StarNovelChapter 297
---- For an instant, | saw something in their depthsa flicker of life.
1 didnt know what forbidden magic my mate had used, but keeping someone alive even in death, forcing them
into servitude under anothers will, was the most cruel and inhuman thing I had ever witnessed.
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MY WEDDING GIFT CELINE "Where are we going?" | asked my trouble-seeking mate after scolding him for the
uncomfortable situation from earlier.
"I dont like that Aldric kept you on the sidelines for so many years, " he hissed, not letting go of my hand as we
walked down the hallway.
He had his reasons to hate the Dark Realm.
| hated it too," 1 sighed, wanting to leave the past behind.
"T understand, but that doesnt mean | have to like it." He stopped in front of me, his cold hand caressing my
cheek.
The intensity of his emotions always wrapped around my soul.
You wanted to know where | was taking you? Come, | have a surprise | had brought here for you," he said before
opening a door toa massive library.
| stared in awe at the towering bookshelves, stretching from floor to ceiling, forming what looked like a labyrinth.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHanging lamps cast soft, shifting shadows, and though the heavy curtains were drawn, pale sunlight filtered in
through an enormous terrace.
Standing there, his back to us, was aman.
His noble clothing was tattered and stained, darkened by dried blood.
---- Something about him instantly puton edge.
"My beloved Celine, allowto introduce you to your new servant.
He will do anything you ask, endure everything you desire.
He is my wedding gift to you.
Greet your mistress!" Zarek commanded with cruelty, and my heart nearly stopped when the man turned
around.
Chestnut hair, brown eyeshis features struckas eerily familiar, despite the stiffness and unnatural pallor in
them.
Thad seen those sfeatures many times before...
in my own.
reflection.
He's the one who gave life to my form," Camilla hissed with venom.
She didnt seem happy to see him.
Neither of us was.
"princess Celine, lam your slave, here to serve your will," he bowed respectfully, his gaze fixed on the
floorsubmissive, obedient.
But that only enragedfurther.
Without thinking, | strode forward, unsheathing my claws in pure hatred, and ripped half of his face apart.
| kicked him to the ground, hearing the sickening crack of his bones breaking, and from the boot | always carried,
| pulled out my hidden dagger.
Then, like a madwoman, | stabbed himagain and againfinally releasing all the hatred, all the resentment that had
been festering inside me.
---- Even after accepting my vampire side, | couldn let this go.
This was the man who had violated my mother...
and sealed my fate forever.
My erratic eyes saw nothing but a bloodied, pulpy mess beneath me.
My trembling hand still gripped the dagger, its blade soaked in crimson.
I didnt even know how he still bledif | had understood correctly, Zarek had turned him into nothing more than a
puppet.
"He died recently.
My men hunted him down.
But | can assure you, he is feeling every ounce of the pain you're giving him," Zarek murmured, gripping my
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmtense shoulders, pullingup from the gore-stained floor, my body splattered with the blood that had created
mine.
The heavy weight pressing against my chest had lightenedjust a little.
| spat on his mutilated body, disgusted, but with a dark sense of satisfaction, knowing that | had, at least in part,
avenged my mother.
"Get up, you miserable bastard!" | commanded, and | watched as he struggled to rise.
His legs were fractured, his arms broken, one eye completely destroyed.
He couldn't even use the railing for support, yet he still tried to stand.
"Go downstairs.
| dont want to see your horrid face," | snarled, and for a fleeting moment, his dull eyes met mine.
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