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07:37I didn't quite catch that.
07:39Her face twisted with sarcasm.
07:41So you're deaf too?
07:44Fine. Listen carefully.
07:46I'm a lowly commoner.
07:49Got that now?
07:54The moment the words left her mouth, I burst out laughing.
07:58Good. I heard that perfectly.
08:00You're a lowly commoner.
08:01The instant Serena realized I had made a fool of her, her face darkened with rage.
08:06She let out a sharp scream and lunged at me with her claws out.
08:10How ridiculous.
08:11I had trained with warriors in the vampire-neutral territories.
08:15I didn't even bother striking back.
08:17I merely stepped aside.
08:18And she honestly thought she could catch me off guard.
08:21She missed me completely.
08:22Carried forward by her own momentum, she pitched straight ahead and slammed face-first into the floor.
08:33Oh my god, how could she do that to Lady Rosen?
08:35If Princess Samuel finds out, he'll tear her as finished.
08:37No one can save her now.
08:40The entire room was in an uproar, but none of it stirred me in the slightest.
08:45Fear was not something I had ever truly understood.
08:47My father, Kieran, the vampire king himself, ruled over all vampire kind.
08:53There was no creature alive that could make me afraid.
08:55With practiced ease, I pulled out the unlimited royal charge card he had given me and slapped it onto the
09:00counter.
09:01I'll take it.
09:06The manager's hands shook as he hurried to wrap the ring.
09:16I took the box and turned to leave, but Serena staggered back to her feet and threw herself in front
09:22of me.
09:25You're not going anywhere, she snapped, though I caught the flicker of uncertainty in her eyes.
09:31My gaze dropped to the dust smeared across her clothes and the corner of my mouth lifted.
09:37What is it?
09:38Want to kiss the floor again?
09:39I raised my fist just enough to make my point.
09:42She flinched instantly.
09:43At that moment, the door burst open with a heavy bang, drawing every eye in the room.
09:48A tall figure stepped inside and the atmosphere changed at once.
09:51The boutique fell silent, the instant he entered.
09:54An overwhelming pure-blood aura swept through the room like dense fog, pressing over everyone present.
10:00I followed the line of his polished shoes upward and thought.
10:04Damn.
10:05He had to be at least six foot three, strikingly handsome, with the effortless presence of someone born to command.
10:11Broad shoulders, long legs, precise movements, everything about him felt controlled, sharp, and powerful.
10:21The moment Serena saw him, she transformed.
10:24She rushed to him, tears streaming down her face as she cried.
10:28Samuel, she stole the ring I wanted, and then she attacked me.
10:34So, this was Prince Samuel in person.
10:37I had to admit he was exactly my type.
10:39No wonder Father had been so certain I would be pleased with the fiancé he had chosen for me.
10:47I looked him over for a moment, then let a slow, satisfied smile curve across my lips.
10:52It's nice to finally meet you.
10:55I'm Isolde.
10:57Your fiancé?
11:00A sharp intake of breath swept through the room.
11:04What?
11:05She's Prince Samuel's fiancé?
11:08No wonder she dared go against Serena.
11:11You're naive.
11:12It all depends on which one he cares about more.
11:15Amid the murmurs, Samuel's gaze settled on me at last.
11:18There was only disdain in it.
11:20Don't flatter yourself.
11:22That absurd marriage alliance was my mother's decision.
11:25Not mine.
11:26I never agreed to it.
11:28Serena immediately seized his arm, her voice rising with triumph.
11:33You heard him, didn't you?
11:35Someone like you will never be worthy of standing beside a prince.
11:41The surrounding voices quickly joined in.
11:43Exactly.
11:44Prince Samuel's future wife should be a noble one like Lady Rosane.
11:47Not some nobody from an obscure vampire family.
11:50She isn't even worthy of being in the same room as Lady Rosane.
11:55I had never considered myself breathtakingly beautiful, but I certainly wasn't ugly.
12:00Listening to them, though, you would have thought my face alone was enough to send people fleeing.
12:04Some things never changed.
12:05People worshipped the powerful and trampled the weak.
12:08I shook my head, then walked straight past Samuel without another glance.
12:12Do me a favor.
12:13Tell your mother the engagement is off.
12:16I paused, then looked at him over my shoulder.
12:19You're the one who isn't good enough for me.
12:25Father had mentioned before that Samuel's mother had paid an unimaginable price to secure this engagement.
12:30If she ever found out that the marriage alliance she had fought so hard for had been ruined by her
12:33own son,
12:34I could only imagine what a spectacular scene that would be.
12:37The noise around me gradually faded, and I prepared to leave that ridiculous place behind.
12:42Where do you think you're going, you bitch?
12:44You stole my ring, shoved me, and now you think this is over?
12:47I turned back slowly, already annoyed.
12:52And what exactly do you want?
12:55I'm going to ruin your face.
12:57Then we'll see what male vampire would ever look at you again.
13:00The moment she said it, I moved.
13:03I caught her wrist in one swift motion, my grip firm and precise,
13:07and drove a hard punch into her chest, just enough to send her stumbling backward.
13:11The shock on her face was almost laughable.
13:14You bitch, how dare you?
13:16I was still holding her wrist.
13:17Satisfied now?
13:18Samuel, you have to protect me.
13:20Serena staggered back several steps, tears springing into her eyes as she ducked behind Samuel.
13:26Samuel pulled her into his arms, and when he spoke, his voice turned cold enough to freeze the room.
13:32Anyone who dares lay a hand on my people won't live to see tomorrow.
13:35With a slight flick of his wrist, he signaled the vampire soldiers at his sides to seize me.
13:40I saw them move and struck first, driving a kick into one of them before they could close in,
13:44but there were too many.
13:46They rushed me all at once, overpowering me and forcing me to the ground
13:50before dragging me to my knees at Samuel's feet.
13:52Samuel turned to Serena, and the harshness in his expression immediately softened.
13:57Serena, do whatever you want.
13:59No matter what happens, I'll stand by you.
14:01At once, she smiled.
14:03Then she stepped forward and slapped me twice across the face.
14:06Pain flared hot across both cheeks.
14:08Where did all that attitude go?
14:11Weren't you acting awfully bold a second ago?
14:14As if that weren't enough, she drove the sharp heel of her shoe hard into my stomach.
14:18I doubled over, one hand clutching my abdomen as I lifted my eyes and glared at both of them.
14:25Remember this?
14:26I won't let either of you get away with this.
14:30Serena only laughed harder.
