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Voss Heir’s Vengeance
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00:02On the night of the royal blood feast, Serafina appeared disheveled and sobbing,
00:07screaming that my younger brother had violated her pure bloodline.
00:11The blood feast matrons pointed fingers and spat venomously at my family's name.
00:16Serafina is a consort candidate. Jax has no right to touch her.
00:20He should be dragged out and flagged to death.
00:23I brought forward the ancient covenant, the blood-sealed decree my father and brothers died
00:28fighting on rogue war's battlefields to secure and begged for leniency.
00:32The vampire king ultimately spared him the death penalty, instead issuing a royal blood decree
00:38bonding Jax to Serafina in a forced blood bond claim.
00:41But then my mate publicly shattered both of Jax's legs.
00:45He leaned into my ear, a low, menacing growl rumbling.
00:50If the vampire king doesn't vent his fury now, he will remember it later
00:56and destroy our entire bloodline.
00:59Jax and I swallowed our humiliation.
01:01Yet barely eight weeks later, Serafina stood before the entire court and accused Jax again,
01:07claiming he had harassed her through the blood bond and threatened her life,
01:11demanding the king execute him for defying the royal decree.
01:15He dragged himself across the floor on broken legs, begging the king for a fair trial,
01:20but my mate stepped forward to restrain him and drove a hidden silver dagger into the back of his skull.
01:25I'd barely opened my mouth to cry out before he drove a soul silver quenched blood nail straight through my
01:31heart.
01:32If you and your brother make a scene of this, what kind of life will Serafina have?
01:37His eyes were full of cold, killing intent, and the soul silver poison dissolved my vampire life essence in an
01:44instant.
01:45When I opened my eyes again, I was standing at the entrance of the royal blood feast hall.
01:51This time, I bound Jax myself wrists and ankles and locked him in the side chamber.
01:56But Serafina cried out again that someone had defiled her pure bloodline.
02:01Serafina slammed her forehead against the great stone pillar of the blood feast hall,
02:05hard enough to draw blood, shaking in the arms of the blood feast matrons, her tears endless.
02:10My purity is gone. I have failed the Sauron bloodline and have no face to stand before the vampire king.
02:16Let me die and be done with it.
02:18The blood feast matrons shot daggers at me with their eyes.
02:21The Vos family is outrageous. They bleed for the outer rarer trees, then come home and desecrate a consort candidate.
02:29They think their battle honors give them the right to run wild.
02:32They have no respect for the vampire king. They are completely lawless.
02:36They talk about military discipline, yet they dare behave like this right under the king's own roof.
02:42The female vampires out in the outer territories, who knows what horrors they suffered at their hands.
02:47I swept my gaze over the man standing closest to Serafina, shielding her tightly.
02:53My mate, Silas Draven.
02:55Serafina, look carefully, think clearly. Are you certain it was my brother Jax who touched you?
03:01Serafina's body stiffened. Her tears fell harder.
03:04I already belong to Jax Vos. Why must you humiliate me like this, Lady Draven? I... I won't live!
03:11Silas stepped forward and wrenched me toward him.
03:14Alara, your brother commits an act no vampire should be capable of, and instead of making him answer for it,
03:19you use your rank to pressure Serafina into silence?
03:22Every drop of honor the Vos Solius bled for on the battlefield, you too have dragged it through the dirt.
03:27His grip on my arm was iron. It hurt. But deep inside, I could not stop the cold laugh rising.
03:35Half an hour ago, I had used the same knotwork we used on enemy rogues in the outer territories' wet
03:40leather cord
03:41to bind Jax myself and lock him in the side chamber.
03:44How could he have run back to violate Serafina?
03:47Silas, are you certain it was my brother?
03:51I knocked the brute unconscious myself and saved Serafina. You think I can't recognize my own beta brother-in-law?
03:58My heart dropped. The certainty in Silas' voice stirred a deep unease in me.
04:04Could Jax have truly escaped from the side chamber?
04:07Lady Draven, how long will you keep bullying us like this?
04:11You are the mate of Lord Simus Draven. Instead of easing his burdens, you shield the filth of your own
04:16bloodline without shame.
04:17You are unfit to be the Lady of Draven bloodfeast!
04:20Does Lord Silas have to bend the king's law to protect your worthless brother and hound Serafina to her grave
04:26before you are satisfied?
04:28Alara, stop disgracing yourself!
04:30I let out a cold sound and swept my gaze across the crowd of the self-righteous.
04:34It seems that whether or not Serafina truly lost her purity today, this filth will be thrown at my brother
04:41regardless.
