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I dwell in an odd world, loving the evening and hating the sunshine.

I’ve stunning appears and sharp tooth to lure and hunt for meals.

Nonetheless, when a silly hunter falls in love with a crafty prey, that’s the starting of all tragedies.

I couldn’t management the urge to drink blood. I killed him.

his physique, I don’t know the place to go.

He left, and what awaits me is one other lengthy, limitless life.

I miss him.

— Natalie Mendes

[Liam’s angle]

I opened Reese’s pocket book. There was such a bit of paper in it.

“Natalie Mendes?” The identify sounded acquainted.

After recalling for a very long time, I lastly related this identify with the identify of the traitor of the Kindred.

She was a vampire who fell in love with a human, a humiliation to the Kindred.

If she hadn’t unintentionally killed her lover and walked into the fireplace with the corpse, she would have in all probability been punished much more severely by the Kindred.

Why did Reese acquire the sinner’s stuff?

I didn’t perceive this.

The sound of the door opening got here and I appeared on the guard who had been following me.

The very first thing he did when he noticed the factor in my hand was kneel on one knee and anticipate his punishment. What a boring individual.

“Reese Norma, have you learnt what sort of punishment you’ll obtain for secretly holding a sinner’s legacy?”

I centered my gaze on the again of Reese’s head. Actually, I used to be just a little curious to see what sort of expression Reese had. Terrified? Ashamed? Or vigilant? Making an attempt to think about some motive to take care of me?

Nonetheless, because the inheritor to the Home of Stuart, I’d by no means let him search for. He was a sinner in entrance of me at that second.

[Reese’s angle]

“Grasp, a traitor can be punished with picket nails and holy water by the Kindred.”

I had by no means thought that Natalie’s suicide word I saved could be uncovered in Grasp Liam’s sight. Grasp was the following inheritor to the Home of Stuart, the royal household of the Kindred. My actions had been a unique type of betrayal to him.

I couldn’t guess what Grasp was considering, so I might solely kneel earlier than him for a very long time.

However I didn’t remorse what I had executed, as a result of Natalie was the one heat I had left aside from Grasp. I wouldn’t have survived these merciless childhood days with out Natalie’s firm.

If Grasp needed to finish me, I additionally had nothing to say. In spite of everything, my life belonged to Grasp.

It appeared like a very long time had handed, but it surely additionally felt prefer it had solely been a number of seconds.

Grasp’s eyes always pierced me like needles.

Then, I heard Grasp say, “Rise up. There’s no have to fuss over issues that belong to somebody who’s lifeless.”

As I acquired up, I couldn’t assist however really feel a lingering concern. Grasp had all the time been moody and by no means confirmed mercy to traitors. I used to be in all probability the primary individual to outlive after such an apparent betrayal.

The matter of Natalie’s word appeared to have turn into an episode.

Once I confessed my sin, Grasp misplaced curiosity and took me to a manor outdoors town.

The then chief of the witches, Ashley Lancaster, lived there.

Ashley Lancaster was a wonderful and quiet woman. Each time she met Grasp Liam, she provided essentially the most noble courtesy and used essentially the most concise phrases to report what had occurred. This made me respect her lots.

Grasp as soon as requested me all of a sudden what I considered Girl Ashley, and I stated that she was a dignified and reliable individual.

For some motive, after I answered, Grasp gave me a faint smile. The creepy feeling was nonetheless recent in my reminiscence.

Talking of Girl Ashley, I have to point out her household, the Lancasters, and essentially the most highly effective witch within the household, Isla Lancaster.

Girl Isla was born within the early Center Ages and was an ancestor of Girl Ashley.

At the moment, the battle between the ancestors of the Kindred had simply ended. The Stuarts lastly received and have become the true ruler of the Kindred.

Rumor has it that on the day when the ancestor of the Stuarts was baptized, Girl Isla was all of a sudden impressed.

She prophesied that in 100 years, a brand new king could be born within the union of people and the Kindred, overthrowing the reign of the Stuarts. The Moonstone was the important thing to the beginning of the brand new king. It might level out the place the brand new king was, and it might awaken the facility of the brand new king.

Your entire Kindred was shocked upon listening to this prophecy.

Nonetheless, because the ancestor had simply ascended the throne, he didn’t care about Girl Isla’s prophecy.

As time handed, Girl Isla had confirmed her capability after serving to the ancestor and the Kindred keep away from disasters repeatedly.

When she introduced up the prophecy once more, the ancestor lastly took it significantly. He additionally found that many vampires had been in shut contact with people in secret. Some even grew to become companions.

So, the darkish decade beneath the reign of the Stuarts got here.

Throughout that interval, numerous vampires that betrayed the Kindred had been dismembered, pierced via the guts, burned, and sprinkled with holy water. They had been strictly ordered to sever their connections with people.

What did it imply to sever their connections? Simply as Natalie’s suicide word had stated, to finish their lover’s life with their very own arms.

This merciless bloodbath started with Girl Isla’s prophecy, and likewise ended with Girl Isla’s revelation.