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The Progenitor Avenged Her
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00:00300 years ago, at my wedding to Julian, he attacked me, desperate for the drop of precious progenitor blood in
00:07my veins.
00:08He left me for dead and slaughtered my entire clan.
00:12As I lay dying, I was found by the vampire prince, Cassius.
00:17He took me home. He cherished me.
00:19My weakness, my lost power, none of it mattered.
00:23He even threw us a lavish wedding.
00:25Even though it weakened him, he fed me his own blood every day when I became pregnant.
00:32Against all odds, I thought he was my salvation.
00:35Until today, when I overheard him talking to his underling.
00:39The parasite is nearly whole.
00:41300 years of waiting are finally over.
00:44Soon, Lilith will be reborn in her womb, and I can finally give her the perfect, immortal body she deserves.
00:53And Lady Selina?
00:55She's just the vessel.
00:57Lilith saved me.
00:59I owe her everything.
01:02Once Lilith is born, I'll drain every last drop of ancient blood from Selina's body and give Lilith true immortality.
01:10A chill crept up from my feet and settled deep in my heart.
01:15300 years of a loving marriage.
01:17All of it an elaborate lie.
01:20History was repeating itself.
01:21I had fallen into a man's trap.
01:24Again.
01:24Isn't that a bit cruel, my lord?
01:27After all, she's been the prince's wife for three centuries.
01:30That title was always meant for Lilith.
01:33I've let her enjoy it for 300 years.
01:35Besides, if I hadn't found her, she would have died at Julian's hands, wouldn't she?
01:40What if she finds out?
01:41She won't.
01:42She's too in love with me.
01:44Even if she suspects something, she won't dare believe it.
01:48And now, she's addicted to my blood and the elixirs.
01:52She can't survive without them.
01:55I covered my mouth and stumbled back to my room, shaking.
01:59My handmaiden, Clara, brought in two goblets.
02:02One held Cassius's blood.
02:04The other, the special elixir he'd found for me, said to protect the fetus and help it grow strong.
02:10My lady, the prince is so good to you.
02:12He specifically told me to watch you drink them every day.
02:16Good to me, I touched my swollen belly and couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
02:22He had been good to me.
02:24Anyone who saw us would have sworn he was madly in love.
02:27Later, when I mourned for my clan, he spared no expense, building me a perfect replica of the castle I
02:34grew up in.
02:35He kissed my forehead back then.
02:39I would do anything to see you happy.
02:41That was why I fell for him.
02:42It's why I was willing to risk everything for him.
02:46Even the near impossible danger of a vampire pregnancy.
02:49But now I see it.
02:51It wasn't me he cherished.
02:53It was my body.
02:54The vessel.
02:55No wonder he was moved to tears when I became pregnant.
02:58No wonder this child, which should have taken two centuries to term, was nearly due after only one.
03:05I grabbed the goblet of blood and drained it in one go.
03:08As for the other, I poured it onto the floor.
03:11My lady, what are you...
03:13Shh.
03:14Trust me.
03:15Don't say a word.
03:17My belly clenched again as the thing inside me moved.
03:20More violently this time.
03:22I know now.
03:22This wasn't my child.
03:24It was Lilith's soul.
03:25Can't wait to get out?
03:26Too bad.
03:27Your little plan is about to go up in smoke.
03:32I went to my vanity and pulled an old map from the back of a drawer.
03:36I found it.
03:37The Sunstone Sanctuary.
03:39A forbidden place.
03:41Rumored to be filled with deadly, sacred light.
03:44It was also the only place that could purify a corrupt soul.
03:48If I could survive its holy fire, I could kill the parasite in my womb for good.
03:53I would rather die than be a pawn in Cassius's game.
03:57I stared at my reflection.
03:58A fire of vengeance burning in my eyes.
04:01I swore an oath.
04:03If I survived the holy fire, I would burn the crimson court to ash.
04:09And I would make Cassius pay a price he would never forget for all eternity.
04:21I couldn't let it grow unchecked.
04:23I had to suppress it.
04:25I desperately called upon what little remained of my ancient bloodline's power,
04:29trying to cage the parasite in my womb.
04:36It was a gift from Cassius, for our hundredth wedding anniversary.