04:42Serafina acted as if she had been dealt the greatest insult of her life.
04:47I, Serafina Sorton, clean and unbond, am nothing but a shameless self-debating creature!
04:53If the Vos bloodline refuses to acknowledge it, I will die here today!
04:57I will not cling to your family's name by a single foolish girl, don't you dare!
05:02It is all the fault of that despicable, wretched Vos rogue!
05:08You have suffered innocently and that is already a tragedy.
05:11You cannot throw your life away and let that beast get what he wants.
05:15Serafina is a consort candidate.
05:17She was destined to carry the blood of the king's lineage.
05:21The Vosk family is a minor warrior house.
05:23Do you think yourself something so precious that she would ruin her own pure bloodline just to frame you?
05:29Alara, enough.
05:32Confess and have the proper bonding rates prepared.
05:35Send them to the Sauron family on Jax's behalf and beg the vampire king's mercy.
05:39The vampire king is lenient.
05:40Perhaps he will spare Jax's life.
05:42Otherwise, for the violation of a consort candidate alone, the annihilation of an entire bloodline is the lightest sentence.
05:48In my past life, I had been deceived by that exact face.
05:53I had believed it was truly Jax who had lost himself and made a drunken mistake.
05:58Out of shame, I had sent half of the Vosk estate to the Sauron family as a bonding gift.
06:03I had kept Serafina like a treasured matriarch.
06:06The memory turned my stomach.
06:08I wrenched my arm out of Silas's grip.
06:11My bloodline taking Serafina as a true bond mate?
06:14In your dreams.
06:16Silas's expression darkened instantly, his eyes going cold and murderous.
06:21Before he could move, a ripple of unrest ran through the crowd.
06:25Serafina's father, Elder Sauron, came striding in with hard, rapid steps.
06:30His face was ashen, his entire body shaking with rage.
06:35He walked straight to Serafina, raised his hand, and struck her across the face a sharp...
06:40You thing that has shamed our bloodline!
06:43And you still have the face to breathe!
06:45Take her!
06:47Strangle this disgraced, impure creature and be done with it
06:50before she drags the Sauron name any further into the mud!
06:56Your daughter will save you the trouble, father.
06:59Serafina wailed, tore the silver pin from her hair, and drove it at her own throat without hesitation.
07:05Lady Draven, are you just gonna stand there and watch?
07:08If your brother had not done this unspeakable thing, would Serafina be here?
07:12Your shameless kin has driven her to this!
07:15Can the Vos bloodline live with itself?
07:18I watched the spectacle with cold eyes and said nothing.
07:22Something flickered in Serafina's gaze.
07:24A flash of viciousness, and the hand gripping the pin drove forward with sudden force.
07:29The pin pierced skin.
07:31Blood welled up instantly.
07:33A life has been taken!
07:35The Vos bloodline has driven her to death!
07:38Silas's expression broke apart.
07:40He stepped forward and tore the silver pin from Serafina's hand.
07:44The healer!
07:45Call the healer at once!
07:47He ripped the hem of his tunic, and pressed it hard against the wound on Serafina's neck.
07:52Serafina was surrounded and supported by a cluster of bodies, blinking weakly.
07:57Her peripheral gaze slid to me.
07:59There was no death wish in her eyes, only a glimmer of triumphant anticipation.
08:04When Serafina had been taken care of, Silas crossed the floor to me in a few strides.
08:09Vile creature.
08:10He cursed, and struck me across the face, hard and deliberate.
08:14I stumbled and fell to the ground.
08:17My palms scraped the cold stone floor, skin breaking, blood rising.
08:22What a rotten black heart you have!
08:24Is this what you wanted, to hound someone to their grave?
08:26The Dravian blood feast will not shelter a heartless, unrepentant spurpant like you.
08:31I am severing the blood bond today.
08:33Lord Simus is right.
08:35A creature like her deserves to be cast out.
08:38Lord Simus and Serafina have had the most wretched luck, being tangled up with these two.
08:43You catch a rogue in the act, or you find the blood on the blade.
08:46Who here saw with their own eyes that my brother touched Serafina?
08:50The crowd exchanged uncertain glances, a moment of collective pause.
08:55Silas let out a cold laugh.
08:57He walked quickly toward a shadowed corner of the blood feast hall,
09:01and delivered a savage kick to a large burlap sack guarded by Serafina forces.
09:05He crouched down and tore open the cord binding its mouth.
