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00:11As a vampire, time should have meant nothing, but over 4,000 days of darkness is enough to drive even
00:18the most elegant noble man.
00:19My skin has turned a translucent pale from extreme bloodthirst. The silver suppresses most of my power, leaving me unable
00:27to move. Until I met her.
00:30Rumor had it that the Earl of Blackwood once had a lost daughter. After she disappeared, the Countess, overwhelmed by
00:37grief, adopted another girl to fill the void.
00:40Half a year ago, when the Blackwoods finally found their true heir, Evelyn, and sent someone to fetch her from
00:46the countryside.
00:47Their carriage stopped here for a brief moment. Her red eyes collided with mine, as I opened them in the
00:53darkness.
00:53Give me something to eat, or let me drain your blood.
00:58Evelyn handed over half a piece of black bread.
01:02You think I'm a beggar? I want what they have.
01:05I pointed at the roasted chicken in the coachman's hand nearby.
01:08I haven't entered the manor yet. The Blackwoods don't keep idle hands. This is my own ration.
01:15The Blackwood family was wealthy enough to rival nations.
01:18A few years ago, at a banquet in the Earl's Domain, I had seen the adopted daughter, Chloe.
01:24At that time, the Countess had wept publicly, lamenting her agonizing longing for her lost child.
01:31But now, the only food his biological daughter has is black bread.
01:35You are a lady! Have some dignity!
01:38The maid struck the black bread away harshly.
01:40Eating such filth brings shame to this house!
01:44This bumpiel isn't even fit to be Miss Chloe's cat!
01:47The Earl and Countess knew where she was three years ago. They didn't fetch her because she looked filthy.
01:51If not for a marriage alliance, who'd bother fetching an orphan from the stables?
01:55She reeks of mature. Even silk can't wash off the stench of the gutter.
01:59Evelyn clutched her sleeves tightly.
02:08Want to see them punished?
02:11Evelyn froze. The earth around the coffin exploded.
02:14Several vines with poisonous thorns burst from the ground, coiled around the ankles of the three servants.
02:21Shall I go faster?
02:23The vines spun wildly, and screams and wretching echoed across the wilderness.
02:28Evelyn's tears turned to laughter.
02:32What is your name?
02:36When I've saved enough money, I'll find the best priest to grant you eternal rest.
02:41The holy silver spike has me pinned.
02:44Just live.
02:45All I ever wanted was to live.
02:47Don't waste your breath.
02:49I'll come back for you.
02:51But she didn't return for half a year.
02:53Then she appeared once again in the storm-swept wilderness.
02:56She looked terrible thinner, drenched in mud, wearing nothing but a tattered rag of a dress.
03:04The sacred silver spike has trapped your soul.
03:07To be free, a life must be traded for a life.
03:39I stole this blood-placked from the convent.
03:41It's this hypocritical world.
03:44It's because I was too foolish.
03:46Too weak.
03:47Too yoker.
03:52Come here.
03:53Give me a hug.
03:58I forgot.
03:59You can't move.
04:02Let me hug you.