04:40I wrote this melody for you, so whenever you hear it, you'll remember.
04:46The beautiful moment we first met.
04:49I had been moved to tears.
04:52How ironic.
04:55Selina!
04:56I heard you cry out.
04:57What happened?
04:59It's nothing, just the baby kicking a little hard.
05:02You know, I was just thinking.
05:04The diamonds on this box are lovely.
05:06Why don't we have them reset into a new piece of jewelry?
05:09My tastes have changed a bit since becoming pregnant.
05:12No!
05:12I want to save this box for...
05:16Save it for who?
05:17For our child.
05:19It has sentimental value.
05:22He was lying.
05:23That's not what he was about to say.
05:25A tide of fury washed over me, and I lost all control.
05:28With all my might, I threw the music box toward the fireplace.
05:32No!
05:33The fire engulfed his hand, the smell of burning flesh filling the air.
05:38But he seemed to feel no pain, his only concern to protect the box.
05:42When he pulled it from the fire, one corner was charred, revealing the inscription inside.
05:47To Lilith, my eternal beloved.
05:52The music box was never for me.
05:55The token of love I had cherished for 300 years was a gift for another woman.
06:01Hate and humiliation consumed me.
06:04I swept all the jewelry Cassius had ever given me off the vanity and onto the floor.
06:09This was all for her, wasn't it?
06:12I was just a standing.
06:14A vessel fell!
06:17Selene, what are you doing?
06:19Calm down!
06:20Just kept throwing his so-called mementos into the fire.
06:23Enough!
06:25Keep this up, and I'll throw you in the silver cells myself.
06:29I froze.
06:30The silver cells.
06:31Even a prince as powerful as him grew weakly.
06:34He wanted to lock me, his pregnant wife, in that place?
06:39Selene, listen to me.
06:41Stop this foolishness.
06:43I'll give you anything you want.
06:46New jewelry?
06:47I bit my lip, refusing to speak.
06:49I could only stare at the music box in his hand,
06:53my heart burning with pure hatred.
06:55He tried to soothe me, but I just closed my eyes,
06:58refusing to look at him.
07:01And the last shred of tenderness vanished from his face.
07:05Fine.
07:06Have it your way.
07:09His voice ice-cold.
07:11He waved his hand.
07:12Take her away.
07:14The silver cells were in the castle's deepest dungeon,
07:17their walls forged from pure silver.
07:20For a vampire, it was hell on earth.
07:23The guard was a grim-faced bloodthrall.
07:26My lady, why must you provoke the master?
07:29Just then, a wave of powerful, evil energy surged from within me.
07:34To my horror, I saw the guard's normal gaze turn vacant.
07:40Finally, I can finally control things out here.
07:44That wasn't the guard's voice.
07:46It was Lilith.
07:47Her soul was already strong enough to possess a human?
07:51He grabbed me and slammed me onto a rack covered in silver spikes.
08:03The Lilith-controlled thrall hissed.
08:05Ah, what exquisite pain.
08:09You know, for the last hundred years in your womb,
08:13I've had to endure every moment of you and Cassius' intimacy.
08:17Now it's your turn to taste a little pain.
08:21You!
08:22You!
08:23You!
08:25Parasite!
08:28Parasite?
08:29The pain was so intense, I nearly blacked out.
08:33I'm just taking back what's mine.
08:35Cassius was always mine.
08:37If my own transformation hadn't failed,
08:40I would be the one sitting on the prince's throne.
08:43She used the thrall's hands to pick up a silver dagger,
08:47then slowly carved the word,
08:49pour,
08:50into the flesh of my other arm.
08:52The silver blade sizzled against my skin.
08:58Look at this beautiful wound.
09:01Listen to that lovely scream.
09:03And the smell of burning flesh.
09:06So delightful.
09:08You should feel honored to give everything for my rebirth.
09:12My heart hammered against my ribs,
09:14threatening to stop at any moment.
09:17My vision blackened,
09:18my consciousness fading.
09:20Just as I was about to pass out,
09:23Cassius, in his chambers,
09:25suddenly woke from his sleep.
09:28Go to the silver cells and check on Selina.
