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Vampire's Scarlet Love Episode
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00:00I'm a vampire who sacrificed everything for the man I loved.
00:05I infiltrated Commander Alistair Trivett's army as a spy, planning to assassinate him.
00:11But when I got close to him, I discovered he wasn't a monster he was broken.
00:16I became his strategist, his protector, his confidant.
00:21I helped him win battles, saved his life with my own blood, and fell hopelessly in love.
00:26But when I finally revealed what I truly was, then he became my nightmare.
00:34I'm a vampire.
00:36I infiltrated the human military, working undercover beside Commander Alistair Trivett and becoming his most trusted aide.
00:44We fought together on countless battlefields, facing death side by side.
00:49I even used my own heart's blood to heal his wounds.
00:53All just to earn his trust, to give the hunted vampires one last chance at survival.
00:59But when I finally revealed the truth about myself, Alistair dragged me into the searing sunlight.
01:07He stared at my face, twisted in agony from the burning rays, not a flicker of mercy in his eyes.
01:14So, even noble vampires can be this pathetic?
01:18He sneered.
01:19But you think a little pain makes up for the life you took?
01:28She was my sister.
01:30My only family.
01:36If you don't give up where the others are hiding,
01:40don't even dream of freedom.
01:41For five years, I was tortured day and night with electric shocks.
01:46Forced to watch Alistair tangled up with other women while my body and soul were ripped apart.
01:51He'd driven a crucifix straight through my chest and treated me like some lab rat,
01:55cutting and slicing as he pleased.
01:57He even turned a blind eye while the other servants bullied me like animals,
02:02making my life a living hell.
02:03Then came the day his wife, Kendall Sanderson, saw me covered in blood.
02:09She misguided on the spot, horrified by the sight.
02:12Alistair lost it.
02:14He dragged me into the sun and left me out there for three days and three nights.
02:19Would I survive this time?
02:24When I didn't burn to ash, he just stared at me, eyes full of disappointment.
02:29A freak like you!
02:30Why aren't you dead yet?
02:31I gave him a bitter, broken smile.
02:34He didn't know the truth.
02:36Any vampire who leaves the sanctuary for more than seven years vanishes completely mind,
02:41body, and soul.
02:43And I only had seven days left.
02:45When the servants dragged me in front of Alistair,
02:48my wounds were still bleeding.
02:51He scowled at the sight of me.
02:54Then, without a word, he snapped the whip across my face.
03:00Rachel Thorpes!
03:01Drop the pitiful act!
03:04With your vampire healing, how the hell are a few cuts still not healed?
03:09You're just trying to be disgusting on purpose.
03:13You wanted Kendall to mismare!
03:17I clenched my teeth,
03:19fighting through the burning pain on my face,
03:22and stared at Alistair with bitter disappointment in my eyes.
03:25I never meant to hurt Kendall.
03:29Her miscarriage had nothing to do with me.
03:32Alistair laughed cold and furious.
03:34Nothing to do with you?
03:38Then what the hell is with all the blood?
03:43You expect me to believe you didn't do it to scare her?
03:46I said nothing.
03:47The blood was mine, but it wasn't some trick.
03:50Over the years,
03:51my healing had worn down from all the torture.
03:56Wounds that used to close in minutes now took a full day just to stop bleeding.
04:00Worse,
04:01he hadn't let me feed in months.
04:03No blood.
04:04No strength.
04:05No recovery.
04:09Answer me!
04:12Alistair yanked my hair so hard my neck twisted,
04:15forcing me to make a squeeze.
04:18Staying silent won't save you from punishment.
04:22I took a shaky breath.
04:24I just want to live.
04:26Alistair, please just let me go.
04:28Let you go?
04:29He dropped his hand and stepped back.
04:32Something unreadable flickered in his eyes.
04:35Because of a vampire,
04:36I lost the only family I had.
04:41She was just on vacation.
04:43Then one of your kind drained her dry.
04:46We never even found her body.
04:48I swear I didn't know anything about your sister.
04:51I tried to explain,
04:52but he cut me off before I could finish.
04:59Enough of them!
05:00Alistair exploded.
05:04I don't want to hear your excuses.
05:07If you don't tell me where the rest of the vampires are hiding,
05:11don't even think about leaving this place.
05:14I closed my eyes.
05:16Hopelessness washed over me.
05:20It didn't matter what I said.
05:22He would never believe me.
05:24My silence didn't soften him.
05:25It only made him angrier.
05:27I grabbed my chin and yanked my head up again,
05:30forcing our eyes to meet.
05:32What kind of stunt are you pulling now,
05:35you immortal freak?
05:37His voice was ice.
05:38You pretended to be human just to get close to me.
05:43What's your plan now?
05:45I shook my head,
05:46drained and exhausted.
05:50Since the day Alistair became commander,
05:53vampires everywhere had been hunted down.
05:58As if the entire human race had turned against us overnight.
06:01To save my kind from extinction,
06:04I disguised myself as a human and became Alistair's aide.
06:07At first,
06:08I planned to kill him to end the slaughter once and for all.
06:11But the more time I spent at his side,
06:14the more I realized that his hatred for vampires wasn't born from blind cruelty.
06:18It came from grief.
06:20His sister,
06:21Cadence Trivet,
06:22had died inside the vampire sanctuary.
06:25There was a reason behind it all.
06:27I just wanted to resolve this deep-seated feud peacefully.
06:30I stayed by his side day and night,
06:32offering strategy,
06:34support,
06:34and loyalty.
06:35I helped him win battle after battle.
06:41I threw myself in front of fatal attacks.
06:44I healed his wounds with my own blood.
06:47And somewhere in the chaos of war,
06:50in the moments between life and death,
06:52we grew closer.
06:55Then came the outbreak.
06:58I never left his side not once.
07:01And after we both survived it,
07:03something in Alistair cracked open.
07:05He held me close and promised me a grand wedding.
07:09A future.
07:11He knew I didn't like sunlight.
07:14So he worked with me in the dark.
07:18He knew I didn't fit in with elite society.
07:20So he moved us out of the compound to live freely.
07:24Back then,
07:24his friends used to tease him,
07:26saying he was completely under his wife's thumb.
07:31But the moment I revealed who I really was,
07:34Alistair looked at me with pure disgust
07:35and shoved me straight into the sunlight.
07:38From that day on,
07:39all his promises vanished like smoke.
07:41I became his weapon,
07:42his revenge.
07:43He used me to study vampire weaknesses,
07:46hoping to wipe out our entire race.
07:49I looked at him now and spoke again,
07:51desperate.
07:52We vampires don't kill for fun.
07:55Drinking blood!
07:56It's just how we survive!
07:59Alistair let out a sharp, cold laugh.
08:03Survive?
08:05You call feeding on humans
08:07and ripping lives apart survival?
08:09Not all vampires are like that.
08:11I shook my head,
08:12trying to make him understand.
