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00:00Three years ago, I fell into an ancient well, pulled into a rift in time, and woke up in an
00:05era that had forgotten the vampires.
00:07I am Serafina Evenrow, the youngest daughter of the Evenrenrow bloodline of the North Blood Court.
00:12The vampires had ruled this land for nine centuries.
00:15When I awoke, I was laying in the middle of a strange street.
00:19And then he came.
00:20A pair of black leather shoes stopped in front of me.
00:24Old blood, he whispered, almost to himself.
00:26Pure old blood.
00:28Look at me.
00:29The voice was soft, and I looked up.
00:32He squatted down, looked at me at eye level, and his nose moved.
00:35In the next moment, his whole body froze, his pupils turned red, and I saw his Adam's apple roll with
00:40difficulty, again and again.
00:42I instinctively retracted, my fangs flashing.
00:44He smiled.
00:46Easy, little one.
00:47He stretched out his hand and brushed his fingertips over my jaw.
00:50Show me. What's your name?
00:53Serafina. Serafina Evenrowse.
00:56Cassian Thorne.
00:57He lifted me up from the ground.
00:59From this night, you are under my roof.
01:01Obedient. I won't let anything touch you.
01:04He lowered his head and pressed his lips to my aerials.
01:06My little princess.
01:08Cassian Thorne found me.
01:09Cassian, like me, was ancient, cold-blooded, and fanged.
01:12He took me back to his home and taught me the rules.
01:15He fed me with the blood from his own wrist.
01:17I bit too deeply, and he never cried out in pain.
01:19He just held the back of my neck with his other hand and made me stick, tighter.
01:23Slow down. There is time.
01:24I didn't understand it at the time.
01:26He looked down at the momentary alienation in my eyes when I drank blood.
01:31At night, he went further.
01:34Cassian would trap me in the shadows, his hand sliding up my thigh, kneading my chest until I bared my
01:40fangs.
01:41He would whisper in my ear,
01:42My little princess.
01:44You'll be the end of me.
01:45For three years, I trusted Cassian completely.
01:48Until that one night, I visited Cassian's private club in the city.
01:51I was going to tell him.
01:53I had just learned that the lunar eclipse would occur seven nights from then.
01:56The ancient path would open.
01:57I could go home.
01:58I wanted to ask him to come with me.
02:00I paused at the door when I heard an unfamiliar voice from the room.
02:04Cassian, seriously.
02:05You've been obsessed with Lenota for an entire century.
02:09Why are you still keeping that little liar?
02:11Lenora.
02:12Lenora of Vance.
02:13His mother's human best friend, ten years older than him.
02:16His eyes would change whenever he mentioned her.
02:18I always pretended not to notice.
02:21Cassian loved Lenora.
02:23Then came another voice.
02:24Don't you know?
02:25His bloodline carries a blood curse.
02:27The cure is to drink from a blood bond partner's neck a thousand times.
02:31But Lenora, he wouldn't even dare touch her.
02:34So, he picked some beautiful thing with no background.
02:37Calling herself some even-rose princess.
02:39Even though that bloodline was expelled from the council nine hundred years ago.
02:43Who knows where she crawled out from.
02:45Clean blood.
02:46Easy to control.
02:47He's been counting for three years.
02:48Once the bloodthirst is quenched, he'll be free.
02:51He can go back to Lenora.
02:53Three years, Cassian.
02:54It must be thousands by now.
02:56You really nothing?
02:58Cassian curled his lips.
03:00Feel nothing?
03:01For a liar I picked off the streets?
03:03That girl looks at you differently.
03:05If she finds out, she'll run.
03:07Then your cure will be gone.
03:09Cassian chuckled lightly.
03:11Run?
03:12She has no identity.
03:14No protection from the council.
03:16Where could she run?
03:20Laughter erupted in the room.
03:23In their eyes, I was a pretty story with a touch of power.
03:26A liar.
03:27In Cassian's eyes, I was just just the cure.
03:30I ran out before my legs gave way.
03:32I was much faster than a human.
03:34I ran with all my strength.
03:35But uncontrollably, my mind kept replaying how patiently watched me struggle to hold a pen.
03:41How he would whisper over and over,
03:43Serafina, my little princess.
03:44Until I thought that name meant love.
03:46It was all a lie.
03:47I ran back to his house because I had nowhere else to go.
03:50The house was empty.
03:50I stood motionless in the darkness until my fangs stopped throbbing and the thirst for blood inside me quieted.
03:55I didn't cry, but something inside me shattered.
03:57I will not tell him about the eclipse.
03:59Seven nights from now, the ancient path will open.
04:01I will walk into it and then disappear.
04:03Cassian will wake up one morning, only to find that he can never find me again.
04:07Let Cassian have his Lenora.
04:09Let him have his cure.
04:10From this moment, I am no longer his.
04:13I forced myself to lie down on the bed and quickly fell into a daze.
04:17I don't know how much time passed before a body pressed down on me.
04:21The scent of alcohol mixed with his presence, enveloping me.
04:25It was Cassian.
04:27There was no prelude.
04:28His hand immediately slipped between my legs, starting to move.
04:32In the past, when Cassian suddenly demanded this of me, he would always mummer things like,
04:37I've been going crazy thinking about you.
04:39Making my cheeks flush.
04:41Now I understood.
04:42Cassian just wanted to speed things up, to vent his desires.
04:45I opened my eyes and pushed him away.
04:47He stopped, his voice low and horsey.
04:50What's wrong?
04:51I don't feel well.
04:52I turned my head, avoiding his kiss.
04:54Cassian chuckled, his palm covering my chest, his touch seductive.
04:58Not feeling well?
04:59That's not how you say it here.
05:02It was words like this, in positions like this, that made me believe again and again that he loved me.
05:09It's not my body.
05:11It's my heart.
05:12I don't want this.
05:13Cassian didn't take me seriously.
05:15He bet down to kiss my neck.
05:16Hush, little one.