14:33This is Prince Samuel's territory, and you're nothing more than some outsider vampire.
14:37What exactly do you think you can do to me?
14:41And she spoke.
14:42She stepped closer and looked me over from head to toe.
14:44Then her gaze locked onto the bracelet on my right wrist.
14:47Every vampire, from the moment they come into existence,
14:49is given an enchanted relic by their sire or by an elder of the family.
14:53Only by carrying it can they walk in daily.
14:55The instant Serena reached for my wrist, I understood exactly what she meant to do.
14:58Panic surged through me like poison.
15:00I knew I had to beg.
15:03I was wrong!
15:04I shouldn't have fought you over the ring!
15:06Please!
15:07Don't do this!
15:09The fingers clamped around my bracelet,
15:11and with one brutal yank, she tore the daylight bracelet from my wrist
15:14and clenched it tightly in her hand.
15:16Now do you understand?
15:18Too late.
15:19I'm gonna drag you straight into the sunlight.
15:23And let everyone watch what happens when you burn.
15:26The second the bracelet left my skin,
15:28sunlight spilling through the boutique window touched the back of my hand.
15:31A sharp, searing pain shot through me.
15:34Thin whisks of smoke began to curl for my skin.
15:37Humiliation and terror crashed over me all at once.
15:40I let out a scream and tried desperately to shrink away.
15:43Samuel stood beside her with his arms folded,
15:46watching everything with chilling indifference.
15:48That coldness was more horrifying than the pain.
15:51I clenched my teeth and fought with everything I had left, shouting at him.
15:55You have no idea who I am, Samuel.
15:57You're going to regret letting her do this to me!
15:59He only shrugged, a careless, mocking smile tugging at his mouth.
16:03Who do you think you are?
16:04You're nothing but a tool your family threw into a marriage alliance.
16:07Maybe I should burn your face, too.
16:11Let's see whether you still marry Samuel after that.
16:14No!
16:15I had barely spoken when the phone in my pocket started buzzing.
16:17I stumbled for it, but Serena snatched it away before I could answer and picked up the call herself.
16:21Hey, honey.
16:22Did you choose your ring?
16:24Father, save me!
16:25Someone took my daylight bracelet!
16:26They're trying to kill me!
16:27What?
16:28Who dared do that to you?
16:30Your daughter was being unbelievably rude.
16:32I'm just teaching her a little lesson for you.
16:34I don't care who you think you are!
16:36Let my daughter go!
16:37Now!
16:38Come and try.
16:39Maybe I'll even help your whole family reunite.
16:44Then turned back and kept dragging me farther into the sunlight.
16:48The burning only grew worse.
16:49Every inch of my skin felt as if it were being set on fire.
16:53And every breath was like a blade driven into my lungs.
16:55I curled in on myself and fought as hard as I could,
16:58trying to shield my body from the pain.
17:00But every second stretched into forever.
17:03And just when I thought the sun was about to reduce me to ash,
17:06the roar of engines erupted outside.
17:08A convoy of luxury cars blocked off the street.
17:11And nearly a hundred elite vampire guard warriors lined up outside in formation,
17:15their presence alone enough to make the air feel heavy.
17:17Then the door of the lead armored vehicle swung open.
17:20My father stepped out.
17:21He radiated the kind of supreme royal majesty that made every vampire nearby tremble where they stood.
17:26Now then where is the idiot who dare lay a hand on my daughter?
17:31Father.
17:31The moment my eyes met my father's,
17:33every feeling I had been holding back,
17:35fear, humiliation, anger, helplessness, broke loose all at once.
17:39He was beside me almost immediately, his face tightening with concern.
17:43Without hesitation he stripped off his coat and wrapped it around me.
17:47Before pulling me firmly into his arms,
17:49shielding me completely from the sunlight.
17:50The instant I was enclosed in that familiar warmth,
17:54a fragile sense of safety returned.
17:56And for the first time since this nightmare had begun,
17:58I felt like I could breathe again.
18:00But my father never entered a room alone.
18:02He brought his power with him.
18:04And power like his was never gentle.
18:06In a matter of seconds,
18:07the atmosphere inside the jewelry boutique changed completely.
18:10A vicious chill spread through the air,
18:13and the crystal ornaments began to fracture one after another under the weight of the pressure.
18:17Their sharp cracking sounds echoing like warning bells.
18:19The bystanders began trembling outright,
18:22and several lower-ranking vampires collapsed to their knees,
18:25crushed by a fear so heavy it seemed to seep into their bones.
18:28My god, that's the elite vampire guard.
18:31And the man at the front, is that really him?
18:34It has to be.
18:35That aura alone is enough to make my soul shake.
18:37Wait, is he really her father?
18:39If that's true, then Samuel is finished.
18:42He's dragged all of House Hecate straight into ruin.
18:45Samuel's face had already gone pale,
18:46and he felt the force of my father's bloodline suppression.
18:49Whatever pride he had once taken now looked pitiful,
18:52like a firefly trying to compete with the sun.
18:54And yet there were always fools too blind to recognize the danger standing in front of them.
18:59Serena, perhaps emboldened by Samuel's earlier protection,
19:02actually found the nerve to step forward.
19:04I don't care who you are.
19:05Your daughter stole the ring I wanted, and she attacked me.
19:08So tell me, how are you planning to settle this?
19:11My father barely acknowledged her.
19:13His gaze passed over Serena as though she were beneath notice,
19:16and came to rest directly on Samuel instead, more humiliating than any insult.
19:20Serena clearly felt it too, for all her bluster.
19:23Fear had already begun to leak into her voice.
19:25Stop acting like this means anything.
19:28Samuel is a vampire prince.
19:29Who do you think you are?
19:31She pointed toward the display with a trembling hand.
19:34That ring was supposed to be mine.
19:36Your daughter touched it, which means it's ruined now.
19:38I want an apology, compensation,
19:40and her engagement to House Hecate has to be cancelled immediately.
19:44Then lifting her chin, she added with a sneer,
19:46If you do all of that, maybe I'll let this go.
19:49Otherwise, none of you are leaving this shop alive.
19:51For a moment, there was silence, then my father laughed.
19:55The sound rolled through the boutique low and disbelieving,
19:58edged with such naked contempt that it was somehow worse than fury.
20:01Still holding me close, he carried me farther into the shadows,
20:04then gave my shoulder a reassuring pat before turning,
20:07and walking toward Serena with the calm stride of someone
20:10who had never needed to hurry toward victory.
20:12Oh, I assure you, the engagement between Honey and House Hecate
20:16will absolutely be called off.