04:05what is your wish i will grant it i want to die and you want to live you are the
04:11only person who
04:11ever protected me i give my life to you drag those demons to hell for me a vampire's power
04:19is immense but no one can save a heart that has already chosen to die that night the blackwoods
04:25lost a daughter no one cared about and inside that coffin a demon was resurrected
04:42before returning to the blackwood estate i made a detour to the holy monastery deep in the mountains
04:47the queen mother lived there the foster mother of the current king in the past she had no fondness
04:54for me but now after i revealed the truth behind her son's death she took my side and would return
04:59to the palace with me to seek our revenge i arrived back at the manor on the very day of
05:05the adopted
05:06daughter's coming of age ball the grand hall was resplendent and magnificent everyone gathered
05:13around chloe with jewels and silks piled at her feet i heard today is evelyn's birthday too really i
05:20didn't know these are the family heirlooms left by your grandmother i wouldn't give them to anyone
05:25else only to my chloe i knew mother loved me most of all sebastian the heir to the earl of
05:35blackwood
05:35stepped forward and presented a huge five colored agate frame i specifically requested this from prince
05:42hedrick only you are worthy of it hindred now that was a pleasant surprise i have petitioned the king
05:49once you come of age the prince himself will officially announce your engagement
05:55the crowd burst
05:56i pushed open the large door
06:01my leather boots clicking crisply against the marble floor
06:04then what about me
06:11you shouldn't be here
06:17what gift do i get
06:19the guests all looked annoyed at being interrupted sebastian stared at me coldly with disgust in his eyes
06:26how dare you return to this house
06:28do you have any idea how much chloe suffered because of your disappearance
06:34sebastian please don't i've already forgiven evelyn
06:38even though she pushed me into the lake even though she stole my jewels
06:41even though she nearly cost me my life more than once i choose to let it go
06:45evelyn please just kneel and beg father and mother for mercy
06:49the last time chloe tried to show her any affection
06:52she was nearly drowned
06:55i have but one daughter and her name is chloe
06:59do not sicken me with the presence of this creature
07:02chloe blinked at me
07:03evelyn just apologize
07:07what are you waiting for
07:08kneel kneel
07:10the earl glared at me
07:14i stared straight at the earl
07:16everything she has
07:18don't i deserve it as well
07:21you dare compare yourself to chloe
07:23you are a lowly slut who tried to seduce a stable boy
07:27sebastian flew into a towering rage
07:29you are a stain upon this family
07:32if chloe hadn't been shielding you all this time you would have rotted long ago
07:35i let out a cold sneer
07:36who told you i eloped
07:38chloe walked slowly toward me still wearing her innocent disguise
07:41evelyn don't be afraid
07:42we will keep your secret
07:44i've destroyed that love letter you wrote to the stable boy
07:47as long as you kneel and beg forgiveness
07:49we can still be a family
07:51you aren't worth her shadow
07:53if you weren't my flesh and blood
07:55i would have left you to the wolves
07:56chloe slipped her arm affectionately through mine
07:59and leaned in close to my ear
08:00her nails dug sharply into my skin as she lowered her voice
08:04you're quite lucky
08:05bitch
08:05i can't believe you didn't die out there
08:10so it was you who spread the rumors about me and the stable boy
08:13sister are you blaming me
08:15i didn't mean to
08:18i moved in an instant and dislocated her jaw with one swift motion
08:22oh my god
08:23seize her
08:24the earl roared furiously
08:26the plump and vicious maid beside chloe was the first to rush forward
08:30i delivered a backward sidekick breaking her leg bone
08:34at the same time
08:35the dining knife in my hand was already pressed against chloe's neck
08:39try me
08:40my tone was cold and calm
08:42sebastian drew his sword and prepared to charge forward
08:44another bloodstain appeared on chloe's cheek
08:47oh my face
08:49help me
08:51scream one more time
08:53and i'll cut out your tongue
08:54all the guests were forced back behind the earl
08:57i stepped heavily onto the chest of the wailing plot
08:59how did your mistress really end up in the lake
09:03the maid was drenched in cold sweat from the pain
09:06you were jealous of lady chloe
09:09you tried to murder her
09:11you pushed her in
09:12i'll give you gifts
09:13anything don't hurt my chloe
09:15the silver knife in my hand skimmed past the cottage's cheek
09:20next time i'll aim for your eyes
09:23if they are blind to the truth then they are of no use to you
09:27i gave you a chance
09:29you wasted it
09:32still refusing to tell the truth
09:35i inserted the tip of the knife into the joint of the fat maid's shoulder
09:39and slowly turned the handle
09:42this kind of pain isn't immediately fatal