08:15Many of us try to coexist with humans.
08:19We have rules.
08:21We have limits.
08:25He took a step back,
08:27like I just told him the biggest joke in the world.
08:34Then what about Cadence?
08:36Who's gonna pay for her life?
08:37I knew deep down I could never make him understand.
08:41Nothing I said could erase his pain.
08:42But I had already endured five years of this hell.
08:46If I weren't a vampire,
08:47I would have died a thousand times over.
08:50And any vampire who stayed away from the sanctuary
08:53for more than seven years would perish,
08:55their soul torn apart.
08:58I had seven days left.
09:00Only seven,
09:01I took a deep breath,
09:02summoning what strength I had left.
09:08If it'll make things right,
09:10I'll give you my life
09:12in exchange for Cadences.
09:14Just let the innocent ones go.
09:19For a moment,
09:20I thought he might falter.
09:22His eyes flickered,
09:24something uncertain flashed across his face.
09:26But then,
09:27he scoffed.
09:28You think dying's enough to fix everything?
09:30I want you to suffer.
09:32I want every last vampire to pay for what they've done.
09:36That's when Kendall walked in.
09:37She clung to his arm,
09:39her voice soft but laced with venom.
09:55Alistair's face darkened even further.
09:58He turned away from me,
10:00gently brushing Kendall's hair from her face and comforting her.
10:03Don't worry, Kendall.
10:06I'll take care of this monster.
10:10When he looked back at me,
10:11his eyes were ice,
10:13all the hesitation gone.
10:14If you won't give up the location of the others,
10:17he said coldly,
10:20I'll use every method I have to break you.
10:23You'll beg for death before I'm done.
10:25I closed my eyes,
10:27a wave of despair rising in my chest.
10:29Alistair clapped his hands,
10:31and a nearby servant stepped forward,
10:34handing him a vial of holy water.
10:36He didn't even hesitate,
10:38uncorked the bottle,
10:39raised it high,
10:40and poured it on me.
10:42The holy water burned into my skin like acid,
10:45sizzling loudly as it seared through me.
10:47I screamed in agony,
10:49my body twisting uncontrollably on the ground.
10:52He was the one who'd caused all this pain,
10:54he was the reason I was barely hanging on.
10:57Yet instinctively,
10:58he reached out and wiped the tear
11:00that slipped from the corner of my eye.
11:03For a split second,
11:06Alistair's expression almost fooled me soft,
11:10familiar,
11:11like the man I once loved.
11:14Like we were back in the days
11:16when love meant something,
11:17maybe my tears disgusted him.
11:21I took a sharp step back
11:23like I was something filthy.
11:24Just when I thought mercy might flicker through him,
11:27he reached into his coat
11:28and pulled out a silver crucifix.
11:30Before I could react,
11:32he grabbed a fistful of my hair,
11:34yanking my head back
11:35and exposing my chest.
11:36I froze,
11:38eyes wide in terror,
11:40watching as the crucifix inched closer.
11:42Please don't,
11:43that will kill me.
11:44I gasped,
11:45so the pain came before I could finish.
11:48The silver seared into my chest,
11:50its burn spreading like wildfire under my skin.
11:54My strength left me.
11:58I slumped forward,
12:01blood dripping from my lips.
12:05Alistair loomed over me,
12:07his voice cold and unforgiving.
12:11Tell me where the vampires are,
12:14and I'll let you live.
12:16Hell, I might even grant you a wish,
12:19that you stay by my side.
12:20I stared up at him,
12:22barely conscious of the pain.
12:24This was the man I once thought would save me.
12:26For a moment,
12:27I thought I saw something,
12:29softness in his eyes.
12:31But I was just a vampire,
12:33the creature he hated most.
12:36He lifted me like I weighed nothing
12:38and walked toward the door.
12:39A single tear slipped from his cheek warm,
12:42human and landed on mine.
12:45I glanced up at the blazing sun outside,
12:48but before I could even react,
12:50he hurled me into the courtyard.
12:53Sunlight cut into me like blades,
12:55it sank into my bones
12:56and set every nerve ablaze.
13:02I couldn't even scream,
13:03I just collapsed,
13:04gasping.
13:06Alistair stood with his arms crossed,
13:10watching me like I was nothing more
13:12than broken junk.
13:16If you won't repent,
13:17then stay here and rot.
13:24The punishment lasted three full days.
13:27Three days beneath the burning sun,
13:29my skin blistered.
13:30My body shattered.
13:32It only stopped because
13:33Kendall needed my blood again.
13:36Alistair dragged me into the shadows,
13:38but my skin didn't heal.
13:41He frowned.
13:42What?
13:42Playing dead now?
13:44He snapped.
13:46Trying to get out of punishment?
13:51I tried to speak.
13:55But only blood came out.
13:59He stared down at me coldly.
14:05I don't believe a damn word anymore.
14:08I drew a blade and slashed across my chest.
14:12But the blood didn't gush like it used to.
14:14It barely oozed thin,
14:16watery,
14:16nearly clear.
14:18He paused,
14:20confusion flashing across his face.
14:22He started to call for a doctor.
14:24But Kendall rushed in.
14:27She covered her mouth like she was about to gag
14:29and tugged on his arm.
14:32Her soft voice laced with urgency.
14:35Alistair,
14:36don't waste time on this monster.
14:39She's faking it.
14:41She wants your sympathy.
14:43His hand froze midair.
14:45He turned to her,
14:47conflict flickering in his eyes.
14:51But her blood-
14:53She's a vampire!
14:54Kendall chimed in,
14:55all wide-eyed innocents.
14:58Their blood's different.
14:59That doesn't mean she's dying.
15:04Besides,
15:05I'm a vampire hunter's daughter.
15:08I can see through all her tricks.
15:11Her words hit him like a jolt of adrenaline.
15:13His doubt vanished.
15:17He pulled back.
15:20His eyes hardening again.
15:24Fine.
15:25He said coldly.
15:28As long as she can still bleed.
15:30That's all we need.
15:34He picked up a bowl filled with my blood
15:36and handed it to Kendall.
15:38Drink up, Kendall.
15:39His tone softened.
15:42As long as that monster's still breathing,
15:44she'll keep feeding you.
15:46That's her debt.
15:48Kendall took a delicate sip.
15:52Her eyes lighting up with pride.
15:55You're the best, Alistair.
15:57I watched the two of them,
15:58so perfectly in sync.
16:00So proud of what they were doing.
16:01And I finally stopped hoping.
16:03Only for more days-
16:05For days until I'd finally be free of all this.
16:09A servant tossed me back into the basement
16:12like I was garbage.
16:17I curled into a corner.
16:19Eyes locked on the moonlight dripping through the iron bars.
16:23God.
16:24I missed the sanctuary.
16:26The peace.
16:28The freedom.
16:29In my half-conscious haze,
16:31I tasted something sweet and metallic blood.
