Prologue
"Be happy. Without me." - Luna Cross, Year 2089
As a matter of principle, I hated functions. HATED. Capital letters. I could not emphasised enough.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKK1RIVyIj
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Everyone were pretending to be BFF, allies and family. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfjCqm7hkl
"Oh darling, I have missed you so much." 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjN5i6lJRSH
A little tingling in my head told otherwise. That darling would be dead by this week. Stabbing? I wondered. Those ugly minds were buzzing with plans to get rid of the competitions.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHASnrAxbtU
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Vampire Royalties lifestyle 101. We'd kill, but always remained civilised. Pah...658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ2UCjDMe7
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My grandfather, General Cross, lifted his glass of wine towards me. I sighed. Throwing one last regrettable glance at the exit, I picked up a glass of wine and started to walk when…658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELx1PYvdzS
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I spun around. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiAbNjE5gn
Even amidst the crowd of colours and lights, I'd found Anton easily. His lips parted slightly and curved into a half smile and half "I want to slap him" look.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVkpk1YjQn
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Gravity shifted. When had I start falling so hard for someone I had only met two days ago? The rational mind of mine had thrown all logic and went gah gah over him. Oh the humiliation.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZBGhIpYxB
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He walked up the stage and commanded attention with just his presence. The noise in the ballroom ceased.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I4AWl9gaT
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"My brother, Red, has passed away last winter." 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpAp7NU8w4
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"As his only surviving blood relative of the Clan Blood, I have…"658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbP9WmHDLZ
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My hand gripped hard on the stem of the glass. Blood pumping loudly in my ears.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXAKvYPimb
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Everything changed. Everything. My eyes watched helplessly as he accepted.the applause. Accepting his new position in his Clan.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr10RAaVz9e
My precognition threw me off balance with the sudden download of information. I could not breathe. I had to get out before my tears started to fall. It would not do to show weakness in front of the predators around me. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjofBhKM7b
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Somehow I had managed to maneuver my way to the outdoor gardens.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqhu4oyIa1
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Smile. I must not break down. Oh God. I was breaking apart with every step. My vision was blurring. Shit. Shit!658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqYzeTqPqU
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"Luna!" The bass of his voice sent shivers down my spine. "Luna?" Uncertainty seeped into his voice.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaRdM2CEh5
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He appeared in front of me. Surprised by my tears, his warm hands rubbed over my arms. His tenderness twisted that knife in my heart deeper.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s0CI726Mt
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The possibility...658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡke6AwJwwmf
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His hands swept upwards to touch the side of my face. He cupped my face and raised my chin. Our eyes met. I could almost drown in the depth of his eyes. Specks of beautiful gold dancing in grey storm.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9IUrHlgcJ
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For that moment. Time had stopped. Our breathes matched paces. Nothing mattered. For that moment. Just us. And no one else.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HkItFbtcN
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I wanted nothing more than to lean closer and taste his lips. To be drunk in passion. The grey in his eyes darkened. He bent down. An inch away. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeK9JtedQe
Closer. Our lips just a hair breathe away.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTw5rn0Xvs
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I shoved at him. He stumbled back from the unexpected rejection. His eyes widened. Confused.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6sAtg8ffK
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"Wha- Luna, I thought." I interrupted him with my hand raised up.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirXf7llH77
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"We can't." He stared at me blankly.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeWbliDgSR
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"We can't." I repeated. "When you claimed your rights over the Clan, it is over." "Over." He parroted.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RqX7RFclP
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"As the head of the Clan, you have to marry a bride. Chosen by the Council."658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeTBSBrio3
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He froze. He did not know. Of course not.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeX1u3pmwp3
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"I…" He ran his fingers through his hair and looked at me. "No one told anything about this. Please." He plead. "You have to believe me."658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mOIMOjBmi
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He grabbed my shoulders and shook. "We have a connection." "We only met once before." My voice sounded lifeless.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukiMVvVMqD
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"No. We could have..." His voice became strangled. There it was again. Could have. Maybe. Possibility. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zwheaI5a9
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Threads of life were dangling in front of me. 658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIl7AFsvIGI
If we kissed now, I knew. We will be together.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSEvT7g8MG
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Love will blossom between us. And so many life will be forfeited. The future branched out in my mind by my ability.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1euyQw8Pou
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My tears rolled down my cheeks. We only wanted to love each other. So simple. There was only one future for us in the end and I held the key to open one of the two possibilities.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ8sUpbdfF
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The Council would kill him for breaking the law. After his clan was destroyed before his eyes.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjynxnC9Nm
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End this and he got a beautiful bride. I could see his happiness when he threw his arms over her and their newborn son. His other future so promising.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAHPJ6d9hJ
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Just without me in it. We had not even begun. There was nothing to end.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1AOgGZU3o
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"It's not fair." The words so soft that I almost missed them with my supernatural hearing.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mRPirmAsv
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It took all of my strength to turn away. Each step felt so heavy. I took a deep breathe. "Goodbye Anton."658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNp5Xr76Rf