05:17It'll be over soon.
05:19His fangs brushed against my pulse.
05:21In the past, this would have made me melt instantly.
05:25But now, I just felt cold.
05:28You don't love me, so you never care about my feelings, do you?
05:32You just need to vent.
05:34Cassian paused, raising his head, his brow furrowing.
05:38Who told you that nonsense?
05:39If I didn't love you, would I sleep with you so many times?
05:42Would I hold you in my hands?
05:44I was always a princess.
05:46Fine, you're a little princess.
05:48Cassian's tone was dismissive as he pressed down again.
05:50My little princess, just hold on.
05:52It'll be over soon.
05:53Just as I was preparing to endure like a lifeless corpse, the phone on the nightstand rang.
05:58Cassian froze for a moment, glancing at the caller ID.
06:02His expression changed instantly.
06:05It was Lenora.
06:06Cassian immediately pulled away and answered the phone.
06:09His tone was one I had never heard before.
06:11Lenora?
06:12You're back?
06:13Wait for me, I'm coming now.
06:14Without looking at me, Cassian threw on his clothes, grabbed the car keys, and rushed out.
06:19I curled up on the bed, listening to the roar of the engine as it faded away downstairs.
06:24Outside the window, several stars were unusually bright.
06:27The lunar eclipse was approaching soon.
06:30Soon I'll be free of the man who lied to me with his body.
06:33Cassian didn't return until noon the next day, his demeanor unchanged, as if nothing had happened the previous night.
06:40Awake?
06:41He walked in front of me.
06:43I had to deal with something last night.
06:45Lenora came back from overseas, and I went to pick her up.
06:48I lowered my gaze and remained silent.
06:53Lenora heard I had a partner and wanted to meet you.
06:55Let's have lunch together.
06:57I don't want to go.
06:59Cassian furrowed his brow.
07:01Don't be wilfed.
07:02She's very important to me.
07:04Without waiting for my refusal, he dragged me out.
07:07At the restaurant, Lenora was already waiting.
07:10When she saw us, she stood up.
07:14So, this is Serafina?
07:15She's beautiful.
07:16You two look perfect together.
07:18She said, taking my hand.
07:20She smiled sweetly, but Cassian beside her froze for a moment.
07:24The person he truly thought was perfect was never me.
07:26Once seated, even though I was the partner Caspian had brought, all his attention was on Lenora.
07:31He pulled out her chair.
07:32He laid out her napkin.
07:33He introduced the dishes to her.
07:35She affectionately called him Kitten, bringing up old stories from his childhood.
07:40Kitten was so clingy when he was little.
07:42When I went out, he would cling to my legs and cry, insisting on following me.
07:47He was this small, Tring behind me, calling me Lenora, so cute.
07:52Cassian listened quietly, a smile tugging at his lips.
07:55I remembered a time, in a moment of passion, when I had accidentally called him Cassian.
08:00He had frowned and said he didn't like such clingy names.
08:04But now, when his beloved called him Kitten, Cassian looked like this.
08:09Just then, Lenora cut her steak, and the knife grazed her fingertip, drawing a small cut.
08:14Blood began to seep out.
08:16She hissed softly.
08:17Almost instantly, Caspi's expression changed, and he leaned forward, taking her fingertip into his mouth.
08:22I was frozen, shocked.
08:25Our healing abilities were so strong, that this small injury...
08:30What hurt even more was that as Cassian held her fingertip, his fangs had already descended, and his eyes turned
08:37deep red.
08:38Cassian would react like this for another woman.
08:41I knew all too well what that meant for vampires.
08:43It was an obsession deeply ingrained in the bones.
08:47I gripped my knife and fork so tightly, that I didn't lose control.
08:54Cassian seemed oblivious, carefully tending to her wound, before pulling out a small box and handing it to her.
09:02Lenora, I heard you've been collecting moonlight stones.
09:05I took one for you.
09:06She smiled faintly.
09:08Such a thoughtful Kitten.
09:09It's for you.
09:10No matter how expensive, it's worth it.
09:13Cassian looked at her, his gaze intense.
09:16She took the gift, her eyes scanning the moonlight stone around my neck.
09:20But it seems, now that you have a partner, I still can't compare to her.
09:24The one you gave her is much better than mine.
09:27Instinctively, I covered the moonlight stone around my neck.
09:30It was the one my father had given me on my coming of age day.
09:34The only proof I had of my even-rose bloodline and my status as a princess.
09:39Cassian immediately understood what she meant.
09:41He turned to me.
09:43Serafina, Lenita likes your moonlight stone.
09:46Take it off and give it to her.
09:47No, I looked at him in disbelief.
09:50This was given to me by my father.
09:53Cassian's face darkened, his voice dropping low.
09:56Serafina, the things you say in private, I'll play along.
09:59But now you want to keep up the act in front of Lenora?
10:02Give her the moonlight stone.
10:04I won't give it.
10:05The atmosphere froze.
10:07Finally, Lenora smiled and said she was just casually mentioning it.
10:12It seemed like the matter was over, but I could feel Cassian's cold gaze.
10:16If it were before, I would have tried to find a way to appease him.
10:19Now, Cassian's moods no longer affected me in the slightest.
10:26After dinner, it began to rain outside.
10:30I followed him to the car, and just as I was about to open the door, a click sounded as
10:36he locked it.
10:37Take a taxi back yourself.
10:39Cassian didn't look at me.
10:40I froze.
10:41Lenora sat in the passenger seat, her voice soft.
10:44Cassian, it's raining so hard.
10:46How can she take a taxi alone?
10:48Isn't this Antinia making things difficult for her?
10:51I am making things difficult for her.
10:53Cassian sneered, his gaze sweeping over me.
10:56She's being unreasonable today, disrespecting you.
11:00Cassian, she's your partner.
11:02So what if she is?
11:03Cassian's voice rose.
11:05She still can't disrespect you.
11:08Lenora, don't get involved.