20:18A vampire like Samuel was never worthy of my daughter to begin with.
20:22As for everything else,
20:23With the slightest movement of his hand,
20:25one of his soldiers stepped forward at once.
20:27In the next instant, she was forced to her knees.
20:30All her earlier arrogance vanished into panic.
20:32Samuel moved as if to stop it,
20:34but my father turned his eyes on him,
20:36and that single glance changed everything.
20:38The pressure inside the room intensified so violently
20:41that Samuel and his men froze where they stood.
20:43Then my father walked straight up to Samuel.
20:45There was no rush in him,
20:47no wasted anger.
20:48He drew back his fist and drove it hard into Samuel's jaw.
20:51Blood burst from Samuel's mouth on impact.
20:53My daughter has always been the most precious thing in my life,
20:56and yet today you watched while she was humiliated,
20:59harmed, and dragged into the sun.
21:01So, do not speak to me of House Hecate.
21:04If I choose to,
21:05I can turn the entire vampire realm upside down.
21:08I was no saint,
21:09and after what Serena had done to me today,
21:11there was no chance I was going to let her walk away from this unscathed.
21:14Go on, honey.
21:16Let them understand this much.
21:18The dignity of the royal bloodline is not something anyone may insult.
21:22Not today, not ever.
21:24My eyes settled on Serena,
21:25and for the first time since this had begun,
21:27I saw real fear in her.
21:29I was no saint,
21:30and after what Serena had done to me today,
21:32there was no chance I was going to let her walk away from this unscathed.
21:36The moment I fastened it back around my wrist,
21:38the magical runes carved into its surface flared to life once more,
21:41and the skin that had been seared by the sun began to heal,
21:44the angry burns fading as if time itself were being pulled backward.
21:48The tension in the boutique thickened.
21:50Serena stared at me, her lips trembling.
21:52If you touch me, the prince will never forgive you.
21:54I did not waste time arguing with her.
21:57Instead, I reached for her hand
21:59and tore the daylight ring from her finger.
22:01She let out a piercing scream at once,
22:03and before she could scramble away,
22:05I seized her by the hair
22:06and dragged her toward the floor-to-ceiling window.
22:09Outside, the afternoon sun was still brilliant.
22:12No, no, let me go,
22:13she shrieked, clawing at my arm hard enough to leave marks.
22:16The instant the sunlight touched her skin,
22:18white smoke began to rise from it
22:20as though acid had been poured over flesh.
22:22My face, she screamed,
22:23the sound so full of horror that it barely sounded human.
22:26I leaned close to her ear,
22:28my voice dropping into something low and merciless.
22:30Didn't you say you wanted to ruin my face?
22:33Her eyes flew wide
22:34and the color drained from her features completely.
22:36She tried to wrench herself backward,
22:38but I gave her no room to move.
22:40Instead, I tightened my hold
22:41and forced her entire face deeper
22:43into the brightest band of sunlight.
22:45The damage spread almost instantly.
22:47Her cheeks began to split
22:48and blacken her lips drying
22:49until they cracked and bled.
22:51And dark red veins surfaced
22:52across the whites of her eyes
22:54as she screamed and thrashed wildly.
22:56None of it did her any good,
22:57she could not break free of me.
22:59Then in the middle of her shrieking,
23:00I bent down
23:01and picked up a jagged shard
23:03from a broken mirror lying on the floor.
23:05I stepped in front of her
23:06and looked down at her from above,
23:08then angled the shard
23:09so she could see herself clearly.
23:11Look, take a good look.
23:13Isn't this exactly what you wanted?
23:14The moment Serena saw her own reflection,
23:17the ruined skin,
23:17the blackened flesh,
23:18the face dissolving under the sun,
23:20a terrible wail tore out of her.
23:22Her eyes bulged in pure despair
23:24and she looked stripped bare
23:25of every shred of arrogance
23:26she had ever worn.
23:27At the same time,
23:28Samuel was still pinned
23:29where he had been forced down,
23:31helpless to intervene
23:31as he watched everything unfold.
23:33How dare you do this to us?
23:35I already contacted my mother.
23:37When she gets here,
23:37every last one of you is dead.
23:39Faced with that pitiful threat,
23:41my father merely laughed.
23:42Your mother?
23:43Please,
23:44let's see what exactly
23:45that lady intends to do to me.
23:47Then right there in front of everyone,
23:49he placed a call to Lady Eris Hecaday.
23:51Your majesty,
23:52how may I serve you?
23:53Has something happened?
23:54My father's tone was cold enough
23:56to frost over steel.
23:57You have raised quite a sign.
23:59Something in his voice
24:00must have reached her instantly
24:01because even through the phone,
24:03I could almost hear the tremor
24:04that went through her.
24:05Your majesty,
24:06has my son offended you in some way?
24:08Please tell me what happened
24:10and I swear he will be punished
24:12exactly as he should be.
24:14I beg you,
24:15please show mercy.
24:17My father let out
24:18a low humorless laugh.
24:19My daughter,
24:20the child I have treasured
24:22all her life,
24:22was humiliated by your son today
24:24on territory
24:25under your family's control.
24:27Now tell me,
24:28Lady Eris,
24:29what exactly do you expect
24:31mercy to look like
24:32in a moment like this?
24:33There was silence on the other end,
24:34a silence so complete
24:35it felt suffocating.
24:37When Lady Eris spoke again,
24:38her voice was thick
24:39with shock and despair.
24:40What?
24:41He dared do that to your daughter?
24:43Then whatever happens to him,
24:45he deserves it.
24:46Your majesty,
24:47you may deal with him
24:48however you see fit.
24:50I only beg you
24:51to spare House Hecate.
24:53Samuel heard every word
24:54and instead of remorse,
24:55what filled him was outrage.
24:57He could not understand
24:58why Lady Eris was speaking
24:59to my father with such fear,
25:01such submission.
25:02Mother,
25:02why are you afraid of him?
25:03House Hecate bows to no one.
25:05On the other end of the line,
25:06Lady Eris' voice
25:07came back sharp with panic.
25:09Shut up,
25:09you idiot!
25:10But Samuel had already
25:11lost control.
25:12He turned toward my father,
25:13eyes blazing with hatred.
25:14You're nothing but a usurper
25:16with tainted blood.
25:17You clawed your way
25:18onto the throne
25:19through dirty tricks.
25:20You were never the true ruler.
25:22Without that crown,
25:23you're nothing but a lowborn bastard.
25:24Despised by every pureblood noble,
25:26you are nothing.