09:31I've prepared her favorite ruby necklace.
09:33If she's ready to apologize,
09:36let her out.
09:37That thrall,
09:38also secretly under Lilith's control,
09:41bowed respectfully.
09:42Yes, master.
09:44He returned.
09:45Master,
09:46the lady is still throwing a tantrum.
09:49She refuses to see you and
09:51said some very unpleasant things.
09:54If she's not sorry,
09:57then let her rot down there
09:58until she comes to her senses.
10:01Meanwhile,
10:02in the silver cells,
10:03I had completely lost consciousness.
10:05Sensing her host's life force fading,
10:08Lilith was forced to stop the torture.
10:10She needed me alive,
10:12at least until the moment of her birth.
10:14A warm energy flowed from my womb,
10:16mending my damaged heart.
10:17She was feeding her own power back into me,
10:20just enough to keep my heart beating.
10:22Pain pulled me back to reality.
10:24I opened my eyes to find myself still tied to the rack.
10:27Awake?
10:29Good.
10:29That was just the appetizer.
10:32Now for the main course.
10:33A violent slam came from my belly,
10:35as if something was trying to tear its way out.
10:38Every impact was agony.
10:40Feel that?
10:42That's for the hundred years you've restrained and suppressed me.
10:46Now I'm going to make you pay back.
10:48A hundred times over.
10:50For every ounce of Cassia's affection you enjoyed.
10:54Every kiss.
10:56Every sweet word.
10:58They were all meant for me!
11:01A horrific scream ripped from my throat,
11:04echoing through the silver cells.
11:06Cassius felt a phantom pain and shot upright in bed.
11:10Master, what's wrong?
11:11I...
11:12I thought I heard something.
11:14Never mind, probably a nightmare.
11:16Selina is stubborn.
11:17Maybe then she'll learn not to be so much trouble.
11:19He lay back down and was soon fast asleep.
11:22But I remained in the silver cells,
11:24enduring inhuman torture every second and eternity.
11:28Just when I thought I would die there,
11:30a familiar figure appeared silently outside the cell door.
11:34Clara...
11:34My lady?
11:35...using an invisibility spell to slip past the guards.
11:40My lady, what...
11:41What happened?
11:43I couldn't speak.
11:46This is the last of the potent blood.
11:49Using my last ounce of strength,
11:51I took the vial and drank it all.
11:54It would only last a few hours,
11:56but it would be enough.
11:57A few hours.
11:58Enough to get to the Sunstone Sanctuary.
12:01Enough to kill the disgusting parasite in my womb.
12:06My lady, where are you going?
12:08To the place where this all ends.
12:11Clara, if I don't make it back, you must live.
12:15Get away from this place.
12:16Far away.
12:17I vanished from the silver-laced cell.
12:21Master! Master!
12:23Something happened!
12:24Huh?
12:26What is all this commotion?
12:28The lady, she's gone.
12:30The silver cell is empty.
12:33Impossible.
12:34Where would she go without me?
12:35In this entire world of our kind,
12:37she has nowhere to run,
12:38no one to protect her.
12:39She's probably just sulking in a corner somewhere.
12:42But Master, we've looked everywhere.
12:44There's not even a trace of her scent.
12:47What did you say?
12:48You've looked everywhere?
12:49Yes, from the dungeons to the highest tower.
12:52Every single corner.
12:54Tear this place apart if you have to!
12:57Find her!
12:58Soon, the entire Crimson Court was in an uproar.
13:02After a fruitless search,
13:03a thought struck Cassius.
13:05He strode to a jewelry box
13:07and pulled out a necklace set with a blood-red gem.
13:10It was his wedding gift to me,
13:12infused with a drop of his own blood,
13:14allowing him to sense the wearer's location,
13:16closing his eyes to focus.
13:19The Northwest.
13:20She's heading for the Hallowed Temple.
13:22He activated the necklace's link.
13:24Selina.
13:24What game are you playing?
13:26Stop this nonsense at once!
13:29Come back now,
13:30and I will forgive you.
13:32At that moment,
13:33I was struggling through a forest of thorns
13:35when the necklace on my chest grew hot,
13:38and Cassius's angry voice echoed from it.
13:41Forgive me?