09:09He reached in, felt around, and yanked free an ornate onyx rank crest,
09:14the kind only a bonded lord of noble house may wear.
09:17He raised the crest high, and turned to face the room.
09:21Look carefully everyone, this is the onyx lord crest of noble rank.
09:25How many such lords are in this blood feast?
09:28Every one of them is present in this hall, except for my brother-in-law Jax Vos.
09:33Alara, what do you have to say now?
09:35That crest? It was unmistakably the one Jax had been wearing tonight.
09:39Had someone truly gone in and freed him after I left?
09:45The evidence is before us all. Do you still intend to argue?
09:49Now this is very strange indeed.
09:50My brother and I have only recently returned from the rogue wars.
09:54We rarely attend gatherings, but we have never once put a foot wrong.
09:57Nonsense!
09:59You have truly lost your mind.
10:01To protect that beast of a brother, you would slander your own mate.
10:04Alara, let it go.
10:06Apologize to Simus, there is still time to set this right.
10:10Apologize? I have done nothing wrong.
10:13Are you out of your mind? Every other Vos warrior has fallen.
10:16Jax is the last of your lane!
10:18If this reaches the vampire king and the blood feast matriarch,
10:20do you think Jax will come out of it unscathed?
10:22Since we are each telling our own truth, let us bring it before the throne.
10:26Let the vampire king and the blood feast matriarch decide.
10:29If my brother Jax Vox truly committed acts no vampire should commit,
10:32then kill him, flay him, or tear him apart.
10:34Whatever punishment comes, he will deserve every measure of it.
10:38The Vos bloodline will not keep such a disgrace among our own.
10:42Hopeless, stubborn creature!
10:44Blood feast matters should not be carried to the throne.
10:47Why make it into something so large?
10:49Lady Alara, you are going to destroy both Vos and Dravan.
10:53The Dravan bloodline is a house of honor.
10:56We took you as a bondmate out of respect for your father and brothers who gave their lives for the
11:01blood feast.
11:01And yet you show no understanding of what is proper.
11:05You disrupt the feast, and you make accusations against your own mate!
11:09This one brings only ruin.
11:11Silas, sever the bond!
11:13Sever it, then let her go to the throne herself.
11:15The Dravan bloodline will not keep such a lady!
11:18Silas's brow drew tight.
11:20This was not the outcome he had wanted, but there was no going back.
11:24Silas called for parchment, scribbled the severance edict,
11:27and let it fall at my feet with icy lordly disdain.
11:31Alara Vos, jealous, cruel, and unruly.
11:33You defied me and plotted against the guiltless.
11:35I, Silas Dravan, raise my power and snap our blood bond today.
11:38From this hour we are nothing to each other.
11:40I picked up the edict, and tucked it into my sleeve,
11:44relief softening my features.
11:46Silas froze, staring at my calm face.
11:50Unease flickered in his eyes,
11:51a restless confusion he could not hide.
11:54The whole company made its way to the throne hall.
11:57The blood feast matriarch and the vampire king
12:00listened to the full account,
12:02both of their expressions grave.
12:04Alara Vos, if Jax and Serafina truly have feelings for each other,
12:08it is not beyond my power to make provision for-
12:10Vampire king, my father raised my brother and me from birth
12:13to honor the blood feast,
12:14hold to our bonds, and govern ourselves with discipline.
12:16I believe my brother could never bring himself
12:18to act in a way that betrays the king's grace,
12:20or to sink to such gaggregation.
12:22The inconsistencies in this matter are too many.
12:25I beg the vampire king to investigate fully.
12:27If the creature falls on Jax,
12:28the Vox bloodline will accept any punishment,
12:30without complaint.
12:31I breathed in deeply,
12:33and under every pair of eyes in the hall,
12:36walked forward myself,
12:37to cut open the burlap sack dropped before the throne.
12:41Then the burlap was torn away entirely,
12:43and an entirely unexpected face was revealed.
12:47The person looked up at me,
12:49eyes brightening.
12:50Sister.
12:51Vampire king,
12:52blood feast matriarch,
12:53my purity has been destroyed.
12:55If the Vox bloodline will not acknowledge it,
12:57what face do I have left to go on living?
12:59I beg the vampire king and the blood feast matriarch,
13:02grant me a death,
13:04so that the Sorin name may yet be preserved.
13:06Vampire king,
13:07I have failed my bloodline.
13:08I raised my daughter without honor,
13:10and this disgrace has befallen our house.
13:12Yet she is a consort candidate,
13:14her name inscribed in your royal register,
13:15to suffer such face my kin.