25:27My father had spent his life
25:28proving that true strength
25:29came from resolve,
25:30not birth.
25:31He had struck the one wound
25:32my father would never permit
25:34anyone to touch.
25:35My father's face darkened
25:36and in his eyes,
25:37I saw something shift into place.
25:39He allowed his killing intent to show.
25:41The air grew so heavy,
25:42it felt freezing.
25:43Without thinking,
25:44I stepped forward
25:45and caught hold of his arm.
25:47Father,
25:47he drew in a slow breath
25:49and forced down the fury.
25:50Little by little,
25:51the lethal edge in his eyes receded.
25:53Then he lowered his gaze to my hand
25:54where it rested on his arm.
25:56Pat it at once
25:57with quiet reassurance
25:58and in that small gesture,
25:59gave me a silent promise
26:01that he would not
26:01completely lose control.
26:03With the slightest flick of his wrist,
26:05the soldiers at either side
26:06moved at once.
26:07They seized Samuel and Serena
26:08and dragged them away
26:09like discarded sacks.
26:11Throw them into the silver coffin.
26:12With the mere mention of that place,
26:14Samuel went rigid with dread.
26:16He began struggling wildly
26:17as though panic alone
26:18might somehow free him.
26:20The silver coffin
26:21was the cruelest punishment
26:22forged from pure silver.
26:24No.
26:24For the first time,
26:25I saw real fear on his face.
26:27Once it was over,
26:28my father led me out of the boutique.
26:30The body heals quickly,
26:32but the spirit needs healing too.
26:34Come with me.
26:34There's somewhere I want to take you.
26:36His cries meant nothing now.
26:37The chaos had finally settled.
26:39He brought me to the Ancestor's Sanctuary,
26:41a sacred place deeply revered
26:43among vampires,
26:44where those burdened by grief,
26:46fear, or inner turmoil
26:47came to seek solace
26:48and spiritual healing.
26:50The moment I stepped inside,
26:51I was struck by its beauty.
26:53The entire sanctuary
26:54had been built
26:54from bloodstone crystal,
26:56and every wall seemed to glow
26:57with a dim velvety red light.
26:59That soft crimson radiance
27:00spilled over everything around us
27:02wrapping the space
27:03in an atmosphere
27:04that felt ancient,
27:05solemn,
27:05and almost holy.
27:07A gentle energy
27:08moved through the air
27:08like a warm embrace
27:09and little by little
27:10the turmoil inside me
27:11began to ease.
27:13Before long,
27:14an elder nun approached us
27:15with slow measured steps.
27:17There was something
27:17deeply calming
27:18in her expression.
27:19She began the purification ritual
27:21for me,
27:21chanting an ancient hymn
27:22in a voice so soft and steady
27:24that it seemed to thread itself
27:25through the sanctuary
27:26like flowing water.
27:28As the ritual continued,
27:29I felt a gentle force
27:30gathering around me,
27:31washing over the raw,
27:32jagged places
27:33inside my heart
27:34and carrying away the weight
27:35of everything
27:36I had just endured.
27:37Under the blessing
27:38of the first ancestor,
27:39the fear and fury
27:40I had been clinging to
27:41gradually loosened their hold
27:42and for the first time
27:43that day,
27:44true calm returned to me.
27:45When everything was over
27:47and the silence of the sanctuary
27:48had settled once more,
27:49I turned to my father
27:50and asked the question
27:51that had been lingering
27:52in my mind.
27:53Why did you support
27:54House Hecate in the first place?
27:56Many years ago,
27:57House Hecate was nothing more
27:58than a small and struggling
27:59clan in the north.
28:00They were weak,
28:01impoverished,
28:02and barely managing to survive.
28:04At the time,
28:05I had only just overthrown
28:06the old dynasty
28:07and was in the middle
28:07of rebuilding order.
28:09During one of my tours,
28:10I happened to come across
28:11Samuel's father.
28:12He was being hunted
28:13by other nobles
28:14and I was the one
28:15who saved him.
28:16I gave him resources.
28:17I helped House Hecate
28:19rebuild his territory
28:20and stand on his feet again.
28:22Later,
28:22I named him
28:23a vampire prince
28:24and entrusted
28:25the vast northern lands to him.
28:27I believed
28:27he would understand gratitude.
28:29I believed
28:29he would understand loyalty.
28:30But he died too early
28:31and his son grew up
28:33knowing nothing of respect,
28:35restraint,
28:35or gratitude.
28:36So that was the truth.
28:37My father was the vampire king,
28:39the one who stood above
28:40all vampire kind.
28:41So the engagement
28:42between Samuel and me
28:43will be cancelled.
28:44My daughter deserves the best
28:46this world has to offer,
28:47not a fool like him.
28:48A full week had passed
28:49since I completed my recuperation
28:51at the ancestor sanctuary.
28:52And by then,
28:53I had already returned
28:54to the familiar halls
28:55of the vampire royal capital.
28:59Even so,
29:00the atmosphere around me
29:01had changed.
29:02The air itself
29:03seemed charged with tension.
29:04And the moment
29:05I stepped back
29:05into court life,
29:06I could feel
29:07the weight of expectation
29:08settling onto my shoulders
29:09once again.
29:10The news had spread
29:11across the vampire realm
29:12like wildfire.
29:13By now,
29:14nearly every vampire
29:15had heard some version
29:16of the same astonishing story.
29:18Samuel,
29:18prince of the north,
29:19had committed
29:20a grave offense
29:20by daring to humiliate
29:22the beloved daughter
29:23of the vampire king himself.
29:25Because of that,
29:26every noble house
29:26had grown uneasy.
29:28Every faction
29:28was watching closely,
29:30barely daring to breathe,
29:31all of them waiting
29:32to see what consequences
29:33would follow.
29:34Your majesty,
29:35princess,
29:36prince Augustine of the west
29:37and prince Cassius of the south
29:39request an audience.
29:40I turned toward father.
29:41He was seated
29:42at the far end of the hall,
29:43composed to the point
29:44of coldness,
29:45his presence so still
29:46and controlled
29:47that it seemed to quiet
29:48the entire room around him.
29:49His eyes were closed
29:50but the authority
29:51radiating from him
29:52was as unmistakable as ever.
29:54Let them in.
29:55A moment later,
29:56the doors opened
29:56and two broad-shouldered figures
29:58strode into the hall,
29:59surrounded by attendants
30:01carrying lavish gifts.
30:05Your majesty,
30:06welcome.