13:42What right did he have to forgive me?
13:44It glinted once in the moonlight,
13:46then was swallowed by the darkness.
13:48Cassius felt the connection severe.
13:50The color drained from his face.
13:53Selina, what are you doing?
13:55I had already reached the outskirts of the palace.
13:59This was it.
14:00The legendary Hallowed Temple of Light.
14:13The vampire's healing is strong,
14:19and the burns began to mend.
14:21Lilith, within me,
14:23let out a terrified scream.
14:25No!
14:26You're insane!
14:27You'll kill us both!
14:29Then we'll die together.
14:31I sneered,
14:32forcing myself forward.
14:34A second beam of light struck,
14:36more powerful than the first.
14:38I coughed up blood and fell to my knees,
14:40but I could feel the light had also seared the parasite within me.
14:44Her soul was weakening under the assault.
14:47It's working.
14:48Just then,
14:49a shadow blurred past.
14:51Selina!
14:51A third beam of holy light was gathering in the sky,
14:55more terrifying than the last two combined.
14:58As it was about to fall,
15:00Cassius dove in front of me,
15:02taking half the blast with his own body.
15:04He spat a mouthful of black blood
15:06and crashed to the ground.
15:08But the other half still hit me.
15:10Already exhausted,
15:11I couldn't take any more.
15:13I collapsed.
15:14An unimaginable pain tore through my abdomen,
15:17like something was ripping me apart from the inside.
15:20But I managed a weak smile.
15:26Selina,
15:27why?
15:28Why would you hurt yourself like this?
15:31Because I'd rather die than be your vessel.
15:35Shock and guilt flashed in his eyes.
15:39I don't know what you're talking about.
15:40I can explain.
15:42But before he could touch me,
15:44Lilith clawed her way into the world.
15:46With the sound of tearing flesh,
15:48Lilith emerged from my body.
15:50Blood poured from the wound.
15:52She scrambled toward Cassius,
15:53blind to her own monstrous form.
15:56The holy light and premature birth
15:58had made her a twisted hybrid,
16:00half vampire,
16:01half human.
16:02She had a vampire's fangs,
16:03but her body was frail and skeletal,
16:06a pale wisp of a thing.
16:08Cassius,
16:09help me.
16:11Horror and disgust
16:12warred on Cassius's face.
16:14Lilith's pleas became more desperate.
16:17Cassius,
16:18she tried to kill me.
16:20She brought me to this awful place
16:22to burn me with holy light.
16:24If you hadn't come,
16:25I would have never seen you again.
16:28Selina,
16:28for centuries I have treated you well.
16:31All I asked
16:31was to use your body
16:33to bring Lilith back.
16:34How could you be so cruel?
16:37Cruel?
16:37My only regret
16:39is that I didn't kill her completely!
16:41Silence!
16:45Cassius,
16:45I feel like I'm fading.
16:47I need more power
16:49to hold this form.
16:50Her ancient bloodline,
16:51if I had it,
16:52I could become a true vampire.
16:55You promised me.
16:57Fine.
16:58I will get it for you.
16:59He walked toward me,
17:00a flicker of conflict in his eyes
17:02that quickly turned
17:04to cold murder.
17:05Three hundred years.
17:07I was good to you.
17:09Now,
17:10it's time for you
17:11to serve your final purpose.
17:13My heart filled with despair.
17:15Was this how it ended?
17:16Killed by the man
17:17who betrayed me?
17:18I won't let it.
17:19I won't!
17:20Stop!
17:21A deep voice
17:22resonating with power
17:23cuts through the air.
17:24In the next instant,
17:25Cassius was thrown aside,
17:27the silver blade
17:28clattering to the ground.
17:29I opened my eyes
17:30to see a tall figure
17:31standing over me.
17:33He had hair as black as ink
17:34and deep, violet eyes.
17:36He radiated an ancient
17:38and immense power.
17:40Who are you?
17:41The man ignored him,
17:43turning to look at me.
17:44When I saw his face,
17:45a strange sense of familiarity
17:47washed over me.
17:48Don't be afraid.
17:49You're safe now.
17:51He bent down
17:52and lifted me into his arms.
17:53Don't you dare!