16:34Driven by instinct,
16:36I latched on and drank greedily,
16:38sinking my fangs in deeper dot blood.
16:40Fresh blood.
16:41I hadn't fed in so long I couldn't stop.
16:44Only when strength returned to my limbs did it hit me.
16:49Someone had saved me.
16:50But who?
16:52Just before I blacked out,
16:54someone covered my eyes,
16:56refusing to let me see who was helping me.
16:59Then I heard a whisper,
17:01soft and almost sorrowful.
17:03If only you weren't a vampire.
17:06When I woke up,
17:07my body felt better,
17:09stronger.
17:10Not healed,
17:11but no longer on the edge of death.
17:15But with recovery came something else.
17:17Kendall's nervous breakdown.
17:19A servant dumped a bucket of ice-cold water over my head.
17:25You filthy monster!
17:27She spat.
17:28You don't deserve to see the sun again,
17:30ever!
17:31You killed Miss Triveler,
17:33and now you've killed the baby growing in Mrs. Triveler's belly!
17:37They shoved a steel gag into my mouth.
17:40The metal tore at the corners of my lips,
17:42and I winced in pain.
17:44Only then did the servant smirk in satisfaction and drive me upstairs.
17:49Inside the room,
17:51Kendall sat pale-faced on the bed.
17:53Her cheeks streaked with perfectly placed tears.
17:56Alistair.
17:57She whimpered to Alistair.
17:59I dreamed of our baby.
18:03He said he was cold.
18:05Alistair's expression darkened as he turned his glare toward me.
18:08This is all your fault!
18:10He snapped.
18:12Creatures like you
18:13will never understand the pain of losing someone you love!
18:18But I wasn't listening to his words.
18:20My attention was locked on the high-collared sweater he wore.
18:23Was it him?
18:24Was it Alistair who fed me his blood last night?
18:27Before I could speak,
18:28heavy footsteps echoed from the hall.
18:31A group of servants dragged in several unconscious vampires,
18:35tossing them at our feet like trash.
18:37My breath hitched.
18:40Cold sense of dread crept through me.
18:42Alistair walked over to the one in front the leader.
18:45Maybe Ann looked down at him with pure contempt.
18:47You monsters
18:49really thought you could hide from me forever?
18:54Then he turned to me,
18:56his voice dripping with malice.
19:02Today, I'll show you what true helplessness looks like.
19:08I tried to rise.
19:10I tried to stop what was coming.
19:11But my body wouldn't move.
19:13It was like someone had crushed every bone inside me.
19:16I could only lie there and watch.
19:18Alistair slowly drew a silver blade from his belt.
19:21He knelt down,
19:23pressed the blade to the vampire's chest,
19:25and stabbed straight into his heart.
19:27The vampire didn't even scream.
19:29He just turned to ash.
19:33One by one,
19:34Alistair dragged the others into the sunlight.
19:37And one by one,
19:38they disintegrated.
19:39I shut my eyes,
19:40but it was useless.
19:42The screams,
19:43the smell of burning flesh.
19:45They tore through my heart like a thousand blades.
19:50Alistair finally walked back to me,
19:52face hard with hatred.
19:58How does it feel?
20:02He sneered.
20:06Painful, isn't it?
20:07He laughed.
20:08Too bad your family's already dead.
20:12I could have made you watch them burn, too.
20:15I stared up at him,
20:17a boiling fury churning in my chest.
20:19This was the man I once trusted.
20:23His hand trembled.
20:27A flicker of doubt crossed his eyes,
20:30but it vanished just as quickly,
20:33buried under rage.
20:35Shut up!
20:36He barked.
20:38You don't get to talk!
20:40A monster like you has no right to question me!
20:44Then he slapped me hard across the face and stormed out.
20:51I collapsed,
20:52crumpled on the cold floor,
20:54tears slipping silently down my cheeks.
20:58Everyone else was gone,
20:59and then Kendall stepped forward.
21:02She sauntered over to me
21:03and drove the heel of her shoe into my face.
21:06You were right,
21:07she whispered.
21:08Alcott's sister wasn't killed by a vampire.
21:14She was always clinging to Alistin.
21:18Always in the way.
21:21She died
21:23because I wanted her to.
21:26Her voice was sweet,
21:27almost cheerful.
21:30And now?
21:32The vampires are taking the fall for it.
21:35Perfect, isn't it?
21:38My blood ran cold.
21:40No denial,
21:41no remorse.
21:42It was her,
21:43it had always been her.
21:44With the last of my strength,
21:45I lunged forward
21:46and wrapped my arms around her,
21:48ready to take her down with me.
21:50That's when Alistair walked back in.
21:53He didn't hesitate.
21:56He grabbed Kendall's wrist
21:58and yanked her free.
22:00Then turned and kicked me hard.
22:03Right through the window.
22:07Glass shattered.
22:10And my body slammed
22:11into the small courtyard below.
22:15The impact cracked something deep inside me.
22:19Blood pooled fast beneath me.
22:22Warm at first.
22:24Then chillingly cold.
22:26I could feel it.
22:29Life slipping away.
22:31Darkness crept in,
22:32curling at the edges of my vision.
22:36Then Alistair's phone rang.
22:38He answered.
22:40On the other end
22:41came a voice familiar and distant.
22:48Alistair.
22:50I'm home.
22:53His face went white.
22:58Alistair didn't believe the call at first.
23:00He let out a cold laugh.
23:02Hmph.
23:03So,
23:03who sent you this time?
23:06Another undercover agent?
23:08Over the years,
23:09plenty of people
23:10had pretended to be Cadence,
23:11trying to infiltrate his world
23:13by playing the same trick.
23:14But this time,
23:16something was off.
23:17He felt it.
23:18His hands were actually shaking.
23:20Cadence couldn't understand
23:22how Alistair the brother
23:23who once adored her
23:24could say something so harsh.
23:25Cadence stood outside
23:27the estate's locked gates,
23:29staring at the mansion,
23:30nerves and doubt
23:31twisting in her gut.
23:34Her voice trembled
23:35as she spoke.
23:39Alistair,
23:40it's really me.
23:41I'm alive.
23:42If you don't believe me,
23:44come out here
23:45and see for yourself.
23:48Alistair hung up
23:49and bolted down the stairs.
23:52He threw the doors open
23:53and there she was alive.
23:56Breathing dot radiant,
23:57bathed in the sunlight
23:58like a memory come to life.
24:01He rubbed his eyes,
24:03stunned.
24:05The golden morning light
24:06wrapped around her,
24:08just like it had
24:09in his memories.
24:13Cadence.
24:16His voice cracked.
24:18Step by step,
24:19he approached.
24:21But just before reaching her,
24:23he stopped.
24:24He reached out
24:25and pinched her cheek dash hard.
24:28No cold artificial skin.
24:31No plastic surgery tricks.
24:34Could it really be her?
24:39He stared at her face,
24:41looked again
24:43and again.
24:44And finally,
24:46he saw it.