11:10He didn't look at me again, pressed the gas pedal, and the car sped off, splashing mud all over me.
11:16I stood there, watching the car disappear into the rain.
11:19Just because I had lost face in front of her, Cassian wanted to punish me like this.
11:24I pulled out my phone to call a taxi, only to realize I still didn't know how.
11:28I remembered how Cassian had taught me, and I had never gotten it right.
11:32I had nervously asked him if he thought I was stupid.
11:35What did he say back then?
11:36Cassian ruffled my hair, his gaze gentle.
11:39My little princess, if you knew everything, what would I do?
11:44Don't worry about it.
11:46No matter when, no matter where, just say the word, and I'll come get you.
11:49The rain mixed with my tears as they slid down my face.
11:53I had waited in the rain for a long time, but not a single car passed.
11:57Finally, I took off my painful heels and started walking slowly toward home.
12:02I hadn't gone far when headlights suddenly flashed toward me.
12:09The impact swept over me, and darkness swallowed my consciousness.
12:14When I regained awareness, I was on an operating table.
12:16The sound of a doctor's urgent voice reached my ears.
12:19Have you contacted her emergency contact?
12:22I've called.
12:23The nurse's voice was helpless.
12:25They said he's out of town, but he's arranged for a private doctor.
12:28He'll cover the expenses.
12:30He also told us to tell the patient that this is what she deserves.
12:34I was a vampire.
12:36A human's car couldn't kill me.
12:38But if silver dusk mixed with my blood, it was a different story.
12:43I lay there, unable to numb the pain that tore at my heart, even with the anesthesia.
12:48It turned out, when my life was hanging by a thread, Cassian didn't even want to come sign a consent
12:54form.
12:54What was even crueler was that he had someone deliver those words to me.
12:58The anesthesia was injected into my vein, and I sank into a haze.
13:03It felt like I had returned to the days three years ago.
13:06When Cassian first picked me up, I was clumsy back then.
13:10When hot water gushed out, I was startled and stepped back, with a cry.
13:16I was helpless with that black block called a phone.
13:20Each time, Cassian patiently taught me.
13:23He never mocked my awkwardness, only smirking when I made a fool of myself, saying,
13:28Come here, little fool.
13:30Let me show you.
13:32Then there was our first time.
13:33I came from the strict old world court.
13:36Innocent and afraid of such things, Cassian kissed my brow, coaxed me, and tempted me.
13:42As I trembled and moaned, he bit my earlobe and whispered,
13:47Seraphina, my little princess.
13:49Mine now.
13:50Finally mine.
13:52I sank into the web he wove, thinking it was love, thinking it was fate that had crossed centuries.
14:01It was all a lie.
14:02I don't know how much time passed before the surgery ended,
14:06I woke up in a hospital room.
14:08The door opened.
14:09Lenora walked in with Cassian.
14:11Seraphina, you're awake.
14:13She looked at me with concern.
14:14I already told Kitty it was his fault.
14:17She nudged him.
14:18Go on.
14:18Apologize.
14:19Cassian didn't move.
14:20Lenora's face turned serious.
14:22Kitten, if you don't apologize, I don't talk to you anymore.
14:26That sentence seemed to press on his life's pulse.
14:29The man who hadn't bowed in 800 years actually compromised.
14:34Cassian took a few steps forward.
14:36Looked at me and spoke in a calm tone.
14:39It's my fault.
14:40Before I could react, he added,
14:42But Lenora is the most important person to me.
14:44You can't throw these tantrums anymore and make her uncomfortable.
14:47Next time it won't be just getting rained on.
14:49The most important person.
14:51He admitted it with his own mouth.
14:52I closed my eyes.
14:54The pain in my heart so intense that I could no longer feel anything.
14:58Lenora, seeing the atmosphere soften, took out a thermos.
15:01Serafina, I made some soup for you.
15:04I looked at the soup.
15:05I caught a faint scent, masked by spices, of white wax berries.
15:10To a vampire, that was equivalent to chronic silver dust.
15:13I weakly shook my head.
15:16I won't drink it.
15:17His face darkened.
15:19Serafina, Lenora made this specially for you.
15:21Don't make me angry.
15:22It has white wax berries in it.
15:24You specifically told me a half month ago that this can never appear in the house.
15:28He froze.
15:29A hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
15:31Lenora immediately intervened.
15:33It's all my fault.
15:34I didn't know.
15:35I'll go make a fresh batch of soup.
15:36She stood up and left.
15:38The room was left with just the two of us.
15:40I didn't mean to forget.
15:41He rubbed his brow.
15:42I just thought you were throwing a tantrum again.
15:45She really is important to me.
15:47How important?
15:48I whispered.
15:51Without hesitation, he replied.
15:54For her, I'd give up my life.
15:57Those words extinguished the last spark of fire in my heart.
16:01At that moment, a nurse rushed in in a panic.
16:04Mr. Thorne!
16:05Miss Lenita fell at the stairs and is bleeding heavily!
16:08Cassian's face changed instantly.
16:10He jumped up and rushed out.
16:12His movement was so swift that he knocked over the bowl of soup on the nightstand.
16:17The scalding liquid splashed across my exposed arm.
16:20I let out a muffled cry as my arm instantly turned red.
16:24Without even looking back, he was already gone.
16:26The pain made me break into a cold sweat.
16:29The healing speed of vampires was faster than that of humans.
16:32But the berry juice in the soup was seeping into the wound.
16:35I pressed the call button.
16:37I pressed it for a long time, but no nurse came.
16:40I struggled to get out of bed.
16:41At the end of the hall, the door to a VIP room was surrounded by doctors.
16:46Cassian was standing in the middle, shouting.
16:48I don't care what methods you use.
16:50You must save her.
16:51If anything happens to her, this hospital will pay the price.
16:55Such fury.
16:56It was for Lenora.
16:58I couldn't bear to watch any longer.
17:00I turned and moved toward the nurse station.