17:55Take her!
17:55With just a look,
17:57Cassius,
17:58a prince of his own court,
17:59was frozen in place,
18:01bound by an unseen force.
18:03A mere descendant
18:04dares to act so brazenly
18:06in my presence.
18:06Try that again
18:07and I will wipe
18:09your crimson court
18:10from existence.
18:13To my astonishment,
18:15not only were my wounds healed,
18:17but even the gash in my stomach
18:18had vanished without a scar.
18:20And memories,
18:21long lost memories,
18:23were flooding in.
18:24I were flooding my mind.
18:25The man who saved me
18:26was Dorian,
18:27a powerful progenitor vampire.
18:29It was at my 200th birthday celebration.
18:31I had wandered off
18:33and stumbled upon
18:34his ancient castle.
18:35He didn't turn me away.
18:36Instead,
18:37he welcomed me
18:38with a gentle kindness.
18:39We spent a blissful time together.
18:41I sometimes caught a complex,
18:43loving look in his eyes,
18:45but I was already engaged.
18:46We both understood
18:47and never crossed that line.
18:49Before he entered
18:50one of his long slumbers,
18:51he gave me a drop
18:52of his own progenitor blood
18:54as a coming-of-age gift.
18:55To protect me,
18:57I never imagined
18:58that very gift
18:59would bring about my ruin.
19:01You're awake.
19:01The familiar voice
19:02came from the doorway.
19:04Dorian entered,
19:05holding a crystal goblet
19:06filled with blood
19:07that smelled
19:08intoxicatingly sweet.
19:11My own heart's blood.
19:12It will help you
19:13recover your strength.
19:18You...
19:19How did you find me?
19:20Because I love you.
19:21The moment I awoke,
19:23I went to find you.
19:24I never expected to...
19:27You had a fiancé then
19:28and I was about
19:29to fall into slumber.
19:32I couldn't give you
19:33any promises.
19:35But now, Selina,
19:36please give me a chance.
19:38Let me take care of you.
19:41Darian?
19:44Right now,
19:45all I want
19:46is revenge.
19:47Julian stole my bloodline
19:49and slaughtered my clan.
19:51Cassius used
19:52and deceived me
19:52for three hundred years.
19:54I will make them pay.
19:56I will help you.
19:58Your enemies
19:59are my enemies.
20:00Over the next seven days,
20:02under Dorian's care,
20:03my strength returned
20:04with incredible speed.
20:06Just as I was preparing
20:07to hunt down Julian,
20:08an unexpected visitor arrived.
20:12Selina,
20:13my love,
20:15I finally found you.
20:18These past years,
20:19I have lived every day
20:20in repentance.
20:23I've missed you so much.
20:25I don't know
20:25what came over me back then
20:28to have hurt you so.
20:33please forgive me.
20:35Come back to me.
20:37These three hundred years
20:38without you
20:39have been a living hell.
20:41If my memories
20:41hadn't returned,
20:43I might have actually
20:44been moved
20:44by his performance.
20:45But now,
20:47I could see
20:47right through it
20:48to the greed
20:49and calculation
20:50in his eyes.
20:51His body
20:52was rejecting
20:53my progenitor blood.
20:54He couldn't control
20:55its power.
20:56That was the only reason
20:58he had come
20:59looking for me.
21:02Julian,
21:03are you done
21:04with your act?
21:06The pain
21:07of my stolen blood.
21:08The murder
21:09of my entire family.
21:11Today,
21:12you will pay
21:14for it all.
21:15Dorian handed me
21:16a dagger
21:16forged of black obsidian.
21:19It was forged
21:20from the bones
21:21of an ancient demon.
21:23It's poison
21:24to our kind.
21:25Use it.
21:27End this.
21:28When Julian
21:29saw the dagger
21:30in my hand,
21:31his veneer
21:31of remorse
21:32shattered.
21:33If you won't
21:34do this
21:34the easy way,
21:36then don't blame
21:37me for what
21:37comes next.
21:39You think
21:40a little restored
21:41power makes you
21:42a match for me?
21:43I am an ancient
21:44thousands of years old.
21:46In a flash,
21:47his hand
21:48shot toward
21:48toward my throat.
