a fool.
40:29That cross belongs to Selene's family.
40:34Dorian's words fell into a dead silence.
40:37What?
40:40That's impossible.
40:41Lilith gave this to me.
40:44Idiot.
40:45Dorian strode over and snatched the cross.
40:47Look closely.
40:48You can see the faint initials engraved here.
40:51SD.
40:51This is the sacred heirloom of her house, passed down through generations.
40:55As he spoke, a long-buried memory surfaced in my mind.
40:59A rainy night, over 400 years ago.
41:02I was wandering in the forest and found a young vampire.
41:06Torn apart by werewolves and clinging to life,
41:08I took pity on him and carried him to a small cabin,
41:11using all my precious herbs to heal him.
41:14It took over three months of constant care to pull him back from the brink of death.
41:18One day, I returned from gathering supplies to find he was gone.
41:22The family cross I had placed on his chest for protection was gone, too.
41:27I assumed he had simply left after recovering.
41:29I was a little sad, but I didn't think much of it.
41:32Over the years, the memory had faded completely.
41:35Until now.
41:36It was you.
41:38You were the one attacked by werewolves.
41:41That cabin.
41:42The girl who took care of me.
41:44That was you?
41:45No, it was me!
41:48I saved you!
41:50She did nothing!
41:54But her lies were pathetic in the face of the truth.
41:57I took the cross back from Dorian.
41:59My gaze fixed on them.
42:01Found Callius unconscious.
42:02Took him while I was away.
42:04Stole my family heirloom.
42:05And passed yourself off as his savior?
42:08Lewis had no more lies to tell.
42:10I... I...
42:11Cassius just stood there, a storm of shock, regret, and a strange, wild joy warring on his face.
42:18Four hundred years.
42:20I've been thanking the wrong person for four hundred years.
42:23You damned liar!
42:25You made me misunderstand her for centuries!
42:29No!
42:29Cassius, let me explain!
42:32I love you!
42:33Everything I did was for...
42:34Enough!
42:35Cassius was in front of her in the instant.
42:37Because of you, I hurt my true savior.
42:41This is all your fault!
42:42With a sickening snap, he broke her neck.
42:45Her body went limp and fell to the floor.
42:47Her eyes wide with disbelief.
42:49She never imagined Cassius could be so ruthless.
42:53After dealing with Lilith, Cassius turned to me.
42:56Tears streamed down his face.
42:58Selina.
42:59My savior.
43:01I finally found you.
43:03Please, forgive me for everything.
43:05Come home with me.
43:07I'll spend the rest of my existence making it up to you.
43:11His belated devotion meant nothing to me.
43:13It was too late.
43:15The three hundred years of imprisonment, using our child as a vessel for Lilith, Clara's death.
43:21None of it could be undone.
43:22I turned to leave, needing to be alone.
43:26Look out!
43:27I spun around just in time to see a mangled figure lunge from the shadows behind me.
43:32It was Julian.
43:33He had somehow clawed his way out of the abyss.
43:36A demonic revenant with long claws aimed straight for my heart.
43:39If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me!
43:44In that split second, a familiar body moved to shield me.
43:48A wet, tearing sound filled the air as Julian's hand punched deep into Dorian's chest.
43:54Looking into his deep, devoted eyes as he stumbled, I held him, when my own tears finally began to fall.
44:01His face went pale, but he still gave me a reassuring smile.
44:08A progenitor's healing is formidable.
44:11Dorian's wound was not fatal, but my heart was in turmoil.
44:15Why? You could have dodged that.
44:21Because I promised I would protect you.
44:25Julian roared in frustration.
44:28You think it's over?
44:31I'm not dead yet!
44:33He charged us again.
44:34This time, I didn't move.
44:36I held out my right hand, and a deep, crimson light gathered in my palm.
44:40It was the oldest, most powerful ability of the Dracul bloodline, strong enough to unmake an ancient vampire.
44:47Julian's power was a flickering candle against my inferno.
44:50I didn't kill him quickly.
44:51I stripped his power away piece by piece, letting him feel true despair.
44:56Mighty Julian shriveled into a common bat, trembling on the floor.
45:00You will live out the rest of your days in this form.
45:04And you will never forget the lesson you learned today.
45:07With Julian's final defeat, the weight on my soul finally lifted.
45:11The pain of centuries receded like a tide, replaced by a profound sense of peace.
45:16My power settled, stronger and purer than ever before.
45:20Cassius looked at me with an even deeper obsession, reaching out to touch me.
45:24Go, Cassius.
45:25Let's pretend I never saved you, and never disturb my life again.
45:29I stepped away, ignoring his ashen face.
45:32I turned and helped Dorian away.
45:35Months later, Dorian was fully healed.
45:38During his recovery, he had been shamelessly direct with his affections.
45:42I'd gone from blushing to being completely used to it.
45:46This morning, he presented me with another bouquet of roses.
45:50Selina, will you accept my love today?
45:53He asked with a smile.
45:56I will.
46:02I will.
46:03That's alright, I'll just ask again tomorrow.
46:06Dorian's hopeful smile faltered, then erupted into pure joy.
46:10Are you serious?
46:11You said yes?
46:12I couldn't help but laugh at his rare loss of composure.
46:16You heard me correctly.
46:18I will make you happy, Dorian said, pulling me into a fierce embrace.
46:24I'll guard you with my life.
46:26The news spread like wildfire.
46:28The progenitor, Dorian, was to take Selene, the Dracal Princess, as his mate.
46:33Clan leaders from all corners of the world came to witness the unprecedented ceremony.
46:38The ancient castle was decorated in splendor, more magnificent than it had been in centuries.
46:45Today, I declare in my name as progenitor, that Selene will be my mate, my equal in status
46:52and power.
46:53He bit his own wrist and in front of everyone, made a blood oath.
46:56If I ever betray this vow, may I walk into the sun and be consumed by holy fire.
47:01The oath sent a shockwave through the vampire world.
47:04A progenitor, willing to stake his very existence on a promise.
47:08Such devotion was unheard of.
47:10In the distance, Cassius watched us, his gaze vacant and broken.
47:15His body was covered in fresh scars from silver burns.
47:18He had foolishly believed that by punishing himself, he could earn my forgiveness one day.
47:23Instead, he got an invitation to our wedding.
47:26I ignored his shattered expression and confidently took Dorian's hand.
47:31How does it feel?
47:32I smiled.
47:33It feels strange.
47:35And it feels wonderful.
47:36We stood together, looking out over the domain that was now ours.
47:40With Dorian by my side, I looked toward a new dawn, ready to embrace a future I would build with
47:46my own hands.
47:47Now, a new one.
47:48One of love and empire.
47:50Was just beginning.
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