30:07Then both princes
30:08lifted their eyes
30:09and looked directly at me.
30:10I could feel
30:11the careful respect
30:12in their gaze
30:12and the caution beneath it.
30:14Every movement
30:14they made was measured,
30:16every word weighed in advance.
30:18Augustine,
30:18the older of the two,
30:19was the first to speak.
30:20We were deeply disturbed
30:22to learn that
30:23Her Highness was mistreated
30:24while in Hecate territory.
30:26He said,
30:27his tone controlled
30:28but edged with indignation.
30:29The insult was intolerable.
30:32We have brought
30:33a small token
30:33of our concern
30:34and hope it may be
30:35of some comfort
30:36to the princess.
30:37At his signal,
30:39one of the attendants
30:40stepped forward
30:40and presented
30:41a velvet-lined box.
30:42When it was opened,
30:43a piece of blood amber
30:44rested inside,
30:45rich crimson light
30:46moving through it
30:47like something alive.
30:48I knew what blood amber
30:49was used for.
30:50It was said to calm the heart,
30:52soothe the mind,
30:52and ease the lingering wounds
30:54left behind by fear
30:55and emotional trauma.
30:56Beside him,
30:57the younger Prince Cassius
30:58made no attempt
30:59to conceal his anger.
31:00For Samuel,
31:01a vampire prince.
31:02To treat the princess
31:03in such a way
31:04is beyond disgraceful.
31:05Your Majesty,
31:06give the order
31:07and I will march
31:07on the north myself.
31:10House Hecate
31:11can be wiped out
31:12before the sun sets again.
31:13I remained seated,
31:14listening calmly
31:15as the two of them
31:16offered outrage,
31:17loyalty,
31:18and polished devotion
31:19in different forms.
31:20Yet only a week earlier,
31:22I had still been nothing more
31:23than an object of ridicule.
31:24Now these same people
31:25were falling over themselves
31:26to please me.
31:27Their motives
31:28were not difficult
31:29to understand.
31:30I closed the book
31:31in my lap,
31:31set it aside,
31:33and gave them
31:34a polite smile.
31:35Thank you for your concern,
31:36I said,
31:37my voice calm and even.
31:40But loyalty
31:40is not measured by gifts,
31:42nor is sincerity
31:43proven through flattery.
31:44The word settled
31:45over the hall
31:46like a sudden frost.
31:47For a moment
31:48no one spoke.
31:49Both princes stared at me,
31:50caught between surprise
31:51and uncertainty,
31:52as if neither of them
31:53had expected that answer.
31:55Only then did Father
31:56open his eyes.
31:57When his gaze
31:58turned toward me,
31:59I caught the faintest
32:00trace of approval there.
32:01He said nothing
32:02to me directly,
32:03but the look alone
32:03was enough.
32:04Then he shifted
32:05his attention back
32:06to the two princes
32:07and said,
32:07in a voice so composed
32:09it allowed no room
32:10for argument,
32:11My daughter has already
32:12spoken for me.
32:12Leave the gifts,
32:13you may go.
32:14Relief flashed
32:15across both their faces
32:16so quickly
32:17they likely hoped
32:18no one would notice.
32:19They bowed deeply
32:20at once,
32:21left the gifts behind,
32:22and withdrew from the hall
32:24without another word.
32:25After they were gone,
32:26Father turned to me
32:27with the slightest hint
32:28of amusement
32:28at the corner of his mouth.
32:30Well,
32:30do you feel any better now?
32:32I shook my head,
32:33though I smiled
32:34a little too.
32:35I feel better
32:35when I'm with you,
32:36Father,
32:37but the truth is,
32:38they aren't afraid of me.
32:39What those men feared
32:40was not me at all.
32:41What they feared
32:42was what would happen
32:42if they offended
32:43the royal house.
32:44After the two vampire princes
32:46were finally dismissed,
32:47Peace at last returned
32:48to the great hall.
32:49I was just about
32:50to pick up my book again
32:51when a vampire soldier entered,
32:53his expression uneasy enough
32:54to catch my attention
32:55at once.
32:56Your highness,
32:57the manager
32:57from the jewelry boutique
32:58is outside.
32:59He says he has come
33:00to confess and begs
33:01for an audience with you,
33:02no matter the cost.
33:03I blinked,
33:04momentarily surprised,
33:05and then remembered
33:06the jeweler's manager
33:07from that day.
33:08The arrogance he had shown
33:09in the boutique
33:10had been impossible to miss,
33:11which only made
33:12his sudden humility
33:13all the more curious.
33:14Father,
33:15who had been leaning lazily
33:16against the wall,
33:17glanced over at me
33:17with a sly smile,
33:19let him in.
33:19I'd very much like to hear
33:21what sort of confession
33:22he has prepared.
33:22A moment later,
33:23the manager stumbled
33:24into the hall.
33:25He looked so shaken,
33:27so stripped of all dignity,
33:28that for a second
33:29he barely resembled
33:30the man I remembered.
33:31By the time he made it
33:32to my feet,
33:33he collapsed to his knees
33:34and broke into sobs,
33:36his whole body
33:36trembling with desperation.
33:38Please forgive me,
33:39your highness.
33:39I was blind.
33:40I was a fool.
33:41I failed to recognize
33:42who you were.
33:42Please show mercy.
33:44Spare my worthless life.
33:45As he spoke,
33:46he fumbled frantically
33:47inside his coat
33:48and pulled out
33:49a heavy coin pouch,
33:50lifting it in both
33:50shaking hands.
33:51This is everything
33:52I've saved over the years.
33:54Every last coin.
33:55I offer it all to you.
33:56Please,
33:56your highness.
33:57Forgive me.
33:57Father said nothing.
33:59He simply sat there
34:00in composed silence,
34:01leaving the matter
34:02entirely in my hands.
34:03I looked down
34:04at the manager
34:05and asked evenly,
34:06Do you truly believe
34:07I need your money?
34:08At once he flinched
34:09so hard it was
34:10almost as if
34:10I had struck him.
34:11His shoulders shook
34:12even more violently
34:13and his voice broke
34:14as he cried,
34:16No, no,
34:17of course not.
34:18I was wrong.
34:18I deserve punishment.
34:19Whatever your highness
34:20decides,
34:21I deserve it.
34:21A faint trace
34:22of irony passed
34:23through my mind
34:24as I remembered
34:25our previous encounter.
34:26You were not nearly
34:27this humble
34:28when you stood
34:28at Serena's side
34:29a few days ago.