17:03A nurse saw the burn on my arm and my pale face.
17:07Her eyes wide in shock as she quickly helped me treat the wound through the whole process.
17:12I clenched my teeth.
17:14The pain in my body was nothing compared to the agony in my heart.
17:18When I returned to the hallway, I overheard the doctors telling Cassian that Lenora had lost too much blood, and
17:26her blood type was rare, so the hospital didn't have enough supply.
17:30Cassian immediately rolled up his sleeve.
17:32Take mine.
17:33I share the same blood type as her.
17:35He donated blood nearly to the point of madness.
17:40Mr. Thorne, we can't draw any more.
17:42You've exceeded the safe limit.
17:44Cassian shoved the nurse aside.
17:46Draw it.
17:46I don't care if I die.
17:48You must save her.
17:49For our kind, blood is everything.
17:51Blood is life.
17:52Blood is identity.
17:54Blood is intimacy.
17:55Blood is a mark.
17:56To drain one's own blood for a woman, it is the oldest soul bond in our bloodline.
18:02His words echoed in my ears.
18:04For her, I'd give up my life.
18:06It was true.
18:07And me?
18:07When I was hanging by a thread after the car accident, needing my family to sign for me.
18:13His words were,
18:14This is what she deserves.
18:15Love and indifference were so clear.
18:17I laughed.
18:18Laughed until tears filled from my eyes.
18:20In the days that followed, all the doctors and resources were prioritized for Lenora.
18:25I had to take care of myself.
18:27One time, I overheard two nurses talking softly outside the door.
18:32What exactly is the relationship between Miss Lenora and Mr. Thorne?
18:35The other day, he nearly passed out from blood loss.
18:38And these days, he hasn't left her side for a moment.
18:41They can't be partners, right?
18:42Isn't his real girlfriend living next door?
18:44But he hasn't visited her once these past few days.
18:47The day her yesterday, I saw her wound reopen, so I went to talk to Mr. Thorne about getting a
18:52doctor to help.
18:52But he yelled at me and said all the doctors had to be focused on Miss Lenora.
18:56I leaned against the door, my heart numb with pain.
18:59The day I was discharged, Cassian personally took Lenora back to her home.
19:04She leaned into his arms and smiled at me.
19:08Serafina, sorry, but it looks like I'll be staying with you for a while.
19:12Cassian immediately interrupted her.
19:15This is your home too.
19:16Stay as long as you want.
19:18No one can make you leave.
19:21I watched them, watched as the place I once thought of as ours, now became the home of the person
19:26he truly held in his heart.
19:29In the days that followed, I clearly felt Caspius' affection for her.
19:34He would patiently watch those art films with her.
19:37Films he had no interest in before, and would not complain even when he fell asleep.
19:41He would tuck her in for her afternoon naps, staying by her side.
19:47So this was what it really looked like when he loved someone.
19:50It wasn't just about the bed.
19:51My heart ached until it went numb.
19:53I felt like a ghost, living in the shared space of Cassian and Lenora, until her birthday.
19:58Cassian threw her a grand birthday celebration.
20:01Lenora, happy birthday.
20:03Kitten, I love it.
20:05Before the party started, he handed her a gift box, inside which was a dress.
20:09She opened the box.
20:10She walked into the fitting room with the dress.
20:13Not long after, I heard her voice from inside.
20:16Serafina, are you out there?
20:17Could you come in and help me zip up the back?
20:19It seems to be stuck.
20:20I was about to answer and step forward when Callian reached out and stopped me.
20:24Your injury isn't healed.
20:25His eyes flickered.
20:27I'll go.
20:27Cassian opened the fitting room door and went in.
20:29The door wasn't fully closed, leaving a crack.
20:32I stood still, my feet nailed to the ground.
20:34I could hear the voices inside.
20:35Why are you here?
20:36She asked, a bit surprised.
20:39Serafina's injury isn't healed.
20:40I'll help you.
20:41Cassian's voice was deep.
20:43Her tone was indulgent.
20:44All right, I'm sorry.
20:46My body's not great.
20:47I feel embarrassed.
20:48How could that be?
20:49Cassian immediately rebutted.
20:50Lenora's body is the best I've ever seen.
20:53She chuckled softly.
20:54Better than Serafina?
20:55Through the crack in the door, I saw Cassia step closer, pressing against her back.
20:59She, how could she compare to you?
21:00At that moment, every drop of blood in my body turned cold.
21:03I stumbled backward.
21:06An hour later, the party began.
21:09Lenora, as the guest of honor, mingled with the guests.
21:12She personally cut the cake, serving slices to everyone.
21:16When Lenora walked over with a slice of nut cake for Cassian, I almost instinctively blurted out,
21:22He can't eat this.
21:24He's allergic to hazelnuts.
21:26The moment the words left my mouth, I regretted it.
21:30She froze for a second, then looked at Cassian with an apologetic smile.
21:35You see, I forgot.
21:37Serafina is always so thoughtful.
21:39This wasn't being thoughtful.
21:41This was just over a thousand days and nights,
21:44loving him so much that I had committed every one of his forbidden foods to memory.
21:48At this moment, I wished I had never remembered.
21:51His gaze lingered on my face for a moment, his expression complex and unreadable.
21:56Then, Cassian took the plate of cake, scooped a bite, and put it in his mouth.
22:02Cassian!
22:03She exclaimed.
22:04Aren't you allergic?
22:06Spit it out!
22:06Cassian swallowed and looked at her, his gaze stubborn.
22:09It's fine.
22:10I'll take some medicine.
22:11He paused before adding.
22:13Even if it were medicine, I'd still take it, as long as it came from your hand.
22:17Lenora was stunned, then smiled affectionate, reaching to pat his head.
22:20Silly kitten.
22:22Cassian lowered his head slightly, allowing her to pet him.
22:25Cassian had once said he hated it when others touched his head, claiming it was an offense.
22:31It turns out, he didn't mind being touched.