24:48The tiny red birthmark
24:50behind her right ear.
24:52The one she had only.
24:56Cadence laughed.
24:58A little breathless.
25:01Watching him examine her
25:02like she was some illusion.
25:05She leaned in
25:06and whispered
25:07a childhood secret one
25:08only the two of them
25:09could possibly remember.
25:10That's when it sank in.
25:13She was real.
25:16She was really back.
25:17Alistair pulled her
25:18into a tight hug,
25:19tears spilling down his cheeks
25:21as confusion exploded
25:22in his mind.
25:23If Cadence were alive,
25:25then she wasn't killed
25:27by vampires.
25:29But everything he'd done,
25:32the slaughter,
25:34the cruelty,
25:37the endless years
25:38of torment
25:38he put me through.
25:42None of it
25:43had been imagined.
25:45It was all real.
25:48Alkster,
25:49are you okay?
25:50Cadence felt his body
25:51trembling in her arms.
25:54Her eyes filled
25:55with concern.
25:58He forced a smile.
25:59I'm fine.
26:00Just,
26:01I'm happy.
26:03That's all.
26:04You're back.
26:06That's all that matters.
26:07But before he could say more,
26:09Kendall stepped out
26:10of the house.
26:11The second she saw Cadence,
26:13her face went pale.
26:15Alistair?
26:16What's going on?
26:17That's not her.
26:19It's probably just
26:20some vampire pretending.
26:23But Alistair was too
26:24overwhelmed with joy
26:25to notice the flicker
26:26of guilt in her eyes.
26:29You just had a miscarriage.
26:31He said gently.
26:33Go rest.
26:35I need to talk to Cadence.
26:37Kendall bit her lip,
26:39clearly reluctant,
26:40but eventually turned
26:41back into the house.
26:42But Cadence kept her eyes
26:44on Kendall's back,
26:45her expression tight
26:46and uneasy.
26:48Alistair guided her
26:49toward the courtyard,
26:50and that's when
26:50she saw me.
26:51I was sprawled
26:52on the stone path,
26:53my body scorched
26:54by the sun,
26:55my breath shallow.
26:57Cadence's eyes
26:57widened in horror.
26:59Oh my god.
27:01Alistair!
27:04What is this?
27:06She's a vampire.
27:07I thought they were
27:08the ones who killed you.
27:10Cadence shook her head.
27:11No!
27:12It wasn't them!
27:15She took a breath
27:16and met his eyes,
27:17Hedan.
27:17I was traveling
27:18when I got attacked
27:19by men in black.
27:20I would have died.
27:23If a vampire
27:24hadn't saved me.
27:25If not for them.
27:27I never would have
27:28made it back to you.
27:29Alistair froze.
27:31Then why didn't you
27:32come home sooner?
27:33I fell off a cliff
27:34trying to escape.
27:36Hit my head.
27:38Forgot everything.
27:40Only recently
27:41did my memories
27:41come back.
27:43The vampire
27:44who saved me,
27:45they aren't a killer's,
27:46Alistair.
27:46They protected me.
27:48That's why I came back.
27:50I want you to end
27:51the extermination order.
27:52Without waiting
27:53for his response,
27:54Cadence rushed over
27:55and popped open
27:56a sun umbrella,
27:57shielding me
27:58from the rays.
27:59When she saw the pale,
28:00blistered patches
28:01on my face,
28:02she looked up at Alistair,
28:04eyes full of disbelief.
28:05Alistair,
28:06how long has she been
28:07like this?
28:08Alistair hesitated.
28:09Almost five years.
28:12Five years.
28:13Five years of torture.
28:14Two thousand days of pain,
28:16imprisonment,
28:16and starvation.
28:18Cadence's expression
28:19darkened.
28:20Her voice sharpened.
28:22That's impossible!
28:24Vampires don't start
28:25losing skin color
28:26until they've been
28:26away from the sanctuary
28:27for seven years!
28:29She looked up at him,
28:30her eyes blazing.
28:32What the hell
28:33did you do to her?
28:36Cadence anxiously
28:37picked me up,
28:38but she was too weak,
28:39so she dropped me
28:40to the ground again.
28:44Alistair,
28:44why are you just
28:45standing there
28:45like an idiot?
28:46Help me get her
28:48back to the sanctuary!
28:49If we don't hurry,
28:51she might really die!
28:52Alistair picked me up
28:53in a panic
28:54when he heard this.
28:55This time,
28:56I heard his rapid heartbeat,
28:58as if he was really
28:59worried whether I'd die.
29:02Alistair drove me
29:03to the sanctuary
29:04of vampires
29:05along the way.
29:06He kept feeding me
29:07his blood.
29:08I pursed my lips,
29:09suppressed my instincts,
29:10and quietly waited
29:11for my death.
29:12Finally,
29:13on the last day
29:14of the seven-year period,
29:16Alistair finally
29:16took me to the sanctuary.
29:18When the vampire elders
29:19saw me,
29:20they gathered around
29:21and called out
29:22to me in concern.
29:23Their eyes were filled
29:24with grief and anger.
29:26Alistair lowered his head
29:27and said,
29:28I'm sorry,
29:29it's my fault.
29:30Please,
29:31save her.
29:32The elders
29:32didn't say anything.
29:34They took me
29:34from Alistair's arms
29:35and warned him
29:37not to get close
29:37to the sanctuary again.
29:39With the tree
29:39of life's treatment,
29:41my breathing
29:41gradually stabilized.
29:43But my old injuries
29:44could only heal slowly,
29:46since I was a
29:47human-vampire hybrid.
29:52At the same time,
29:54Alistair,
29:54who was restricted
29:56to staying outside
29:56the sanctuary,
29:57wore a look of regret
29:58on his face.
30:00Because of Cadence's
30:01resurrection,
30:02his prejudice
30:02toward vampires
30:03for nearly seven years
30:05became a joke.
30:06Cadence hesitated
30:07for a moment,
30:08then slowly said,
30:09Alistair?
30:11Before I fell off
30:12the cliff,
30:13I noticed that
30:14those men in black
30:15had obvious
30:16werewolf features.
30:18Could this have been
30:19a setup against vampires?
30:23Also,
30:24how did you have
30:25the wrong idea
30:26that I was dead?
30:27Alistair answered
30:28out of reflex.
30:30It was Kendall
30:31who sent me
30:31a video back then.
30:33Having said that,
30:34he quickly took out
30:35his cell phone.
30:36Cadence watched
30:37the video
30:38and gradually frowned.
30:39Alistair,
30:39that wasn't me!
30:42After Alistair
30:43and Cadence
30:44shared the information
30:45they had missed
30:45over the years,
30:46all the evidence
30:47pointed to the
30:48seemingly innocent Kendall.
30:50Kendall didn't know
30:50Cadence at that time,
30:52so there was no way
30:53she would have gotten
30:53the video of the
30:54vampires chasing Cadence.