21:57That
21:57was just
21:59the beginning.
22:00The agony
22:01I felt
22:01when you tore
22:02my blood
22:02from me.
22:04I'm going
22:05to return it
22:05to you
22:06tenfold.
22:09Julian dodged
22:10clumsily,
22:11horrified to find
22:13that despite
22:13his superior age,
22:15he was losing
22:16ground.
22:21No!
22:22This is
22:23impossible!
22:24I consumed
22:26your progenitor
22:26blood.
22:27My power
22:28should be far
22:29greater than
22:30yours!
22:39A shame.
22:40It never
22:41truly belonged
22:42to you.
22:45Black,
22:46corrupted
22:46blood
22:47gushed out.
22:48At the same
22:48time,
22:49the blood
22:49in my own
22:50veins began
22:51to stir.
22:55He felt
22:56something
22:56inside him
22:57shift,
22:58fighting to
22:58escape.
22:59What are
22:59you doing?
23:09It was
23:10my
23:11progenitor
23:11blood,
23:12stolen
23:12300 years
23:13ago.
23:24An
23:24incredible
23:25surge of
23:25power
23:26exploded
23:26within me.
23:27So this
23:28is the
23:28true power
23:29power of
23:29a progenitor.
23:30Julian,
23:31refusing to
23:32give up,
23:33lunged one
23:33last time.
23:35Dorian simply
23:36waved a hand
23:37and he was
23:38sent flying
23:39backward.
23:40You
23:40overestimate
23:41yourself.
23:42Selina,
23:43allow me to
23:44dispose of him
23:44for you.
23:45You needn't
23:46dirty your
23:46hands.
23:49I didn't
23:50object.
23:51Julian was
23:51dragged away
23:52and hurled
23:53into the
23:53chasm
23:54behind the
23:54castle.
23:55A bottomless,
23:56dark abyss.
23:57Let him enjoy
23:58an eternity
23:59of solitude
24:00and hunger
24:01down there.
24:04Vengeance
24:04was mine,
24:05but the
24:06triumph I'd
24:06expected
24:07felt hollow.
24:08Instead,
24:09thinking of
24:10my fallen
24:10family,
24:11a wave
24:12of profound
24:12grief washed
24:13over me.
24:14Father,
24:15mother,
24:16my brothers
24:16and sisters,
24:18they were
24:18never coming
24:19back.
24:20Selina.
24:24I know.
24:26Even
24:27revenge
24:27can't fill
24:28the void
24:28of losing
24:29the ones
24:29you love.
24:31They're
24:31all gone.
24:32All of
24:33them.
24:34The grief
24:34I'd suppressed
24:35for 300
24:35years finally
24:36breaking free.
24:38I'm the
24:40last one.
24:41No,
24:42you're not
24:43alone.
24:44From now
24:44on,
24:45I will
24:46always be
24:46with you.
24:47For a
24:48hundred years,
24:48a thousand,
24:49for all
24:50of eternity.
24:51I will
24:52never leave
24:52you.
24:53His words
24:54were like
24:54warmth
24:54seeping into
24:55a frozen
24:56heart,
24:56but having
24:57been betrayed
24:58twice,
24:58I couldn't
24:59give my
24:59trust away
25:00so easily.
25:01I leaned
25:02against him,
25:03lost in
25:03thought.
25:04This time,
25:05can I
25:06believe him?
25:07The next
25:08evening I
25:09returned to
25:09the ruins
25:10of my
25:10family's
25:11estate.
25:11The once
25:12grand
25:12castle of
25:13the Dracul
25:14clan was
25:15now just
25:15a pile of
25:16rubble,
25:17overgrown
25:17with thorns
25:18and weeds.
25:19I knelt
25:20in the
25:20center of
25:20the ruins
25:21and performed
25:22the ancient
25:23rite of
25:23mourning.
25:25Father,
25:26mother,
25:28my kinsman,
25:30I have
25:31avenged
25:32you.
25:34Julian has
25:35paid for
25:36his crimes.
25:36The night
25:37wind moaned
25:38through the
25:39wreckage,
25:39as if the
25:40souls of
25:41my family
25:41were answering
25:42me.