22:34He just hated being touched by someone who didn't love him.
22:39For the rest of the evening, Cassian's gaze was always on Lenora.
22:44When Cassian saw Lenora talking, automatically with a man, his eyes turned terrifying.
22:49He downed a glass of liquor.
22:51Then in the next moment, crack, he crushed the glass in his hand.
22:55Liquor mixed with blood.
22:57Drip from his fingers.
22:59Yet, Cassian seemed to feel no pain.
23:02He suddenly stood up, not even glancing at me, and walked straight out of the ballroom.
23:07I no longer wanted to stay either, so I got up and headed to the terrace.
23:11On my way back down the hall, I ran into Cassius, who was leaning against the wall, clearly drunk.
23:16Cassian's eyes were dazed.
23:18I tried to pretend I didn't see him, lowering my head and walking quickly past.
23:22Just as I was about to pass him, Cassian reached out and pulled me into his arms.
23:27His breath fanned against my neck.
23:29Lenora.
23:30Cassian clearly mistook me for her.
23:32Don't smile at him like that.
23:34I'll go crazy.
23:36I froze.
23:37It's been ten years.
23:38Cassian held me tighter.
23:39I've been like a fool, quenching you talk to different men.
23:42Every time you come close to me, every time you speak to me, I can barely control myself.
23:47Yet all I can do is call you Lenoya.
23:50Just now, I really wanted to kill him.
23:52Then lock you up.
23:53Lock you somewhere only I can see.
23:55Wait for me a little longer, will you?
23:56Soon I'll be free to tell you.
23:58Then we'll be together.
24:00Forever.
24:00So this was the hidden love Cassie had buried deep inside.
24:03So all of Cassiel's odd behavior, all his loss of control, was just for her.
24:08What was I to him?
24:09I used every bit of strength to push Cassiel away and ran toward the door of the ballroom.
24:15Just as I rushed out into the garden, I heard a scream from the pool area.
24:26Someone's fallen into the water!
24:29I followed the sound and saw Lenita struggling in the pool.
24:33I didn't have time to think.
24:35My heart was cold, but I couldn't let her drown.
24:38I leapt into the pool.
24:43I swam to her, grabbed her from behind, and dragged her toward the edge.
24:47Finally, I managed to push her to the edge so she could grab on, but my calf suddenly cramped.
24:54I lost my balance and gulped down some water.
24:58Something was in the water.
25:00Silver.
25:01Silver dust solution.
25:03The intense pain shot up my leg and straight to my heart.
25:07My vampire instincts were instantly suppressed, and my strength drained away.
25:12I struggled desperately.
25:14Soon, a figure rushed over.
25:16It was Cassian.
25:17His gaze swept over the water's surface.
25:19Without hesitation, he swam towards the still-struggling Lenora and pulled her to shore.
25:25Throughout the entire ordeal, he never spared a glance at me, struggling in the water, about to drown.
25:30The cold water rushed into my nostrils, but none of that compared with the despair in my heart.
25:36I watched Cassian, his attention fully on Lenora, as he laid her flat on the ground, performing CPR with focus.
25:43With urgency, I couldn't hold on any longer.
25:45My consciousness was swallowed by darkness.
25:50When I woke up again, I was lying in a hospital bed.
25:54Cassian stood by the bedside, his face dark with anger.
25:57Seeing me open my eyes, he didn't show any concern, only a demand.
26:01Serafina, you can swim, so why couldn't you get Lenora out of the water in time?
26:04You almost caused her death.
26:06I opened my mouth, wanting to say that.
26:08Silver dust in it, suppressing my strength.
26:12But he didn't give me the chance to explain.
26:14I know you've been upset because she's taken my attention lately.
26:18His voice was cold.
26:19But how could you joke with her life?
26:21All the words stuck in my throat.
26:23And in the end, I stayed silent.
26:25But Cassian had already passed judgment on me in his heart.
26:28No matter how much I said, it would only sound like an excuse.
26:32Seeing my silence, he assumed I was acknowledging my guilt.
26:37Take care of yourself.
26:39Lenina's been traumatized, and I need to be with her.
26:42With that, Cassian turned and left.
26:45On the day I was discharged, I ran into Cassian at the hospital entrance, coming to pick up Lenora.
26:50Lenora hooked her arms through Cassian's, and when she saw me, she smiled and thanked me.
26:54Serafina, thank you that day.
26:55If it weren't for you, I might have drowned.
26:57Cassian, standing beside her, didn't like what she said and grumbled.
27:00You're thanking her, but not me?
27:02Lenora laughed, ruffling Cassia's hair.
27:04All right, I'll thank you too, my savior.
27:06Then she stood on her tiptoes and gently kissed him on the cheek.
27:09Cassian froze, his eyes full of disbelief and a hint of joy.
27:12Seeing his expression, Lenora smiled even more softly.
27:16What's wrong?
27:16Didn't want me to thank you?
27:18When you were little, whenever you did something well, wasn't this how I rewarded you?
27:21His throat bobbed, but he didn't said anything.
27:24Cassian turned his gaze away from me, speaking in an indifferent tone.
27:27Tonight, the Thorn family's hosting a family dinner.
27:30You'll with me come.
27:31I instinctively wanted to refuse, but the words caught in my throat, because I too don't
27:34even remembered.
27:35Tonight was the night of the lunar eclipse, and the place I first landed in when I fell
27:38into this world was near a Thorn family estate, in a secret garden.
27:41To return, I had to back to the beginning.
27:43I nodded silently.
27:46At the ancient Thorn family estate, he first took me to meet his parents.
27:51Cassian's parents were very fond of me, especially his mother, who immediately took off a family
27:56heirloom ring from her wrist, a ring bearing the family crest, and placed it on my finger.
28:01Mrs. Thorn, this is too valuable.
28:03I quickly protested.
28:04Since I had already decided to leave, I couldn't accept such a token of legacy and acknowledgement.