30:56The more Alistair
30:58thought about it,
30:58the more he felt
30:59something was wrong.
31:01He also recalled
31:02the increasingly
31:02brutal killings
31:03of vampires
31:04in recent years,
31:05all of which
31:06were instigated
31:06by Kendall.
31:08Initially,
31:08he just wanted
31:09the murderer
31:10to pay
31:10with their life.
31:11Thinking of this,
31:12Alistair rushed
31:13back to the villa
31:14and ran into Kendall.
31:15When was packing
31:16her things to escape,
31:18Kendall forced a smile.
31:21Uh,
31:22Alkster?
31:24Why are you back already?
31:26If I don't come
31:27back soon enough,
31:28you will be gone,
31:30no?
31:31Kendall swallowed
31:32guiltily,
31:33but when she thought
31:34about how he had
31:34no evidence,
31:35she explained,
31:37trying to weasel
31:38her way out.
31:38I've been in a
31:39bad mood since
31:40the miscarriage,
31:41so I wanted
31:43to head out
31:43and relax.
31:46Every time I
31:46close my eyes,
31:47all I see is
31:48our baby
31:49and the blood
31:49everywhere.
31:50Kendall wiped
31:51away her tears
31:52insincerely.
31:56in the past,
31:57every time that happened,
31:59Alistair would have
32:00pulled her into his
32:00arms and comforted
32:01her softly.
32:03But this time,
32:04Alistair laughed
32:05out of anger instead.
32:06I guess that would
32:07happen.
32:09It's not something
32:09that should have been
32:10born after all.
32:13Kendall widened
32:13her eyes,
32:14but still refused
32:15to admit that she
32:16had cheated.
32:18Alistair,
32:18what nonsense
32:20are you talking
32:20about?
32:21Did that half-blood
32:22Mongol tell you
32:22something?
32:23I have already
32:24told you that she
32:26was all lies.
32:27You should have
32:28executed her
32:29long ago.
32:30Before she could
32:31finish her words,
32:32Alistair grabbed
32:33her neck in anger.
32:35You're the one
32:36who deserved
32:37to die!
32:39How dare you
32:40team up with
32:41the werewolves
32:42to hunt down
32:44my sister,
32:45then pin it all
32:46on the vampires.
32:48If Cadence
32:48weren't still alive,
32:49would you be
32:50treating me like
32:51a fool trying
32:52to deceive me
32:52for the rest
32:53of my life?
32:56Alistair pushed
32:57Kendall aside
32:58harshly,
32:58without any trace
32:59of his former
33:00gentleness in him.
33:01His mind was
33:02now filled with
33:03all the abuse
33:03he had inflicted
33:04upon me over the
33:05years.
33:05It was obvious
33:06that at the
33:07beginning,
33:07he also wanted
33:08to live a good
33:09life with me.
33:12What kind of
33:13deal did you
33:13make with
33:14those damn
33:14wolves?
33:15Alistair stared
33:16at Kendall,
33:16trying to get
33:17an answer.
33:18Kendall did not
33:19answer,
33:19but pulled
33:20at Alistair's
33:20thighs.
33:23Alistair,
33:24that was years
33:24ago.
33:26Besides,
33:27your sister is
33:28back now,
33:29and the truth
33:29is out.
33:30Why are you
33:30doing this to
33:31me?
33:31Or are you
33:32really in love
33:33with that vampire?
33:34That one
33:35called Rachel?
33:36Alistair kicked
33:37her to the
33:37ground.
33:38He then threw
33:39the evidence
33:39of the collusion
33:40with the
33:41werewolves
33:41in front of
33:42her.
33:46After all
33:47this,
33:47you still
33:47won't tell
33:48me the
33:48truth?
33:49You had
33:50me kill
33:50tens of
33:51thousands
33:51of vampires.
33:52Aren't you
33:53afraid of
33:53divine
33:54retribution?
33:55When Kendall
33:56heard this,
33:57she knew that
33:58the matter
33:58had been
33:58completely
33:59exposed.
34:00She no
34:00longer
34:01pretended to
34:01be innocent,
34:02but instead
34:03covered her
34:04face and cried
34:04bitterly.
34:05I just want
34:06you to
34:06marry me.
34:07Is that
34:08so wrong?
34:09I've had
34:10a crush
34:10on you
34:10for ten
34:11years,
34:12but you
34:12don't even
34:13remember that
34:13I exist.
34:14All you
34:15have eyes
34:15for is
34:16your sister.
34:17But even
34:18when Cadence
34:18died,
34:19you still
34:19didn't see
34:20me.
34:21It only
34:22took Rachel
34:22two years
34:23and you
34:24fell in
34:24love with
34:24that vampire.
34:26Even
34:26when I
34:26led you
34:27to believe
34:27that it
34:28was the
34:28vampires
34:29who killed
34:29your sister,
34:30you still
34:31refused to
34:32kill her.
34:33how can
34:34I not
34:34hate
34:34them?
34:35Kendall
34:35looked at
34:36Alistair
34:36with a
34:36ferocious
34:37look on
34:37her face,
34:38no longer
34:39hiding her
34:39jealousy.
34:44Help me!
34:46I even
34:47sacrificed
34:48to help
34:48me!
34:49At this
34:49point,
34:50Kendall
34:50covered her
34:51face and
34:51began to
34:52cry.
34:55All I
34:56did was
34:57to make
34:57you see
34:57me!
34:58Alistair
34:58remained
34:59silent and
34:59did not
35:00execute her
35:00immediately.
35:02I will
35:02refer this
35:03matter to
35:03court
35:03marshal.
35:07You're
35:08not the
35:08only one
35:08at fault.
35:10I deserve
35:11punishment
35:11too.
35:12After
35:12saying
35:13this,
35:13he left
35:14without
35:14looking
35:14back,
35:15ignoring
35:15the crying
35:16of the
35:16woman
35:17behind
35:17him.
35:17Three
35:18months
35:18later,
35:19I woke
35:19up from
35:20a coffin
35:20made of
35:20black
35:21walnut.
35:21As
35:22soon
35:22as I
35:22opened
35:22my
35:23eyes,
35:23I
35:24saw
35:24Alistair
35:24with
35:24bloodshot
35:25eyes.
35:25I
35:26thought
35:26I
35:26was
35:26dead
35:27and
35:27laughed
35:27at
35:27myself.
35:29Do you
35:29hate me
35:30that
35:30much?
35:31you
35:31won't
35:32even
35:32let
35:32me
35:32rest
35:32in
35:33hell?
35:35Alistair
35:35pursed
35:36his lips,
35:37his eyes
35:38filled
35:38with
35:38pain
35:39and
35:39regret.
35:41Rachel,
35:41you
35:41are
35:42not
35:42dead.
35:43His
35:43voice
35:43was
35:44extremely
35:44hoarse,
35:45as if
35:46it had
35:46been
35:47grated
35:47by
35:47sandpaper.
