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.575Please respect copyright.PENANAi5SAtBDpqw
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Everyone were pretending to be BFF, allies and family. 575Please respect copyright.PENANARsIfh9bojS
"Oh darling, I have missed you so much." 575Please respect copyright.PENANA2vXXwSyfKy
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.575Please respect copyright.PENANA0JbIaxjcYK
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Vampire Royalties lifestyle 101. We'd kill, but always remained civilised. Pah...575Please respect copyright.PENANADWd4booYaR
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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…575Please respect copyright.PENANA6dtlGlyYD0
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I spun around. 575Please respect copyright.PENANAbyyAnow6cY
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.575Please respect copyright.PENANATT1vlV6Mah
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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.575Please respect copyright.PENANAhEnb82J5Q2
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He walked up the stage and commanded attention with just his presence. The noise in the ballroom ceased.575Please respect copyright.PENANAjM4Umxj9gq
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"My brother, Red, has passed away last winter." 575Please respect copyright.PENANA1nZJz29Ep5
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"As his only surviving blood relative of the Clan Blood, I have…"575Please respect copyright.PENANAAu9rh2TLsv
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My hand gripped hard on the stem of the glass. Blood pumping loudly in my ears.575Please respect copyright.PENANAQlMjCzhH68
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Everything changed. Everything. My eyes watched helplessly as he accepted.the applause. Accepting his new position in his Clan.575Please respect copyright.PENANAhwu2HZYezp
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. 575Please respect copyright.PENANAdoE7gjj5Ot
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Somehow I had managed to maneuver my way to the outdoor gardens.575Please respect copyright.PENANA5KhZaBM74b
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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!575Please respect copyright.PENANAzSUj7s07ec
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"Luna!" The bass of his voice sent shivers down my spine. "Luna?" Uncertainty seeped into his voice.575Please respect copyright.PENANA8EeDzC0r8c
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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.575Please respect copyright.PENANAcyBecr1p9k
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The possibility...575Please respect copyright.PENANAyRdFZ8A3d4
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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.575Please respect copyright.PENANAQEf8d7VpKo
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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.575Please respect copyright.PENANA6DWsNB4Vg1
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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. 575Please respect copyright.PENANAIVjgGAeS4W
Closer. Our lips just a hair breathe away.575Please respect copyright.PENANAmRXIGmqSBu
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I shoved at him. He stumbled back from the unexpected rejection. His eyes widened. Confused.575Please respect copyright.PENANAVAh42OB25O
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"Wha- Luna, I thought." I interrupted him with my hand raised up.575Please respect copyright.PENANA8JgoCOwto2
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"We can't." He stared at me blankly.575Please respect copyright.PENANADPSukj76kV
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"We can't." I repeated. "When you claimed your rights over the Clan, it is over." "Over." He parroted.575Please respect copyright.PENANAGNJdZz9Ekw
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"As the head of the Clan, you have to marry a bride. Chosen by the Council."575Please respect copyright.PENANA5rY6qTL2k8
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He froze. He did not know. Of course not.575Please respect copyright.PENANAFEBdtntUty
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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."575Please respect copyright.PENANA3RYrpo8a4n
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He grabbed my shoulders and shook. "We have a connection." "We only met once before." My voice sounded lifeless.575Please respect copyright.PENANAsBPqxUB056
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"No. We could have..." His voice became strangled. There it was again. Could have. Maybe. Possibility. 575Please respect copyright.PENANAjCXq0c9HEw
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Threads of life were dangling in front of me. 575Please respect copyright.PENANAkVh6m6Kb1x
If we kissed now, I knew. We will be together.575Please respect copyright.PENANAMbHyAUcugG
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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.575Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qzm7nO4kB
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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.575Please respect copyright.PENANA43eyZXGKJM
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The Council would kill him for breaking the law. After his clan was destroyed before his eyes.575Please respect copyright.PENANADP76QMv3bZ
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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.575Please respect copyright.PENANAT7WMUncPPV
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Just without me in it. We had not even begun. There was nothing to end.575Please respect copyright.PENANAhu6cmTFqC0
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"It's not fair." The words so soft that I almost missed them with my supernatural hearing.575Please respect copyright.PENANAaXPosGUmsm
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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."575Please respect copyright.PENANA2v146ywBtg