28:09Take it, child.
28:11It's my heartfelt gift, she insisted.
28:14I looked at the ring on my finger and felt it burn with discomfort.
28:17I planned to find a chance after the dinner to return it to Cassian.
28:21During the lively dinner, I quietly left my seat and went to the back garden of the estate,
28:26searching for the ancient Roman stone well from my memories.
28:29But instead of finding the well, I encountered Lenora.
28:33I nodded, intending to walk past her.
28:37Stop.
28:37Lenora called out to me.
28:38I turned to look at her.
28:40Her eyes landed on the ring on my finger, and her smile immediately disappeared.
28:45Serafina, don't think that just because you're wearing the Thorn family heirloom ring,
28:50you've really become the future lady of this house.
28:52Don't you know who he really loves?
28:54This ring?
28:55He'll eventually take it back from you.
28:57A needle seemed to pierce my heart.
28:59But more than that, it was ridiculous.
29:02You know he loves you?
29:03I asked calmly.
29:05Of course I do.
29:06Lenora said, her tone almost boastful.
29:09Kitten can't hide his feelings for me.
29:11Since the day I came back, every glance he's given me, every word he's spoken to me, has
29:16been telling me he loves me.
29:18Then why not accept him?
29:20Lenora brushed her hair back.
29:22We have a ten-year gap.
29:23If I agreed easily, he wouldn't value me.
29:28Men, especially someone like him, only want what they can't have.
29:35She looked at me with disdain.
29:37As for you, don't think he loves you so much.
29:41While I was over Z, every time he video called me, he was hiding it from me.
29:45Every time he saw me talking to another man, he'd get jealous and come back to vent on you.
29:52Serafina, you're just a tool to calm his desires for me.
29:56My face turned pale, so that's how it was.
29:59All those canceled dates over the past three years, his sudden bursts of passion and demands,
30:04it was all because of Lenora.
30:05Lenora smiled with satisfaction.
30:07So, be smart and leave.
30:10You're just not worthy of him.
30:12I closed my eyes for a moment.
30:14When I opened them again, all that was left in my gaze was calmness.
30:17I nodded softly.
30:19What I meant was that I would leave tonight, disappear for good.
30:22However, Lenora misunderstood, thinking that I didn't believe or wasn't willing to leave.
30:27A cold glint flashed in her eyes.
30:30Seems you're too confident.
30:32She sneered.
30:33Fine.
30:34Let me show you how you're nothing compared to me in his heart.
30:38Before I could react, Lenora suddenly took a step back, leaned her body backward,
30:43and threw herself down the steep stone steps.
30:45At that moment, Cassian rushed around the corner.
30:49Lenora!
30:52Cassian saw Lenora lying at the bottom of the stairs, blood trickling from her forehead.
30:57He immediately looked up at me, his eyes filled with red rage.
31:01His fangs had already slipped from his lips.
31:04Seraphina!
31:05Why did you push her?
31:07I didn't.
31:09It's not her fault.
31:10Lenora's voice was weak.
31:11I accidentally made her angry.
31:15Sepafina, I never thought you would be malicious.
31:18Just because she said some things you didn't like, you'd go this far?
31:22Cassian ordered the servants who were rushing to the scene.
31:25Take her to the basement.
31:26Twenty slaps.
31:27Let her come her tringsing.
31:30Cassian!
31:31I really didn't push her!
31:33Please trust me just this once!
31:35But Cassian didn't believe me.
31:36He picked up Lenora and left without looking back.
31:39I was roughly dragged to the basement by the servants.
31:42The whips cracked through the air, each one landing on my back.
31:46My skin split open.
31:47The silver-threaded whips felt like they were driving lead into my bones with each strike.
31:52I critted my teeth, not begging for mercy, not crying out.
31:57I only focused on remembering the humiliation and pain.
32:01After twenty lashes, the servant coldly said,
32:04You'll stay here and reflect until Master comes back to deal with you.
32:06They locked the door and left.
32:08How could I reflect?
32:10I still needed to go home.
32:12I gritted my teeth and pulled the silver dust shards out of my wounds.
32:16My fingertips were burned black from the silver.
32:20The strength in my limbs slowly returned.
32:23I endured the intense pain in my back, struggled to get up, and slammed into the wooden door.
32:28The latch gave way.
32:29I pushed open the door and ran toward the secluded garden I remembered.
32:33She's escaped!
32:34Miss Serafina has run away!
32:37The alarmed voices and hurried footsteps followed behind me, faster, faster.
32:42Finally, in the furthest corner of the back garden, I found the ancient Roman stone well, half hidden by vines.
32:50At that moment, a giant blood moon was being swallowed by shadows in the night sky.
32:55The eclipse, the gate opens, the time has come.
32:59Miss Serafina!
33:01Don't go there!
33:01The servants shouted in terror.
33:04Call master!
33:06She's going to commit suicide!
33:08Suicide.
33:09I stopped at the edge of the well and glanced back toward the brightly lit mansion.
33:13Cassian, I am not killing myself.
33:16I'm going home.
33:17When you return, there will be nothing left of me here.
33:20Farewell.
33:20Just before the servants reached me and grabbed my sleeve, I leaped into the well.
33:25The cold water engulfed me instantly.
33:29A powerful pull came from the bottom of the well.
33:32Time and space twisted and spun.
33:34Just before I lost consciousness, I thought I heard someone shouting,
33:38Miss Serafina!
33:41But it was too late.
33:42When I opened my eyes again, I saw the familiar carved bed canopy.
33:48A maid standing by the bed rushed over when she saw I was awake.
33:52Princess, you're finally awake!
33:54You've been unconscious for three years!
33:56I was so scared!
33:57Princess, I've returned.
34:00Back to my blood court.
34:02Lyra.
34:03I spoke.
34:04My throat dry.
34:06It's me!
34:06Lyra tightly grasped my hand.
34:09You've been unconscious for three whole years, the elders said.
