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I was Hugo Basom’s cherished human until the day he brought in another human girl whose parents were excellent vampire hunters.
While gently caressing my hair, his voice tender as ever, yet every word sliced like ice. “Train her as the lowest servant.”
Feeling sorry for Lina Tommur, my fellow human, I gave her simple chores like serving coffee.
But Hugo stripped me of the golden key that marked my status as the hostess of the castle. “Can’t handle these tasks yourself, sweetheart? You need to be punished.”
On my birthday, he told me he’d prepared nine surprises.
I waited alone until morning. The only surprises I received were the nine cries of pleasure from Hugo and Lina.
The next day, drunk on his affection, Lina broke into the Kindred’s forbidden zone to test Hugo’s feelings.
Furious, he summoned the bloodline to host a grand feast and created a hide–and–seek game as punishment.
But the one who was hunted as a blood slave wasn’t Lina. It was me.
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Hugo cradled Lina gently on his lap, fixing me with an icy stare. “Amy Allnatt, who gave you the authority to send her into the forbidden zone? Enjoy treating others like blood slaves, do you? Go ahead and
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guess–will the vampire who Embraces you be a low–level one?”
The mere thought of those fanged, soulless killers made me shiver uncontrollably.
Being bitten by a low–level vampire would turn me into a similarly grotesque and bloodthirsty creature.
“Hugo, I didn’t send Lina into the forbidden zone. She went on her own…..”
Before I could complete my sentence, Hugo sneered, “I’ve repeatedly warned everyone that the forbidden zone houses the statue of the Original Vampire. Any human who dares to enter will be turned into a blood slave, completely drained by the elite vampire guards inside.
“Are you saying Lina would recklessly walk into her own demise without cause? What a shoddy lie. I’m surprised you can even utter it!”
As I looked at the unfeeling Hugo, my eyes began to blur.
I suddenly remembered when the most exalted vampire prince had once knelt before me with humility and sincerity.
He had solemnly placed the golden key, a symbol of the castle’s authority and prestige, into my hands.
“Amy, I can control everything in this world. But what I truly desire is your genuine heart.”
It was he who also entrusted Lina, the daughter of vampire hunters, to me and commanded that I train her to be the castle’s lowest servant.
Out of compassion for my fellow human, I only gave her simple tasks.
Hugo would then glare at me coldly and say, “Can’t you do these by
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yourself, sweetheart? You need to be punished.
He not only took back the golden key that marked my role as the hostess of the castle, but also withdrew the sincerity he once offered
- me.
The vampire aristocrats who once revered me now stare hungrily from behind the bars of my cage.
“Amy has a unique scent. If the prince hadn’t prized her, I’d have tasted her long ago and savored her blood’s sweetness.”
“Her scent has captivated me as well. The hunt begins soon. Let the best vampire prevail.”
“When I find Amy, my initial bite will target her carotid artery. It’s nearest to the heart, where the blood is most vibrant.”
I shiver with terror under the stare of their blood–red eyes.
Hugo is ruthless, merely lifting his wine glass with a grin.
“Let the hide–and-seek chase commence. Good luck with the hunt.”
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