34:30The man immediately
34:31tried to defend himself,
34:32his words tumbling out
34:33faster,
34:34driven by panic.
34:35I had no choice,
34:36your highness.
34:37Serena had a prince
34:38behind her.
34:39She could do
34:39anything she wanted.
34:40If I had refused her,
34:41I would never have lived
34:42to see the next day.
34:43I truly didn't dare
34:44oppose her.
34:45The fear in him
34:46was real
34:46and I could not
34:47pretend not to see it.
34:48For someone in his position,
34:50standing against a noble woman
34:51would have felt
34:52no different
34:52from stepping
34:53into his own grave.
34:54And yet one thought
34:55still lingered in my mind.
34:57What if the person
34:58they had chosen
34:58to humiliate that day
34:59had not been me?
35:00What if it had been
35:01some powerless outsider
35:02with no family,
35:03no title
35:04and no one
35:04to protect her?
35:05After a pause,
35:06I said,
35:07take your money back.
35:08The manager
35:09looked up so quickly
35:10that hope flashed
35:11across his face
35:11before he could hide it.
35:13For one brief moment,
35:14he clearly thought
35:14I meant to forgive him outright.
35:16Then I continued,
35:17but you should
35:18understand this much.
35:20What you did
35:20cannot simply
35:21go unpunished.
35:22I rose from my seat
35:23and walked toward him,
35:24my voice calm and steady,
35:26carrying clearly
35:27through the hall.
35:28From this day forward,
35:29your shop will serve
35:29as a sanctuary
35:30under royal protection.
35:32Any outsider
35:33who is being bullied,
35:34abused or otherwise
35:36left without help
35:36may go there
35:37and seek refuge.
35:38You will provide
35:39whatever aid they need
35:40without questioning them
35:41and you will report
35:42their circumstances
35:43to the royal court
35:44at once.
35:45He stared at me,
35:46blinking in stunned confusion.
35:47This was so far
35:48from the punishment
35:49he had imagined
35:50that he seemed unable
35:51to process it.
35:52I let the silence
35:53stretch for a moment
35:54before adding,
35:55Of course,
35:56you are free to refuse.
35:57If that is your choice,
35:58then you may close
35:59your doors today
36:00and lose your shop forever.
36:01Or you may join Samuel
36:02in the silver coffin
36:03for a few days
36:04and reflect on your decision there.
36:06The moment he heard
36:07the word silver coffin,
36:08the last trace of blood
36:09vanished from his face.
36:10He nodded so violently
36:12it seemed he might collapse again.
36:14I'll do it.
36:14I swear it.
36:15I'll do everything
36:16exactly as you say.
36:17Father gave a small
36:18nod of approval,
36:19then turned to the guards.
36:20Go.
36:21Place the royal crest
36:22on his shop.
36:23From this day on,
36:24anyone who dares
36:25cause trouble there
36:26will be treated
36:27as an enemy of mine.
36:28The guards bowed
36:29and moved at once.
36:30Only after that
36:30did the truth
36:31fully dawn on the manager.
36:33This was not punishment
36:34in the way he had feared.
36:35It was the kind
36:36of opportunity
36:36most people could only dream
36:38of receiving once
36:39in a lifetime.
36:40With the royal crest
36:41hanging over his door,
36:42his boutique would stand
36:43under the protection
36:44of the royal house itself.
36:46After he left,
36:47I felt a strange lightness
36:48settle over me.
36:49Father crossed the room
36:50and stopped beside me.
36:51Satisfaction plain
36:52in his expression.
36:53A true ruler
36:54must know how to balance
36:56mercy with authority.
36:57Then his gaze shifted,
36:59sharpening slightly.
37:00Come,
37:00it's time to deal
37:01with the last of this.
37:02We're going to make sure
37:03everyone understands
37:04exactly what happens
37:05when they dare offend you.
37:07Father and I
37:07were seated
37:08in the council chamber
37:09of the royal capital,
37:10blood wine set before us.
37:12While a taut,
37:12oppressive silence
37:13stretched through the room,
37:14off to one side
37:15stood Lady Eris Hecate,
37:17her posture rigid and severe
37:18as motionless as carved stone.
37:20She looked composed
37:21at first glance
37:22but the tension in her body
37:23was unmistakable
37:24and beneath that stillness
37:25there was something
37:26strained enough to break.
37:28Time seemed to drag
37:29until it no longer
37:30felt like time at all.
37:31Then at last,
37:32the silence was broken
37:33by the sound
37:33of hurried footsteps
37:34approaching from outside
37:35echoing sharply
37:36through the chamber.
37:37Two vampire guards
37:38entered with grim expressions
37:40dragging Samuel
37:41and Serena
37:41in behind them.
37:42The sight was brutal.
37:43Whatever remained
37:44of their former pride
37:46had long since
37:46been stripped away
37:47and what stood
37:48before us now
37:49was little more
37:50than the wreckage
37:50left behind
37:51by their own arrogance.
37:52Their condition
37:53was ugly enough
37:54to make the consequences
37:55of their actions
37:56impossible to ignore.
37:57The moment Lady Eris
37:58saw her son
37:59something in her expression
38:00shifted.
38:01For a brief instant
38:02there was a flash
38:02of grief there
38:03so quick and faint
38:04that it might have been missed
38:06but it vanished
38:06almost at once
38:07buried beneath a cold
38:09rising fury
38:09that spread through her
38:10like a storm front.
38:11She did not rush
38:12to comfort Samuel.
38:14She did not even
38:15speak to him gently.
38:17Instead she strode forward
38:18seized him by the back
38:19of the neck
38:20with her scarlet nails
38:22and forced his head
38:23downward
38:23until he was facing me.
38:25You disgraceful fool
38:26she hissed.
38:28Apologize.
38:29Then came the crack
38:30of a slap
38:30sharp and violent
38:31enough to ring
38:32through the chamber
38:32like a shot.
38:33A second followed
38:34then a third.
38:35Now Lady Eris snapped
38:37her voice cutting
38:38through the air
38:39like a lash.
38:40Apologize to the princess
38:41this instant.
38:43Whatever defiant
38:43Samuel had once
38:44possessed was gone.
38:45He no longer struggled.
38:47He no longer argued.
38:49He simply endured
38:50the blows in silence
38:51as though each strike
38:52were knocking
38:52the last of the will
38:53out of him.
38:53By the time his mother
38:55released him
38:55he looked less like a man
38:57than something hollowed out
38:58and left standing
38:58by habit alone.
39:00Only after venting
39:01her anger on him
39:02did Lady Eris
39:02turn back toward us.