34:12I thought I would never be able to wake you.
34:15She was crying uncontrollably.
34:17Three years?
34:18I had spent three years in that world.
34:21And here, I had been ascent asleep for three years as well.
34:25Outside the palace, hurried footsteps could be heard,
34:28followed to the guard's deep announcement.
34:30His Majesty the Blood King and the Queen are arriving.
34:35Father and Mother almost burst into the room.
34:38Seraphina!
34:38My Seraphina!
34:39My usually stern father was in tears, trembling as he stroked my cheek.
34:43Mother held me close.
34:44My child!
34:45My child!
34:46You finally woke up!
34:47I thought I would never see this day!
34:49Feeling my parents' real embrace, I felt like I had awakened from another lifetime.
34:52The three years in that world.
34:54The strange streets.
34:56Cassian's face.
34:57Both gentle and cruel.
34:59Lenora's false smile.
35:00The painful lasses.
35:02It all felt like a long and twisted nightmare.
35:05Now, the dream had finally ended.
35:10I raised my hand gently and returned my mother's embrace, but my gaze fell on my arm.
35:15That spot had once been burned by scalding soup, leaving behind a red mark.
35:18Now, only a faint trace remained.
35:20The lashes on my back seemed to still ache slightly.
35:23That was the humiliation Cassian had bestowed upon me.
35:25Cassian.
35:26The name passed through my mind, but it no longer stirred a single ripple in my heart.
35:29That man, that world, and the heart I had given away were all completely buried deep within that ancient well,
35:34the link between the two worlds.
35:36From now on, I was the most esteemed prince of the Evenrose bloodline.
35:39I would never see the man named Cassian Thorne again.
35:41Meanwhile, in the human world, at the Thorne family estate, Cassius roared into his phone.
35:47What did you say?
35:48She jumped into the well?
35:50Cassian had just settled Lenora into the best private hospital and was about to return to deal with Seraphina.
35:57He was agitated, his mind torn between anger over Lenita's injury and a growing sense of unease.
36:04It was at this moment that he received a call from his servant.
36:08Young master, it's bad!
36:11Miss Seraphina, she, she jumped into the well!
36:14Jumped into the well to commit suicide.
36:16The four words sent Caspia's mind into a blank.
36:20Suicide?
36:21She would commit suicide?
36:24The girl he had pampered for three years, the soft and gentle Seraphina, who would kill himself over twenty lashes.
36:31Impossible.
36:31It had to be another trick.
36:34But when he rushed back to the estate in a frenzy and arrived at the well, he found the servants
36:38gathering around the well's edge.
36:42Caspian grabbed one of the servants.
36:44Where is she?
36:45Where is Seraphina?
36:47Young master, we couldn't stop her.
36:50She just jumped straight in.
36:51The servant cried out.
36:53We shouted, saying you were coming back, telling her not to give up.
36:57But she smiled up at the sky and just jumped in.
37:00Cassian rushed to the edge of the well, his voice hoarse and desperate, shouting into the bottomless darkness.
37:07Seraphina, come out!
37:09Do you hear me?
37:11I command you, come out!
37:13All that echoed back was his hollow voice.
37:17An unprecedented panic cripped his heart.
37:20Go down.
37:22Get down there and fetch her.
37:25If she's alive, let us see her.
37:27If she's dead, let us see the body.
37:29However, the well was empty, except for mud, water plants, and a few scattered stones.
37:35No Seraphina.
37:37No pieces off my clothing.
37:38No Thorn Femmini heirloom ring.
37:40On my hand, nothing.
37:42A servant shrank back.
37:44Young master, something's wrong.
37:47There's nothing inside.
37:48Search.
37:50Cassian's eyes were bloodshot, his fists slamming into the edge of the well.
37:54His knuckles broke open, blood dripping down.
37:57He couldn't feel the pain.
38:00Use all the force you need.
38:02Even if you have to flip the earth upside down, find her.
38:07He refused to accept the possibility of suicide.
38:11He couldn't accept her simply vanishing.
38:15Seraphina, I'm back.
38:17Returning home, Cassian habitually called out.
38:21All he received was a deathly silence.
38:27Frustrated, Cassian tore off his collar and went upstairs, opening the bedroom door.
38:33The air still carried the faint scent of me.
38:35The bed was a little messy.
38:37Cassian walked over and saw a few of my long strands of hair on the pillow.
38:48He reached out and carefully picked up the hair.
38:51Suddenly, he clenched his fist, tightly grasping the strands of hair, and his other hand slammed into the wall.
38:59Why?
39:01I only wanted to teach her a lesson.
39:03To make sure she never disrespects Lenora again.
39:06Cassian had never imagined I would leave in such a decisive way.
39:10No, it's impossible.
39:11She can't leave on her own.
39:12She said herself, this world only has herself.
39:16Exhausted, Cassian still had to go to the hospital to deal with Lenora's injuries.
39:21Lenora had a bandage on her forehead, looking pitiful.
39:24When she saw Cassian walk in, she immediately softened her expression and furrowed her brow.
39:31Kitten, you're here.
39:33My head hurts so much.
39:35The doctor said I might have a mild concussion.
39:38If it had been before, Cassian would have been heartbroken.
39:42But now, his mind was filled with the disappearance of Seraphina.
39:46Cassian interrupted her impatiently.
39:48Enough, Lenora.
39:50The doctor said it's just a superficial wound.
39:53Seraphina's already been punished.
39:54What more do you want from her?
39:56If it weren't for me making her kneel in the ancestral hall, she wouldn't have run away.
40:02The last word, run, he spoke with extreme difficulty.
40:05He still refused to admit the possibility of suicide.
40:09Lenora was stunned by his rebuke.
40:11Cassian, are you blaming me?
40:14Is she pushed me?
40:15I said enough.
40:18Cassian suddenly pulled his arm away from her grasp.
40:20The matter isn't settled yet, and I don't want to hear this anymore.