13:17I would rather perish alongside this unworthy child.
13:21Silas stepped forward at the perfect moment,
13:24both hands clutching the bloodied linen cloth,
13:26Serafina's so-called proof of innocence.
13:29His tone laced with feigned grief and cold.
13:32Vampire king,
13:33blood feast matriarch,
13:35the evidence lies here.
13:37Jax Vos holds the rank of a sworn noble lord,
13:39yet he has committed an unforgivable transgression.
13:42If left unpunished,
13:43blood feast law means nothing.
13:45How can the innocent find redress?
13:46I beg you to grant Serafina justice,
13:49avenge her,
13:49and make an example of this vile culprit.
13:52Serafina Sorin,
13:53I ask you one final time,
13:55do you truly claim this person violated you?
13:57Yes.
13:58Every word I have spoken is true.
14:00If there is a single lie among them,
14:02may the blood moon curse me to eternal torment.
14:03May I never know peace and death.
14:05Vampire king,
14:06when I broke into that secluded place,
14:07I witnessed with my own eyes,
14:08Jax Vos committing an unlawful act against Serafina.
14:11I swear on my life,
14:13what I saw was not false.
14:14I only hate that I arrived one step too late.
14:16Good.
14:17Very good.
14:18And even now you dare deceive me.
14:21Well done,
14:21Serafina Sorin.
14:22Well done,
14:23Silas Dravon.
14:24Lift your heads.
14:26Look clearly
14:26at exactly what kind of violation was committed here.
14:29Only then did the two of them sense
14:31that something had gone badly wrong.
14:33They looked up in dread.
14:35The figure from the sack raised a hand
14:37and pushed aside a tangle of wildly disheveled hair,
14:40a face of vivid,
14:42striking beauty emerged,
14:44carrying a faint bewilderment.
14:46This was not Jax Vos.
14:47This was the Princess Lyra,
14:49beloved by the entire blood feast,
14:51the vampire king's own most cherished daughter.
14:54The entire blood feast hall erupted.
14:56Every last drop of color
14:58drained from Serafina's face in an instant,
15:00her eyes widening so wide
15:02they seemed about to split.
15:04She stared at Princess Lyra's beautiful face,
15:06her lips shaking beyond control,
15:08as though someone had seized her by the throat.
15:10She could not produce a single sound.
15:13Silas looked as though he had been struck by lightning.
15:16A thunderclap went off inside his skull,
15:18leaving only white emptiness.
15:20Every carefully maintained expression on his face froze,
15:24replaced by a blank, death-gray horror.
15:27Father.
15:28Grandmother.
15:29What on earth is going on?
15:31I only snuck out to wish grandmother a joyous blood feast.
15:34How did I get accused of defiling someone's pure bloodline?
15:36Her gaze sharpened, locking directly onto Serafina.
15:40You were just sobbing,
15:42claiming I ruined your purity, weren't you?
15:44I'm a female vampire too.
15:46How could I possibly violate you?
15:50Princess Lyra,
15:51might I ask why you are wearing my younger brother's comments?
15:54I was passing the bloodstone chamber
15:56and found young Lord Jack's boss.
15:57Some insolent fool had bound him hand and foot,
15:59locking him in the side chamber.
16:01Under the vampire king's own roof,
16:03at the blood feast, matriarch's feast no less,
16:05how dare someone lay hands on a sworn noble lord?
16:07Naturally, I had to investigate the matter.
16:09So I ordered my attendants to fetch Lord Jack's clothes
16:12while he lay unconscious.
16:13I put them on,
16:14thinking I might pass as him to catch the culprit.
16:16But I'd barely reached a shadowed corner of the moonlit garden
16:19when a sharp pain exploded at the back of my skull.
16:22I must have been struck from behind.
16:25After that, I blacked out completely.
16:27I woke up here,
16:28only to be accused of being some monster
16:30who defiled another's pure bloodline.
16:32You claim you saw everything with your own eyes?
16:33What exactly did you witness?
16:35Did you see me force myself on her?
16:37Every word landed like a crisp, stinging slap
16:40across their faces.
16:42Cold sweat drenched Silas's forehead.
16:45His head spun wildly,
16:46the world blurring around him.
16:48What a performance,
16:49framing loyal warriors
16:51and deceiving your vampire king.
16:53Magnificent!
16:54Truly magnificent!
16:56What a pair of faithless,
16:57serpent-hearted wretch.