25:43The ritual
25:44ended late
25:45into the
25:45night.
25:45I dragged
25:46my weary
25:47body back
25:48to Dorian's
25:49castle.
25:49But that
25:50night,
25:50the nightmares
25:51returned.
25:52In my
25:53dreams,
25:54I was back
25:55in that
25:55night of
25:55blood
25:56300 years
25:57ago,
25:58surrounded
25:58at home.
25:59The sky
26:00was red
26:00with fire,
26:01the ground
26:02slick with
26:03blood.
26:03I watched
26:04as a silver
26:05dagger pierced
26:07my father's
26:07chest,
26:08as my mother
26:09died before
26:10my eyes,
26:11as my people
26:11fell one
26:13by one.
26:14No,
26:14please!
26:15Let them
26:16go,
26:17please!
26:20But it
26:21was useless.
26:22The blood
26:23stained
26:23everything.
26:25My lady,
26:26wake up!
26:30Clara was
26:31looking at
26:32me with
26:32concern.
26:33Clara?
26:35How are
26:36you here?
26:37I thought
26:38I managed
26:39to escape.
26:42I've been
26:42looking for
26:43you for so
26:44long,
26:44my lady.
26:45I studied
26:45her,
26:46but something
26:47felt wrong.
26:48The face
26:48and voice
26:49were the
26:49same,
26:50but her
26:50expression,
26:51something
26:51was missing.
26:53Clara,
26:54did you
26:55happen to
26:56bring my
26:56favorite
26:56emerald ring
26:57with you?
26:57A flicker
26:58of panic
26:59crossed
26:59Clara's
27:00face.
27:00My lady,
27:01I left
27:02in such
27:03a hurry
27:03I forgot
27:03it.
27:04I'm so
27:05sorry.
27:06Her answer
27:06sent alarm
27:07bells ringing
27:08in my head.
27:09I never
27:09owned an
27:10emerald ring.
27:13I see.
27:15Come here,
27:16Clara.
27:16Let me see
27:17if you were
27:17hurt.
27:23The moment
27:24the silver
27:25hit,
27:25Clara
27:26shrieked,
27:27her features
27:27twisting and
27:28melting.
27:32You
27:32damned
27:33bitch.
27:34How did
27:35you know?
27:36Because I've
27:37never owned
27:37an emerald
27:38ring.
27:39Clara was
27:40with me for
27:40centuries.
27:41She would
27:41have known
27:42that.
27:43So clever!
27:45Too bad
27:46your loyal
27:46little servant
27:47is already
27:47dead!
27:48What did
27:49you say?
27:51That traitor?
27:53I tortured
27:54her to death
27:54in the silver
27:55cells for
27:56letting you
27:56escape.
27:57She was
27:57still whispering
27:58about protecting
27:59you right
27:59before she
28:00died.
28:02Pathetic.
28:03Clara,
28:03the last of
28:04my people,
28:05dead because
28:06she tried to
28:07save me?
28:08Rage and
28:08grief erupted
28:09inside me like a
28:10volcano.
28:11I lunged forward
28:12and wrapped my
28:13hands around
28:14Lilith's throat.
28:15for the pain
28:15you caused
28:16me in that
28:16dungeon and
28:18for Clara's
28:19life.
28:20You will
28:20repay every
28:21drop of
28:22pain and
28:23Clara's
28:23life.
28:24In blood!
28:25Lilith's face
28:26began to turn
28:27purple.
28:27She clawed at
28:28my wrists,
28:28but my grip
28:29was like iron.
28:30Wait!
28:32You hurt me
28:34and Cassius
28:35will never
28:36forgive you.
28:40Cassius?
28:45Right now,
28:45I have more
28:46than enough
28:47power to
28:47kill you
28:48both.
28:48After the
28:49mourning ritual,
28:50the souls of
28:51my ancestors
28:52had found
28:52peace and
28:53their remaining
28:54power had
28:55flowed into
28:55me.
28:56The pure
28:56blood of
28:57the Dracul
28:58clan coursed
28:59through my
28:59veins,
29:00stronger than
29:01it had been
29:01300 years
29:02ago.
29:03Just as I
29:04was about
29:04to snap
29:04her neck,
29:06stop!
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