35:50I
35:52came here
35:53to
35:53apologize
35:54to you.
35:55I
35:55was
35:56stunned.
35:56I
35:57didn't
35:57expect
35:57him
35:58to
35:58say
35:58such
35:58humble
35:58words.
36:00But
36:01the
36:01hatred
36:01in my
36:01heart
36:02was
36:02like
36:02a
36:02wound
36:02that
36:03had
36:03been
36:04reopened
36:04and
36:05blood
36:05gushed
36:06from
36:06it
36:06again.
36:07Apologize?
36:08I
36:09sneered.
36:09Do you
36:10think an
36:10apology can
36:11make up
36:11for the
36:11pain
36:12I've
36:12suffered
36:12over
36:12the
36:12past
36:13few
36:13years?
36:14Alistair
36:15lowered
36:15his
36:15head
36:16and
36:16clenched
36:16his
36:16fists.
36:18I
36:19know
36:19that
36:19nothing
36:19I
36:19do
36:19can
36:20make
36:20up
36:20for
36:20it,
36:21but
36:21I
36:21hope
36:21you
36:21can
36:22give
36:22me
36:22a
36:22chance
36:22to
36:22make
36:23it
36:23up
36:23to
36:23you
36:23for
36:24the
36:24rest
36:24of
36:24my
36:25life.
36:26I
36:27closed
36:27my
36:27eyes
36:28and
36:28didn't
36:28want
36:28to
36:28look
36:28at
36:29him
36:29anymore.
36:32Get
36:33out.
36:34Don't
36:34ever
36:34show
36:34your
36:35face
36:35to
36:35me
36:35again.
36:37Alistair
36:37did
36:37not
36:37leave.
36:40He
36:40stood
36:40quietly
36:43as if
36:44waiting
36:44for
36:44me
36:44to
36:44change
36:45my
36:45mind.
36:46But
36:46how
36:46could
36:47I
36:47forgive
36:47him?
36:48I
36:49thought
36:49the
36:50love
36:50I
36:50have
36:51had
36:51for
36:51him
36:51in
36:51the
36:51past
36:52was
36:52real.
36:53And
36:54the
36:54hatred
36:54I
36:54felt
36:55when
36:55I
36:55saw
36:55my
36:55fellow
36:56vampires
36:57being
36:57killed
36:58was
36:58also
36:58real.
37:00It
37:01was
37:01then
37:01that
37:01the
37:01vampire
37:02elders
37:02walked
37:03in.
37:05Their
37:05eyes
37:06were
37:06full
37:06of
37:06vigilance
37:07and
37:07hostility
37:07towards
37:08Alistair.
37:08Alistair,
37:09what
37:10are you
37:10doing
37:10here?
37:10do
37:11you
37:11want
37:11to
37:11get
37:11rid
37:11of
37:11all
37:12of
37:12us?
37:12An
37:12elder
37:13asked
37:13coldly.
37:14No,
37:14I
37:15came
37:15to
37:15atone
37:15for
37:15my
37:16sins
37:16to
37:16Rachel.
37:19Kendall's
37:19been
37:20locked
37:20up
37:20on
37:20a
37:20remote
37:21island.
37:21I
37:21made
37:21sure
37:22of
37:22it.
37:22She's
37:23set
37:23to
37:23be
37:23executed
37:24in
37:24three
37:24days.
37:25Alistair
37:25said
37:25frankly,
37:26I
37:27hope
37:27the
37:27vampires
37:28can
37:28forgive
37:28me
37:29and
37:29make
37:30peace
37:30with
37:30the
37:30humans.
37:31The
37:31elders
37:31looked
37:32at
37:32each
37:32other,
37:33obviously
37:34skeptical
37:34of
37:34Alistair's
37:35words.
37:36Another
37:37elder
37:37sneered.
37:38You
37:38killed
37:38so
37:38many
37:39of
37:39our
37:39people
37:39and
37:40now
37:40you
37:40want
37:41to
37:41make
37:41peace?
37:42Alistair
37:43lowered
37:43his
37:43head,
37:44a
37:44trace
37:44of
37:44pain
37:45flashing
37:45in
37:45his
37:45eyes.
37:46I
37:46know
37:47I
37:47have
37:47committed
37:48an
37:48unforgivable
37:48sin,
37:49but I
37:50am
37:50willing
37:50to give
37:51everything
37:51to
37:51make
37:51amends.
37:52Looking
37:53at
37:53his
37:53serious
37:53face,
37:54I
37:54asked
37:54flatly,
37:56then
37:56can
37:57you
37:57bring
37:57the
37:57dead
37:57vampires
37:58back?
37:59Alistair
38:09Alistair's
38:09eyes
38:10were
38:10full
38:10of
38:10despair,
38:11but he
38:11said
38:12nothing
38:12more.
38:13He
38:13then
38:13turned
38:13away
38:14and
38:14left.
38:16In
38:16the
38:16following
38:16days,
38:17I
38:17recuperated
38:18in
38:18the
38:18vampire
38:19sanctuary.
38:21Alistair
38:22didn't
38:22show up
38:22again,
38:24but I
38:24knew he
38:25had been
38:25watching
38:25me
38:25secretly.
38:28While
38:28the
38:29vampire
38:29elders
38:29argued
38:30over
38:30how
38:30to
38:30deal
38:31with
38:31the
38:31human
38:31threat,
38:33I
38:33was
38:33lost
38:34in
38:34thoughts
38:34about
38:34my
38:34own
38:35future.
38:37One
38:37night,
38:38I
38:38came
38:38to
38:39the
38:39edge
38:39of
38:39the
38:39sanctuary
38:40alone,
38:41staring
38:42at
38:42the
38:42starry
38:42sky
38:43in
38:43a
38:43daze.
38:45A
38:45familiar
38:46voice
38:46was
38:46heard
38:46behind
38:47me.
38:47I
38:48turned
38:48around
38:48and
38:48saw
38:49Alistair
38:49standing
38:49not
38:50far
38:50away.
38:51Why
38:51are
38:52you
38:52here
38:52again?
38:53I
38:53came
38:53to
38:53see
38:54you.
38:54Alistair
38:54walked
38:55over
38:55to
38:55me.
38:56Are
38:56you
38:56feeling
38:56better?
38:57I
38:57nodded
38:57and
38:57said
38:58nothing.
39:01Alistair
39:02took a
39:02deep
39:02breath.
39:04I
39:05know
39:05you
39:05can't
39:05possibly
39:06forgive
39:06me,
39:07but I
39:08still
39:08want to
39:08tell
39:08you
39:08that I
39:09will
39:09spend
39:09the
39:09rest
39:09of
39:09my
39:10life
39:10protecting
39:10the
39:11vampires.
39:12I
39:12will
39:12never
39:12let
39:13anyone
39:13hurt
39:14the
39:14vampires
39:14again.