09:44but it drags its victims straight into hell
09:47long ago when i was an assassin at alexander's side
09:50helping him eliminate his political rivals
09:53i studied countless ways to make people suffer
09:57stop we'll give you whatever you want
09:59chloe's quarters the inheritance
10:02even the prince's engagement put down the knife and we can negotiate
10:07come here i'll tell you exactly what i want
10:10before he could draw his knife my hand had already grabbed his neck
10:14i threw the unconscious him onto the ground
10:17did i give you permission to speak idiot
10:20i looked back at the trembling count speaking gently
10:24now does anyone else have an objection
10:27do as she says no one move
10:31i smiled contentedly and patted the maid's face with that dagger
10:35now tell the truth
10:38evelyn returning from the countryside was hated from the very moment she stepped foot in the manor
10:44on her first day back chloe had deliberately cut her own arm to frame her
10:49she destroyed the christening gown evelyn had painstakingly embroidered for the countess
10:54replacing it with a pile of rags
10:56she even laced the earl's medicine with slow acting poison
10:59only to claim that evelyn was the one trying to murder her own father
11:02evelyn tried to kill me no i didn't it was lady chloe's orders everything was her doing
11:12she was jealous that you were the earling count's biological daughter
11:16while she was merely adopted that's why she wanted you dead
11:20that day lady chloe jumped into the lake on purpose just to frame you
11:24and when you were locked in the chapel for it chloe offered to bring you food but she never brought
11:29a
11:29single scrap instead she ordered the guards terrorize you in the dead of night evelyn had
11:34survived on the servants leftovers so much suffering endured in her very own home she had returned with
11:39a heart full of hope only to find that the family who should have loved her offered nothing but hatred
11:45and the elitment she forged the love letters saying you ran away with the servant but in truth
11:51she bribed bandits in the wilderness to kill you to make you vanish forever
11:59the count said helplessly take chloe away the gate was violently rammed open
12:09evelyn you despicable mad woman you dare harm my betrothed i will see you burn to ashes upon the pyre
12:16oh to arrest the true-born daughter of this house within her own father's manner
12:22have you asked for their consent the count dropped his eyes the counter stammered for a while then closed
12:28her mouth
12:33do you honestly believe that by ruining chloe you can marry me ridiculous i will make you pay for every
12:39sin you have committed kill her i have only one sister and that is chloe even when faced with the
12:48truth you still choose to shield her the truth as a prince if i say chloe is innocent then she
12:54is
12:55innocent and you you are nothing but a murderer driven mad by jealousy take her away bring her to the
13:01high tribunal tell the lord justice to ensure this venomous woman is punished to the full extent of the
13:06law in the shadows judge bell slowly emerged but instead of looking at hadrich he knelt on one knee
13:11in front of my apologies prince neddrick i'm afraid i cannot keep
13:17so sorry your highness by order of the king anyone in this room who seeks to harm me is to
13:25be thrown and
13:25thrown into the dungeon
13:36i granted you your revenge did i not yet now you take the power i gave you and use it
13:42against my own
13:42son your temperament i lazily leaned back on the velvet lounge chair squinting in the sun without
13:51looking at him i recalled our meeting half a month ago i had gone to the convent to see the
13:56queen mother
13:57and there i crossed paths with the king in a single fluid strike i had unhorsed him
14:04i stepped on his scapula and grabbed his neck the guards were about to rush forward to kill me
14:11but he waved his hand and told them to back off your recent series of actions are very much like
14:17my first
14:18love who passed away many years ago lillian how absurd i was lillian before his queen had me nailed
14:26into a coffin now wearing evelyn's face to play the part of my former self it was of course a
14:33perfect
14:33reflection who better to play the ghost than the woman herself i want you to be my mistress and the
14:41condition i set was simple you must kill chloe for me as you wish alexander had grown old he had
14:53become
14:53mellow his former ruthlessness weathered away he no longer has the stomach to meddle in the private
14:59affairs of his ministers he only commanded the lord justice to assist me whether i succeeded or failed
15:05depended entirely on my own hands so i chose a blood soaked path for the interrogation with the
15:12lord justice standing witness and the evidence irrefutable they all broke and confessed then
15:18came prince hedrick eager to vent his fury on behalf of his fiancee alexander hoped i would spare his son
15:25i refused he nearly died as a child and the queen has cuddled him ever since to see hedrick turn