39:04When she spoke
39:04her voice was heavy
39:05with shame and desperation.
39:07Your majesty
39:08princess
39:09I acknowledge my failure
39:11as a mother.
39:11It is because of
39:12my negligence
39:13that my son
39:15committed a mistake
39:16this catastrophic.
39:17Then she rounded
39:18on Samuel again
39:19her composure
39:20shattering into fury.
39:21Do you even understand
39:22who it is you offended?
39:24Do you know how
39:25House Hecate
39:26rose to the position
39:27it holds today?
39:28Everything we have
39:29was given to us
39:30because of his majesty
39:31and you dared lay hands
39:33on the person
39:33he treasures most.
39:35You are not only
39:36destroying yourself
39:37you are dragging
39:38all of House Hecate
39:39down with you.
39:40That landed at last.
39:42The words seemed
39:43to strike Samuel
39:43like lightning
39:44forcing him to face
39:45the truth he had spent
39:46all this time
39:47refusing to see.
39:48The arrogance
39:49in his eyes
39:49faded little by little
39:50replaced first
39:51by confusion
39:52then by disbelief
39:53and finally
39:54by something much worse
39:55understanding.
39:56His gaze shifted
39:57toward me
39:58then slowly
39:59it moved to father.
40:00The man he had mocked
40:01dismissed and insulted
40:02was the reason
40:03his family still
40:04stood where it did.
40:05The title Samuel
40:06had worn so proudly
40:07the authority
40:07he had flaunted
40:08all of it
40:09had been granted
40:09to him by another hand.
40:11In that instant
40:12I could almost see
40:12the collapse
40:13happen inside him.
40:14The pride went first.
40:15then whatever hollow
40:17sense of superiority
40:18he had spent
40:18centuries building
40:19around himself.
40:20So that's the truth
40:21I was wrong
40:22I was truly wrong.
40:23His whole body
40:24began to shake
40:25any trace of dignity
40:26he had left
40:27dissolved where he stood
40:28and he bent forward
40:29again and again
40:30in frantic apology
40:31his voice breaking.
40:32Beside him
40:33Serena had remained
40:34stunned
40:34but at last
40:35the reality
40:35seemed to catch up
40:36with her too.
40:37Princess please
40:38please spare us
40:39we'll never do it again.
40:40She joined him in tears
40:42filling the chamber
40:42with a miserable grief.
40:44They crawled there
40:45before me
40:45pitiful and broken
40:46like insects
40:47crushed under
40:48their own desperation.
40:49I felt nothing.
40:51I simply lifted
40:52my cup
40:53took a slow sip
40:54of coffee
40:54and let the warmth
40:56spread through me
40:57while I said
40:57nothing at all.
40:59My silence
40:59stretched between us
41:00and behind it
41:01my thoughts
41:01moved quietly.
41:03Other than the
41:04broken sobbing
41:04of Samuel and Serena
41:06the hall had fallen
41:07completely silent.
41:08Only after a long
41:09pause did I
41:10finally lower my cup.
41:12The clear
41:13delicate sound
41:14of porcelain
41:15touching the wooden
41:15table cut
41:16through the stillness
41:17with startling sharpness.
41:18And at once
41:19both of them
41:20fell quiet
41:20as if even
41:21that small noise
41:22had struck them
41:22like a command.
41:23They turned
41:24to look at me
41:24and in their eyes
41:25I saw fear
41:26tangled together
41:27with a nearly hopeless
41:28kind of expectation.
41:29As though even now
41:30they were clinging
41:31to the last fragile
41:32possibility
41:33that I might
41:33still show mercy.
41:34I smiled faintly
41:35but there was no
41:36warmth in my voice
41:37when I spoke.
41:39If my father
41:40had not arrived
41:41in time that day
41:42would either of you
41:43have spared me?
41:44The question
41:44landed between us
41:45like a blow.
41:46In an instant
41:47both of them
41:48went rigid.
41:49Their faces
41:50drained of color
41:51their mouths parted
41:52yet neither of them
41:53could force out
41:53a single word.
41:55Serena
41:55wasn't your greatest
41:56dream to become
41:57a prince's wife?
41:58She nodded
41:59almost instinctively.
42:00And even then
42:01I caught the faintest
42:02spark of that old
42:03fantasy still flickering
42:04in her eyes.
42:05And you Samuel?
42:06I shifted my attention
42:07to him
42:08letting a trace
42:09of mockery
42:09enter my tone.
42:10You cast aside
42:11your betrothal
42:12stood by
42:13while she nearly
42:13had me killed
42:14and indulged her
42:15every cruelty
42:16simply to gratify
42:17yourself.
42:17You must have
42:18cared for her
42:19a great deal
42:19isn't that right?
42:20I didn't
42:21it wasn't like that
42:22I just
42:22He stammered
42:23scrambling for
42:24excuses
42:24already trying
42:25to twist the
42:26blame towards
42:27Serena
42:27as though
42:27that could
42:28still save him.
42:29Oh it hardly
42:30matters now
42:30I said.
42:31Then I rose
42:32and walked
42:32toward them
42:33every eye
42:34in the chamber
42:34fixed on me
42:35as I stopped
42:35before where
42:36they knelt.
42:37Since the bond
42:37between you
42:38is evidently
42:39so deep
42:39I said calmly
42:40I've decided
42:41to grant
42:41your wish
42:42the two of you
42:43may remain
42:43together forever.
42:44At those words
42:45a flash of wild
42:46joy lit
42:47Serena's
42:47tear-streaked
42:48face
42:48so sudden
42:49and so shameless
42:50that it almost
42:50made me laugh.
42:51I gave a soft
42:52contemptuous
42:53huff before
42:53continuing
42:54but the price
42:55of that happiness
42:56will be your
42:56title Samuel.
42:58The effect
42:59was immediate
42:59Lady Eris
43:00Hecate collapsed
43:01where she stood
43:02all strength
43:02leaving her at once
43:03while Samuel
43:04stared at me
43:05in stunned disbelief.
43:06What right
43:07do you have
43:07to strip me
43:08of my title
43:08he demanded
43:09his voice cracking.
43:10I looked at him
43:11steadily
43:11would you like
43:12me to issue
43:13a formal decree
43:13at once
43:14and announce
43:15to the entire
43:15vampire realm
43:16that Samuel
43:17has been stripped
43:17of rank
43:18and reduced
43:19to a commoner.