16:58Were it not for Alara fighting fiercely today,
17:00the last Sikyon of the Vos bloodline,
17:03the sole heir of the loyal warrior house
17:04that guarded our blood feast borders,
17:06would have been eliminated
17:07by you two scheming vampires
17:09right here at this feast.
17:10Your treachery deserves the blood feast
17:12harshest punishment.
17:13Blood feast matriarch,
17:15I speak out of turn,
17:16yet I must voice what weighs on my heart.
17:18The Vos line is a humble warrior house.
17:21Serafina Sorden, as a consort candidate,
17:23was destined to serve the royal bloodline
17:24and enjoy the highest privileges.
17:26What status does my brother hold
17:28that could draw Serafina's attention?
17:30Why risk her own pure bloodline as bait,
17:33laying such a cruel trap,
17:34just to bind herself to the Vos bloodline?
17:37The words had barely left my lips
17:39when every gaze in the hall
17:40locked onto Serafina.
17:42It was undeniable.
17:43With her beauty and status,
17:44why take such a risk to chain herself
17:46to a minor noble lord?
17:48It made no sense whatsoever.
17:50Unless,
17:51could it be that she has no chance
17:53of passing the purity verification in three days?
17:55Three days hence marks
17:56the final pure blood verification
17:58for this cycle's consort candidates.
18:00The blood feast most senior female elder vampire
18:02shall conduct the examination personally.
18:04Only those with untainted pure blood
18:06may stand eligible to serve the royal bloodline.
18:09I suspect she forfeited her pure blood status long ago.
18:14Exposing this would be an act of treason
18:16against the vampire king,
18:17and her entire bloodline would pay the price.
18:20Thus she panicked and gambled everything.
18:22She staged this scene at the blood feast
18:23before all witnesses to shift the blame
18:25onto young lord Jax Vos.
18:26It would hide her own disgraceful loss of purity
18:29and force a blood bond with a noble house.
18:31One move, two fatal gains.
18:33The truth crashed over the hall like a storm.
18:35So that's it.
18:37What cunning, what ruthless cruelty.
18:39She wove every one of us
18:41into her despicable scheme.
18:42No, no, that's not true.
18:44I, I, I didn't.
18:47Shameless, disgraceful wretch.
18:49Elder Soren finally grasped the full truth.
18:54You have dragged the Soren bloodline's honor
18:56through the mud.
18:57Tell me, who was the vampire you constated with?
19:01Speak!
19:01Seraphina crumpled on the stone floor,
19:03covering her face and whimpering.
19:05I watched the chaos unfold
19:07with cold, unblinking eyes.
19:10The heavy stone that had weighed on my chest
19:12for two lifetimes finally began to shift.
19:15A deceived, noble female vampire
19:17could no longer hold her tongue.
19:19Elder Soren, is it not obvious?
19:21Who put on the biggest show
19:23of righteous outrage in this hall today?
19:25In an instant,
19:26every gaze in the hall snapped to Silas.
19:29You and my daughter grew up as blood feast kin.
19:31If you had wanted her for your own,
19:33you could have come to the Soren house and asked.
19:35I might not have refused you.
19:37Why wait until she entered the consort collection,
19:40then commit this shameful act in secret?
19:42Elder Soren, you are delusional.
19:44Lord Silas Dravon has far loftier ambitions.
19:47Why would he deign to look twice
19:48at a bloodline of fourth-rank officers?
19:51The Vos line are true warrior nobles.
19:53They have guarded our borders for generations,
19:55earned their honor in blood,
19:56and hold deep, unshakable roots.
19:58Lord Silas was playing both sides.
20:00He took Seraphana as a lover
20:02while scorning the Soren name,
20:03all the while planning to use
20:05the Vos bloodline's influence
20:06as a stepping stone to greater power.
20:08He never imagined both schemes would collapse,
20:10that he would try to frame an innocent man
20:12and lose everything.
20:15Elder Soren staggered back a step,
20:17finger trembling as he pointed at Silas.
20:19You faithless cur!
20:20You bloodstained traitor!
20:22Seraphina only buried her face in her hands
20:25and sobbed, not uttering a single word.
20:27Take this shameless wretch away.
20:30Conduct the blood verification, now.
20:32Two stone-faced, powerfully built
20:35senior female enforcers
20:36stepped forward without hesitation.
20:38They dragged the screaming,
20:40thrashing Seraphina out of the hall
20:42as easily as hauling a limp sack of rags.
20:45Vampire King!
20:46Bloodfeast Matriarch!
20:46I confess my sin!