15:31out like
15:31this it is a profound disappointment just disappointment i looked up at him and met his
15:38gaze he once told lillian that this was the look he loved most her majesty the queen juliana it has
15:45been a long time i had meticulously orchestrated prince hydrich's downfall just for the chance to see
15:51you again i hope you are ready to receive the grand gift i have prepared for you queen juliana maintained
15:57a dignified demeanor upon spotting the silver blade in my hand hedrick is still young he was merely led
16:05astray by some wicked influence and acted out of impulse as queen i have failed to guide the crown pence
16:10i am willing to sequester myself in saint mary's convent to repent for my failings and beg for god's
16:14mercy her majesty has been ill for months today to confess her fault she nearly collapsed on the journey
16:23it was a calculated gamble the normans standing behind juliana controlled a third of the empire's
16:31iron mines and its military if she and hedrick were penalized the normans would not take it lying down
16:37and the cabinet would be thrown into a frenzy once more what alexander loathed most was the sight of
16:43those nobles bickering incessantly in the council chambers she believed this ruse would work just as it
16:49always had unfortunately she underestimated my hand my lady in the presence of the king does a mere
16:56servant now have the right to speak this wicked influence the queen speaks of does she mean me
17:07or is she referring to that woman of dubious origin chloe you are the one i love if you were
17:13wicked
17:13would that make me the lord of hell since this woman called chloe is so insidious manipulating the
17:20prince's mercy and plotting to murder of the royal family i shall sentence her no father presumptuous
17:27if you do not wake from that woman's spell this instant i will personally send her to meet god mother
17:33chloe is innocent she is as pure as an angel merely framed by a wicked soul her face is already
17:38ruined
17:39she has suffered more than enough as the mistress of this kingdom you should be protecting a fragile
17:43woman like her his highness remains unconvinced why not let him visit the chamber of inquisition
17:50and witness the interrogation himself the chamber has 72 methods of torture no one emerges alive
17:57hedrick has never seen such carnage i fear it will shatter his mind instead of wasting your breath
18:03begging me you would be better off educating your useless son continue to pample him and he will be
18:08fit for nothing but exile to the frozen wastes of the north i suppose this counts as me settling the
18:14score for you i am not entirely satisfied but since you stood up for me i shall ensure you are
18:21satisfied
18:21as well three days later the once dan arrogant prince hedrick collapsed broken by illness word spread that he
18:30had watched paralyzed as chloe was torn apart her blood slicking the stone floor with her final ebbing
18:37strength she had clawed at his boots sobbing he had fled the scene in a fit of pure unadulterated terror
18:46but he remained ignorant of the truth the blade i used to mark chloe had been dipped in a vampiric
18:53hallucinogen now every time he closes his eyes he sees the spectral image of chloe promised we would be
19:01together forever hydric i was not content with merely shattering a prince's sanity i took the blood's
19:07and crusted gown chloe wore during her agony sealed it within an exquisite gift box and had it delivered
19:14to the earl's manor i heard the countess had coughed up blood and fallen into a coma on the spot
19:20the black
19:20woods once steeped in glory have become the premier laughing stock of the social season that my air should be
19:27so utterly spinless this shame is a fate far worse than death alexander sought lillian's ghost within
19:35me with a fervor bordering on madness he craved that specific reckless arrogance in my soul that untamed
19:42defiance he came to my chambers almost every day heaping favor jewels and power at my feet like offerings
19:49when passion ran high and emotions were intense he bit my earlobe and murmured absent mindedly
19:55lillian
19:57your majesty look closely i am evelyn
20:01true she was never this submissive if juliana had dared to call her a witch she would have slapped her
20:07right in front of me
20:08i hadn't always been so overbearing the only time i had struck juliana was when she pointed at my swollen
20:15belly and whispered with a sickening smile
20:17you have spilled too much blood you are not worthy of bearing royal seeds even if you carry it to
20:24term
20:24there is no guarantee you will bring forth a living soul the cost of that impulse i was sentenced to
20:30kneel for a full night in the cold i lost the child that had been in my womb for eight
20:34months only much
20:36later did i learn that when juliana approached me that day she was carried a scent infused with a board
20:42of
20:42sensations from the very beginning she had marked that child for death my child died in her shadow