43:20He turned at once
43:21toward his mother
43:21Mother say something
43:22Lady Eris
43:23closed her eyes
43:24she said nothing.
43:25In that silence
43:26Samuel finally understood
43:27his mother
43:28had abandoned him.
43:29I watched the realization
43:30break over him
43:31in stages
43:31disbelief
43:32then horror
43:33then the slow collapse
43:34of everything
43:35he had once believed
43:36untouchable
43:37his body began
43:38to shake so violently
43:39that it seemed
43:39as though he might
43:40come apart
43:41everything that had
43:42once defined him
43:43was vanishing
43:43before his eyes
43:44then I turned
43:46to Serena
43:47who looked up
43:47at me
43:47with a kind
43:48of frozen dread
43:49didn't you always
43:50want to become
43:50Samuel's wife
43:51very well
43:52I will make
43:53your dream
43:53come true
43:54from this moment
43:55on
43:55you are his wife
43:56for a heartbeat
43:57she simply stared
43:58unable to understand
43:59then the meaning
44:00of it hit her
44:01all at once
44:02no I don't want
44:03it anymore
44:03I refuse
44:04I refuse to marry
44:05a commoner
44:06at last Serena
44:07had awakened
44:07from her fantasy
44:08she had spent
44:09her whole life
44:10grasping for power
44:11and now she found
44:12herself bound
44:13to a disgraced
44:13former prince
44:14to her it was
44:15worse than death
44:16what a pity
44:17that is not
44:17your decision to make
44:18then he turned
44:19to the soldiers
44:20and gave the final order
44:21exile them
44:22to the wastelands
44:23they are never
44:23to set foot
44:24in any vampire
44:25territory again
44:26everyone in the chamber
44:27knew what that meant
44:29the wastelands
44:30were a barren stretch
44:31of northern ruin
44:32where almost nothing
44:33thrived
44:33food was scarce
44:34water scarcer still
44:35and hope perhaps
44:36rarest of all
44:37only bitter winds
44:38and savage beasts
44:39ruled there
44:39and to be sent
44:40into that desolation
44:41was no different
44:42from being handed
44:43a death sentence
44:44and told to carry
44:45it out yourself
44:45the soldiers
44:46stepped forward
44:47at once
44:48Samuel shattered
44:49beyond resistance
44:50barely reacted
44:51as they dragged
44:51him away
44:52while Serena
44:53struggled and screamed
44:54until her voice
44:54turned ragged
44:55her body twisting
44:56wildly in their grip
44:57yet neither of them
44:58could change
44:59what had already
44:59been decided
45:00they were hauled
45:01from the chamber
45:02like discarded things
45:03stripped not only
45:04of privilege
45:05but of every illusion
45:06that had once
45:06sustained them
45:07Lady Eris remained
45:08collapsed on the floor
45:09watching her son
45:11be taken away
45:11with hollow defeated eyes
45:13all the force
45:13she had carried
45:14into the room earlier
45:15had deserted her now
45:16she looked as if
45:17despair alone
45:18had aged her by decades
45:19and yet she did not beg
45:20because she understood
45:21exactly what this
45:22verdict was
45:23not mercy perhaps
45:24but the closest thing
45:26to it that the vampire
45:26king was willing to grant
45:28at the very least
45:29it meant that the rest
45:30of house Hecate
45:31would survive
45:31news of the exile
45:33spread swiftly
45:33through the vampire realm
45:35Prince Samuel
45:36was gone
45:36cast down
45:37and cast out
45:37and with him
45:38the prestige house
45:39Hecate had enjoyed
45:40for so long
45:41began to crumble
45:42before much time
45:43had passed
45:43rising vampire families
45:45moved against them
45:46stripping away
45:46influence
45:47lands
45:47and power
45:48with the ruthless
45:49efficiency of those
45:50who had only ever
45:51been waiting for weakness
45:52to show itself
45:52over the months
45:53that followed
45:54rumors of Samuel
45:55and Serena
45:56occasionally reached
45:57my ears
45:57some said
45:58they had seen
45:59a ruined nobleman
46:00and noblewoman
46:00wandering the wastelands
46:01in rags
46:02crouched over the carcasses
46:03of beasts
46:04and licking the dried blood
46:05from old remains
46:06others claimed
46:07the two had been spotted
46:08fighting wild boars
46:09over the fresh body
46:10of a dead antelope
46:11reduced at last
46:12to the kind of
46:13desperate struggle
46:14they once would not
46:14have allowed
46:15even their servants
46:16to witness
46:16after a while
46:18even those stories
46:19stopped mattering to me
46:20they drifted out
46:21of my thoughts
46:21the way dust
46:22disappears into
46:23barren wind
46:23and eventually
46:24they became no more
46:25than something
46:26that had once happened
46:27then passed
46:28a year later
46:29while I sat beside
46:30Lake Namir
46:31and watched the water
46:32under the evening sky
46:33they crossed my mind
46:34one final time
46:35the cool night mist
46:36brushed softly
46:37against my skin
46:37and the scent
46:38of moonshade blossoms
46:39drifted over
46:40from the lake shore
46:41everything around me
46:42was quiet serene
46:43and almost achingly
46:44beautiful
46:44and the peace
46:45of that moment
46:45stood in such sharp
46:46contrast to the miserable
46:48life they were likely
46:48still clawing through
46:49in the wastelands
46:50that it felt unreal
46:51what surprised me most
46:53was not satisfaction
46:53but distance
46:54by then the outcome
46:56no longer stirred
46:57much of anything in me
47:00instead I felt a strange
47:01almost weightless
47:02sense of release
47:03as though I had finally
47:04turned the last page
47:05of that chapter of my life
47:06and left it behind
47:07for good
47:08father came to stand
47:09beside me
47:09and handed me
47:10a glass of chilled
47:11blood wine
47:11then with a gentleness
47:13that still had the power
47:14to soften me
47:14no matter how much
47:15time passed
47:16he rested a hand
47:17against my hair
47:18and smiled
47:18see
47:19the moonlight
47:20is perfect tonight
47:21I took the glass
47:22from him
47:22and looked out
47:23across the lake
47:24where the silver light
47:25of the moon
47:25lay scattered
47:26over the water
47:27until mist and moonlight
47:28seemed to merge
47:28into one
47:29then I gave a small nod
47:31feeling nothing in my heart
47:32but clarity and calm
47:33he was right
47:34the moonlight was perfect
47:35the road ahead
47:36lay wide open
47:37and waiting for me
47:38beyond it
47:38was a future
47:39bright with possibility
47:40possibility
47:40you
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