40:26This was the first time Cassian had so harshly rebuked Lenora for Seraphina.
40:31Even he was stunned.
40:32Lenora looked at the irritation and distance in his eyes, her face turning pale.
40:37To get to the truth about who pushed her, Cassian accessed the surveillance footage from the back garden of the
40:43estate.
40:44The footage clearly showed Seraphina and Lenora talking briefly at the top of the stairs.
40:49Then, when I was completely unprepared, Lenora suddenly stepped back, lost her balance, and fell down the stairs.
40:56That, in that moment, I instinctively reached out to grab her, but I missed.
41:00It wasn't Seraphina who pushed her.
41:02Lenora fell on her own.
41:04Lenora had even slandered Seraphina.
41:06Cassian sat frozen, as though struck by lightning.
41:10He thought back to his earlier reproach.
41:12To the twenty lashes had ordered.
41:14To the too-sadding look in my eyes when I was dragged away.
41:17I didn't push her.
41:19Please trust me, just this once.
41:22That's what I had screamed.
41:23But did Cassian believe me?
41:24He only believed Lenora's malicious accusations.
41:27He suddenly stood up, the chair falling backward.
41:30He rushed back to the hospital.
41:31The hospital door was slammed open.
41:34Lenora, who was having her dressing changed, jumped in surprise.
41:38Cassian walked to her bedside, shoving the phone screen in front of her, displaying the frozen frame from the surveillance
41:44footage.
41:44It showed the moment when she had stepped back and lost her balance.
41:49He glared at her with fury.
41:52Lenora, tell me, what is this?
41:55Lenora's face turned pale instantly, her eyes flickering.
41:59She grabbed his sleeve, crying pitifully.
42:03Kitten, listen to me.
42:04I wasn't trying to frame her.
42:06I just got confused.
42:07Looking at her now hideous face, the fortress of love that Cassian had built inside him collapsed, a piece of
42:14it crumbling away.
42:17For the first time, he found this face, which had once made his heart flutter, now looking so false.
42:23He shook off her hand, his eyes icy.
42:27Confused?
42:27Your moment of confusion almost cost a life.
42:30How could you be this kind of Ren?
42:31Cassian turned and left.
42:33Meanwhile, the search for my whereabouts continued.
42:36Mr. Thorne, we've checked all city traffic hub surveillance records.
42:40There's no sign of Ms. Ruffina's movements.
42:43We've asked everyone who might know her.
42:46No one has seen her recently.
42:48How could someone disappear so completely in the modern world?
42:51No electronic traces?
42:53Not a penny of the money he gave her had been spent.
42:56A thought, something he had dismissed for three years, began to uncontrollably grow in his mind.
43:04Could it be true what she said?
43:07Did she really come from the old world?
43:09So, she hadn't committed suicide.
43:12Nor had she hidden away.
43:13She had gone back.
43:15The thought terrified him.
43:18In the days that followed, Cassius became a different person.
43:22He locked himself in the house, spending all his time with a bottle of alcohol.
43:27One day, he drunkenly stumbled into his study, and accidentally knocked over a cardboard box.
43:32It was the box where he had placed my belongings when I first arrived.
43:36By some strange impulse, Cassius opened the box, and the contents instantly sobered him up.
43:42At the top of the box was a crumpled movie ticket stub from the first movie Cassian had taken me
43:47to.
43:47I had laughed like a child.
43:49Underneath that was a sketch he had drawn of my side profile.
43:53He hadn't known I had secretly kept it.
43:57Below that was a locked diary.
44:00The lock was simple, and he tried the date he found me.
44:04It opened.
44:07The handwriting inside was crooked, full of joyful memories about him.
44:12November 7th.
44:14Cassian taught me how to use something called a phone.
44:17It took me a long time to figure it out.
44:19He didn't think I was stupid, and even patted my head.
44:23April 19th.
44:25Cassian did it again.
44:26He bit my ear and told me I was his.
44:29I felt so shy, but with him I didn't mind.
44:33If this could always be the way it is, I wouldn't care about going home.
44:37June 22nd.
44:38Cassian seems unhappy.
44:40Is it because of Lenora?
44:42I need to be even more obedient so I don't upset him.
44:45The last entry was just before the lunar eclipse.
44:49I saw the stars.
44:52In seven days, I'll go home.
44:55I'm so confused.
44:58Will Cassian come with me?
45:01His hands shook violently as he held the diary.
45:05The jewelry and fine clothes Cassian gave me never mattered.
45:10But these small things, these tokens he gave so casually, I had cherished them as treasures.
45:18I had treated his occasional kindness as something precious.
45:23I had engraved his false love into my bones.
45:28I had even thought about abandoning my only chance to return home.
45:33Staying in this strange world just because he was here.
45:39And how had Cassian repaid my love?
45:43He had treated me as a cure for his desires.
45:47Something he could discard whenever he wished.
45:51For a liar, he had repeatedly hurt me, pushing me to the brink.
45:57Cassian pressed the diary tightly to his chest.
46:00At that moment, his trusted confidant, who had been investigating Lenora's background, returned.
46:08A thick stack of photos and documents was placed in front of him.
46:15The materials showed that Lenora had lived a very decadent life overseas,
46:21juggling affairs with multiple wealthy men.
46:24Her return was only because she had nowhere else to go.
46:28Looking at the irrefutable evidence, Cassian's world completely shattered.
46:34The woman he had cherished for ten years, the one he was willing to die for,
46:40had been a carefully woven lie from the start.
46:43And for this liar, he had driven away the one who truly loved him.
46:48He collapsed to the floor, suddenly bursting into laughter.
46:52Laughing, but tears surged from his eyes.
46:56Cassian had lost.
46:58Lost completely.
47:00He had lost the only woman who truly loved him.
47:03And the girl he had lost, where was she now?
47:07You know, you have lost her, she大家好?
47:07You are losing her.
47:09You know.
47:09What do you remember,
47:09You're ready.
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