39:15I
39:16looked
39:16at
39:16his
39:16serious
39:16eyes
39:17and
39:17found
39:17it
39:17ridiculous.
39:20Alistair
39:20once
39:21hated
39:21vampires
39:22so
39:22much.
39:24Even
39:24when I
39:25opened
39:25up
39:25to
39:25him,
39:26he
39:26never
39:26once
39:26looked
39:27at
39:27me
39:27with
39:27warmth,
39:28afraid
39:29that
39:29I
39:29wouldn't
39:29believe
39:29it.
39:31Alistair
39:31added
39:32with
39:32bloodshot
39:32eyes.
39:34I'm
39:34speaking
39:34from the
39:35bottom
39:35of
39:35my
39:35heart.
39:40I've
39:40been
39:40thinking
39:41about
39:41a lot
39:41of
39:41things
39:41these
39:42days.
39:42I
39:43know
39:43you
39:43won't
39:43forgive
39:43me.
39:45Even
39:46I
39:46can't
39:46forgive
39:47my
39:47past
39:47self.
39:49But
39:49I
39:49still
39:50love
39:50you.
39:51Love
39:51me?
39:51I
39:52sneered.
39:53You
39:53tortured
39:53me
39:54for
39:54so
39:54long.
39:55Now
39:55you
39:56say
39:56you
39:56love
39:56me?
39:59He
39:59revealed
40:00the
40:00scar
40:00on
40:00his
40:00neck
40:01that
40:01had
40:01not
40:01yet
40:01healed.
40:04I
40:04admit
40:05that
40:05I
40:05was
40:05jumping
40:06the
40:06gun
40:06when
40:06I
40:06blamed
40:06the
40:07vampires
40:07for
40:07my
40:07sister's
40:08death.
40:08But
40:09I
40:09was
40:09also
40:09the
40:09one
40:10who
40:10fed
40:10you
40:10blood.
40:12I
40:13looked
40:13at him
40:13in
40:13silence.
40:16Although
40:16I
40:17vaguely
40:17knew
40:17it
40:17at
40:18the
40:18time.
40:18But
40:19even
40:19after
40:19he
40:20said
40:20it,
40:20I
40:21didn't
40:21feel
40:21a
40:21shred
40:21of
40:22gratitude.
40:23After
40:24all,
40:24it
40:25was
40:25he
40:25who
40:25left
40:25me
40:25bruised
40:26and
40:26battered.
40:28Alistair
40:28grabbed
40:29my
40:29hand
40:29and
40:29brought
40:30it
40:30to
40:30his
40:30chest.
40:32Rachel,
40:33please.
40:34Have
40:34you
40:34forgotten
40:35the
40:35days
40:35when
40:35we
40:36loved
40:36each
40:36other?
40:37Of
40:37course.
40:37I
40:38didn't
40:38forget.
40:39When
40:39we
40:40were
40:40dating,
40:40Alistair
40:41was
40:41very
40:41nice
40:41to
40:41me.
40:43He
40:43noticed
40:43I
40:44hated
40:44sunlight,
40:44so
40:45he
40:45went
40:45all
40:45the
40:45way
40:45to
40:46New
40:46Jersey
40:46just
40:46to
40:46get
40:47me
40:47one
40:47of
40:47those
40:47special
40:48umbrellas.
40:50A
40:51few
40:51days
40:51later,
40:52Alistair
40:52presented
40:53me
40:53with
40:53the
40:53umbrella
40:54that
40:54he
40:54had
40:54gone
40:54out
40:54on
40:55a
40:55limb
40:55to
40:55get.
40:56He
40:56then
40:56declared
40:56that
40:57he
40:57would
40:57be
40:57responsible
40:57for
40:58any
40:58umbrellas
40:59I
40:59would
40:59need
40:59from
40:59then
40:59on
41:00out.
41:00He
41:00always
41:00thought
41:01that
41:01my
41:01pale
41:01complexion
41:02was
41:02due
41:02to
41:02anemia,
41:03so
41:03he
41:03tried
41:04one
41:04way
41:04after
41:04another
41:05to
41:05get
41:05me
41:05dietary
41:06supplements.
41:07Even
41:07when
41:07food
41:08was
41:08scarce,
41:08he
41:09always
41:09gave
41:09me
41:10his
41:10share.
41:11He
41:11always
41:11hugged
41:12me
41:12and
41:12said
41:12that
41:12I
41:12looked
41:12to
41:13shriveled
41:13up.
41:14He
41:14then
41:14added
41:14that
41:15he
41:15would
41:15make
41:15me
41:15look
41:15all
41:16nourished
41:16and
41:16beautiful
41:17in
41:17the
41:17future.
41:21But
41:21first
41:22year
41:22in
41:22captivity,
41:23I
41:23thought
41:23I
41:24deserved
41:24it.
41:25After
41:25all,
41:26it
41:26was
41:26the
41:26vampires
41:26who
41:27killed
41:27his
41:27sister,
41:28so
41:28I
41:28deserved
41:28to
41:29suffer
41:29his
41:29wrath.
41:30By
41:30the
41:30second
41:30year,
41:31my
41:31body
41:31was
41:32covered
41:32with
41:32needle
41:32holes
41:33from
41:33daily
41:33blood
41:34extractions.
41:35By
41:35the
41:35fifth
41:35year
41:36of
41:36my
41:36captivity,
41:37I
41:37could
41:38no
41:38longer
41:38tell
41:38whether
41:38I
41:39was
41:39dead
41:39or
41:39alive.
41:42Now
41:43that
41:43I
41:43finally
41:43escaped
41:44that
41:44hell
41:44hole,
41:45he
41:45cried
41:45and
41:46told
41:46me
41:46he
41:46loved
41:46me.
41:48No,
41:49you
41:49don't
41:50love
41:50me.
41:51The
41:51one
41:51you
41:51love
41:52most
41:52will
41:52always
41:53be
41:53yourself.
41:54After
41:54noticing
41:54that
41:55I
41:55really
41:55didn't
41:55love
41:55him
41:56anymore,
41:56he
41:57burst
41:57into
41:57tears.
41:58It
41:59took
41:59him
41:59a
41:59long
41:59time
42:00to
42:00calm
42:00down.
42:01But
42:01this
42:01time,
42:02I
42:02really
42:02want
42:03to
42:03build
42:03a
42:03good
42:03life
42:03with
42:04you.
42:04Alistair
42:04took
42:05out
42:05one
42:05of
42:05those
42:05umbrellas
42:06and
42:06said,
42:06Rachel,
42:07come
42:08back
42:08with
42:08me.
42:16Your
42:17so-called
42:17love
42:18was
42:18to
42:18kill
42:19my
42:19people
42:19and
42:20have
42:20me
42:20witness
42:21their
42:21tragic
42:21death
42:21with
42:22my
42:22own
42:22eyes?