20:48One month ago,
20:48I lost control in my cups
20:49and lay with Seraphina.
20:50I never intended to desiccate
20:52the royal consort selection.
20:53I know I have wronged you all.
20:55I beg you, Your Majesty, show mercy.
20:58Siamus Dravon,
20:59do not dare trivialize your crimes.
21:01Lost your senses in drink?
21:02You were consumed by your own base desires.
21:05If you had lain with her,
21:06you should have owned it.
21:07Given her a formal mistress title
21:08at the very least,
21:09granted her some dignity.
21:11Instead, you devised this vile plant,
21:13framing your own blood brother-in-law,
21:15your mate's own younger brother.
21:16Have you no shred of vampire honor left?
21:18Every soul in this blood feast
21:20knows Jaxfoss is the most loyal
21:21and honorable warrior among us.
21:23From the day his sister bonded with you,
21:25he revered you as an elder brother
21:26and trusted you with his life.
21:28This is how you repay him?
21:29You heaped this unforgivable dishonor on his head,
21:32condemned him to carry a stain
21:33that could never be washed away.
21:35Your heart is rotten to the core!
21:36The two senior female enforcers returned,
21:39holding a glowing silver vial of blood.
21:42Vampire king blood feast matriarch,
21:43Seraphina Sorin's blood has been tainted.
21:45Her propurity level falls far below
21:46the royal consort standard.
21:48By the blood moon,
21:49her blood's tainted long ago.
21:50Gasps rippled through the stone hall.
21:52Simus Draven plotted to seize the Vos legacy
21:55through this lie.
21:56That legacy was forged in blood
21:57defending our northern borders.
21:59He has no shred of vampire honor left.
22:01Elder Lord Draven,
22:02who had maintained his icy composure all night,
22:05shattered completely.
22:06He surged forward,
22:08unleashing a burst of elder bloodline power
22:10and struck Silas hard in the chest
22:12with his open palm.
22:13He crumpled to the stone floor,
22:15ribs shattered and blood core cracked,
22:17convulsing in silent agony.
22:18Vile wretch!
22:20Old Lord Vos saved our entire bloodline
22:22from annihilation on those borders!
22:23You will destroy a hundred years
22:25of Draven honor in one night!
22:27You!
22:27You ruined everything!
22:29I had it all planned!
22:30The Vos title!
22:32The power!
22:33Everything!
22:34He tried to lunge at me,
22:35but his shattered ribs
22:36and cracked blood core betrayed him.
22:38He collapsed back onto the stone floor,
22:40convulsing in fresh agony.
22:42The vampire king's face darkened like a storm,
22:44his gaze cold enough to freeze blood.
22:46Simus Draven,
22:47guilty of treason,
22:49conspiracy against loyal nobles
22:50and desecration of the Bloodfeast.
22:52Stripped of all titles,
22:53lands and bloodline powers,
22:55life imprisonment
22:56in the deepest tundrons of Draven estate.
22:58Elder Lord Draven,
22:59failure to discipline his heir,
23:01pay triple tribute to the Bloodfeast
23:03for three years,
23:04confined to your estate for self-reflection.
23:06Elder Sorin,
23:07failure to supervise his household
23:08and concealment of his daughter's transgression.
23:10Stripped of all rank,
23:12entire Sorin bloodline exiled
23:13to the northern wades,
23:14permanently barred from returning.
23:16Royal Enforcers dragged the raging Silas away to the dungeon.
23:20The court chaos ended at last.
23:22I left the hall with Jax,
23:24who was finally free from restraint.
23:26Alone together,
23:27Jax rubbed the rope marks on his wrists
23:29and questioned why I'd bound him that night.
23:31I told him everything.
23:32My past life death,
23:34Silas's betrayal,
23:35and every detail of the night's deadly scheme.
23:38Shaken by the deadly close call,
23:40Jax swore to obey me unconditionally from then on.
23:42A month later,
23:44word spread.
23:45Considering Elder Drayvon's already punished status,
23:49the Vampire King allowed Silas to be moved
23:51from the Royal Dungeon to the Drayvon Blood Prison.
23:53The Drayvons soon announced his death
23:55from severe internal injuries.
23:57Per noble tradition,
23:59outsiders never meddled in private family matters.
24:02After settling all court affairs,
24:04I took Jax back to our northern ancestral borderlands.
24:07Cold border winds blew away the filth of court intrigue.
24:11At last,
24:12my brother and I escaped meaningless power struggles
24:14and lived in peace,
24:16fulfilling our two lifetimes' greatest wish.
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