20:47thus her son shall never know peace within these palace walls
20:52what about lillian how did she die i asked softly my fingertips brushing over the spot where his heart
20:59was alexander's body stiffened instantly he withdrew his hand from my long hair then turned around
21:05it is late sleep i cannot sleep my mind is haunted by the memory of my brother the year alexander
21:12went
21:12on his great campaign juliana's brother led the holy army to besiege my estate juliana dragged my brother
21:19and forced him before me to demand my surrender you die or he dies make your choice my family the
21:25house of
21:26mortani had been falsely accused by the late king every soul was slaughtered only my brother and i remained
21:32i became alexander's shadow an assassin killing anyone whom he wished to eliminate all for the day i
21:38could clear our name and all to keep that boy alive while hedrick played on rocking horses within the palace
21:45my brother had already sworn an oath to reclaim our family's justice even with juliana's blade at his
21:51throat he remained fearless
21:56don't worry about me just run if she dares to flee i will flay you alive
22:04it doesn't hurt i'm a man i can take it i threw the knife in my hand a sword pierced
22:09my chest from
22:10behind at the same time the one who struck me was my most trusted confidante my closest friend that woman
22:17still lives within these palace walls quietly savoring her wealth and status her life is a debt
22:23that must now be paid the court held a grand autumn hunting dinner juliana forced herself to maintain
22:30her pride gritting her teeth and hatred i defiantly touched my lower abdomen and gave her a creepy smile
22:36the wine glass in juliana's hand was almost crushed by her i got up and left the table alexander looked
22:43worried saying be careful i have this don't worry selena was standing nervously in the moonlight waiting
22:50for me are they still alive what more do you want from me kneel i brushed her hand away in
22:56disgust
22:57she froze meeting my cold gaze and finally slowly knelt on the ground yes my lady this place is nowhere
23:05near as good as the big courtyard you used to live in what's going on doesn't juliana treat you well
23:09i failed to bear a child for the king this is the fate i deserve what do you want pay
23:15more frequent
23:16visits to the queen since her precious son is bedroom it is only fitting that you go and offer
23:21your compassion if i do this will you release my family you are in no position to bargain with me
23:31that year she was the only one who had read my brother's letter the hand that sold us out belonged
23:36to
23:36her selena blood for blood what made her think she had the right to negotiate from the moment i
23:41delivered the keepsakes of her mother and brother into her hands it was settled every day until her
23:47death she would know no peace on my way back to the banquet i was stopped by lady aurora you
23:53look
23:53remarkably like an old friend of mine i know the king told me i'm just a stand-in for his
23:58first love
23:59but with plenty to eat and the king's favor why should i complain the current situation is a golden
24:05opportunity for prince derrick the king is desperate for an able son a chance like this won't come
24:13aurora tightly grasped my hand the scales of power in the kingdom began to tilt entirely at the subtle
24:20agitation of my fingertips hedrick fell ill and the ambitious derrick finally got his chance to shine at
24:27the round table council his mother lady aurora was once my favorite handmaiden at the estate back then
24:33she would follow me timidly calling me sister lillian in a soft obedient voice whenever i
24:41returned to the manor covered in blood she would stand at the end of the long gallery waiting with
24:46warm water to clean my wounds the two people i trusted most deeply one was aurora whom i'd raised
24:52from nothing the other was selena whom i'd saved from ruin yet in the end selena traded my brother's
24:58whereabouts to juliana for a royal title and aurora drove a dagger into my back buying safety for
25:04herself and her son later to be named lady aurora neither of them shall escape now armed with the
25:11evidence i provided aurora has had a duke from the queen's lineage imprisoned for corruption derrick
25:17relentlessly curries favor with the people leaving hedrick gasping for air under his pressure within the
25:23palace walls aurora openly aligns with me catching the queen completely off guard aurora raised her
25:30glass to me in the garden a venomous coldness lurking in her smile thank you for the gift dear evelyn
25:36unfortunately the old duke was too cowardly to name hide books before he died
25:41evidence doesn't matter perception is everything prince derrick should understand that
25:46aurora's smile faded instantly she thinks she is the hunter what she doesn't know is that the true hunter
25:53often wears the guise of prey
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