42:23Was
42:23your
42:23so-called
42:24love
42:24to
42:25throw
42:25me
42:25out
42:25into
42:26the
42:26sun
42:26to
42:26die
42:26when
42:27I
42:27was
42:27most
42:27desperate?
42:28With
42:28every
42:29word
42:29I
42:29said,
42:30Alistair's
42:30face
42:30turned
42:31paler.
42:31He
42:32fell
42:32to
42:32his
42:32knees
42:32weakly,
42:33holding
42:33his
42:34head
42:34in
42:34his
42:34hands
42:34and
42:35wailing
42:35in
42:35pain.
42:38I
42:38ignored
42:39him
42:39and
42:39turned
42:39away.
42:40In
42:40the
42:40following
42:41days,
42:41Alistair
42:42came to
42:42guard
42:42the
42:42sanctuary
42:43every
42:43day,
42:44rain
42:44or
42:44shine.
42:45He
42:45didn't
42:46eat
42:46or
42:46drink.
42:46He
42:47just
42:47stood
42:47there
42:48silently.
42:48A
42:49few
42:49days
42:49later,
42:50Alistair
42:51finally
42:51collapsed
42:51outside
42:52the
42:52sanctuary.
42:53The
42:53vampire
42:54elders
42:54carried
42:55him
42:55in
42:55and
42:55placed
42:55him
42:56in
42:56front
42:56of
42:56me.
42:57I
42:57looked
42:57at
42:57him,
42:58still
42:58unconscious,
42:59and
43:00complex
43:00emotions
43:00surged
43:01in
43:01my
43:01heart.
43:02I
43:02wanted
43:03to
43:03send
43:03him
43:03away,
43:04but
43:04looking
43:04at
43:04his
43:05pale
43:05face.
43:06I
43:06just
43:06couldn't
43:06do
43:07it.
43:07Finally,
43:08I
43:08sighed
43:09and asked
43:09the
43:09elders
43:10to
43:10place
43:10him
43:10in
43:11an
43:11empty
43:11room.
43:11After
43:12Alistair
43:12woke
43:12up,
43:13he
43:13learned
43:13that
43:14he
43:14was
43:14in
43:14the
43:14sanctuary.
43:15A
43:16hint
43:16off
43:16surprise
43:17flashed
43:17in
43:17his
43:17eyes.
43:18He
43:18struggled
43:19to
43:19get
43:19up,
43:19but
43:20found
43:20that
43:20he
43:20couldn't
43:21muster
43:21the
43:21strength
43:21at
43:22all.
43:22I
43:23walked
43:23into
43:23the
43:23room
43:23and
43:24looked
43:24at
43:24him
43:24coldly.
43:25You're
43:26awake.
43:26When
43:26Alistair
43:27saw
43:27me,
43:28a hint
43:28of
43:28joy
43:29flashed
43:29in
43:29his
43:29eyes.
43:32Rachel,
43:33you
43:33are
43:33finally
43:34willing
43:34to
43:35see
43:35me.
43:35I
43:36said
43:36coldly,
43:37I
43:38just
43:38came
43:38to
43:38see
43:38if
43:39you
43:39were
43:39dead.
43:40Since
43:40you're
43:41not,
43:41get
43:42out.
43:42Alistair
43:43shook
43:43his
43:43head
43:43and
43:43said,
43:44I
43:44won't
43:45leave
43:45unless
43:46you
43:46forgive
43:46me.
43:47I
43:47sneered
43:48and
43:48said,
43:49keep
43:49dreaming.
43:50Alistair
43:50did
43:50not
43:50leave.
43:51He
43:51began
43:52to
43:52prove
43:52his
43:52sincerity
43:53with
43:53his
43:53actions.
43:55He
43:56helped
43:56vampires
43:57integrate
43:57into
43:57human
43:58society
43:58and
43:58used
43:59his
43:59position
43:59as
44:00commander
44:00to
44:00secure
44:01economic
44:01exchanges
44:02between
44:02the
44:03two
44:03races.
44:03He
44:04even
44:04made
44:04the
44:05effort
44:05to
44:05learn
44:05vampire
44:06language
44:06and
44:06culture.
44:07He
44:08used
44:08his
44:08own
44:08blood
44:08to
44:09feed
44:09the
44:09wounded
44:09vampires
44:10and
44:11even
44:11took
44:11the
44:11initiative
44:12to
44:12use
44:12his
44:12own
44:12body
44:13for
44:13testing
44:13weapons
44:14against
44:14werewolves.
44:15The
44:15vampire
44:16elders
44:16saw
44:16his
44:17changes
44:17and
44:17gradually
44:22reconcile
44:22with
44:22Alistair
44:23but
44:23I
44:23never
44:24gave
44:24in
44:24until
44:25one
44:25day
44:25werewolves
44:26attacked
44:27the
44:27sanctuary
44:27of
44:27vampires
44:28again.
44:29Alistair
44:29rushed
44:29forward
44:30without
44:30hesitation
44:31and
44:31fought
44:31a
44:32fierce
44:32battle
44:32with
44:32the
44:33werewolves.
44:33He
44:34used
44:34his
44:34own
44:34flesh
44:34and
44:35blood
44:35to
44:35hold
44:35back
44:35the
44:36werewolves
44:36attack.
44:37After
44:38the
44:38battle
44:38he
44:38fell
44:38on
44:39the
44:39battlefield
44:39before
44:40he
44:40died
44:41Alistair
44:42stared
44:42at
44:42me
44:42reluctantly.
44:43Even
44:43his
44:44usually
44:44proud
44:44voice
44:45sounded
44:45particularly
44:46hoarse
44:52him
44:52that
44:52it
44:52was
44:52okay.
44:53I
44:53wasn't
44:54being
44:54generous
44:54with
44:55him.
44:55I
44:55will
44:55never
44:56forgive
44:56Alistair
44:57for the
44:57mistakes
44:57he
44:57made.
44:58I
44:59sent
44:59Alistair's
44:59body
45:00back
45:00to
45:00the
45:00human
45:00world.
45:01When
45:02I
45:02returned
45:02to
45:02the
45:02sanctuary
45:03the
45:03elders
45:04held
45:04a
45:04coronation
45:05ceremony
45:05in
45:05my
45:05honor.
45:06I
45:07became
45:07a
45:07queen
45:07of
45:07vampires
45:08and
45:08led
45:08my
45:09people
45:09into
45:09a
45:09new
45:09era.
45:10Many
45:11years
45:11later
45:11I
45:12stood
45:12on
45:12the
45:13edge
45:13of
45:13the
45:13sanctuary
45:13looking
45:14at
45:14the
45:14distant
45:15sky
45:15and
45:15believed
45:16that
45:16the
45:16future
45:16would
45:16be
45:17better.
45:17The
45:17scars
45:18he
45:18left
45:18would
45:18never
45:19fully
45:19heal
45:19but
45:20I
45:20had
45:20survived
45:21and
45:21that
45:22was
45:22enough.
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