Chapter 179
Lord Shevek’s face darkened as soon as the words left my lips. He frowned so deeply that I for a second I thought I may have overstepped…
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked that; it wasn’t my business.” I said quickly to lighten the atmosphere.
“No, it’s fine.” He said.
There was a long pause before he answered, his eyes fixed on one spot. He looked vulnerable and then furious again.
I was surprised. From the short time I have known my father, this is the first time I would see him display so many emotions in a single minute.
“I once had a beloved.” He started, then tightened his hand on his staff. “But I killed her.”
“What?” I shivered, not sure I heard right.
“I killed her.” He repeated it like it was nothing.
“What do you mean by that?” I frowned. “I mean. She’s your beloved, someone you love.”
“She betrayed me!” I jumped at the anger in his voice as he stamped his staff against the floor. He moved closer; his voice had gone dead cold. “I don’t forgive those who betray me, especially when they are supposed to be mine.”
I didn’t know what to say. I just looked at him. His words had cut me like a blade. I couldn’t imagine how it must have felt for him to kill his beloved
-the pain he must have gone through.
He sighed.
“It was long before you were born.” He started, his gaze lost again. “She worked with my foes, and told them my flaws to ruin me. I had no choice.”
“But don’t you think death was a little too harsh?” I asked.
He shrugged. “She deserved it.” I was taken aback by the lack of remorse in his voice. I saw a coldness in his eyes that I couldn’t fully comprehend.
“How did you feel? Were you sad?” I wanted to know.
“I simply got rid of an enemy.” He said.
“That was it? What happened after?”
“It was the same night I met your mother. I just wanted to relieve the pain. I didn’t think our night together would result in…” He looked at me, “You”
We shared a sad smile.
Then I asked “What did you think of my mother when you met?”
He stroked his beard “Rose? She was unlike any other. Kind, beautiful, soft spoken. She drew me in.” He chuckled. “But I couldn’t ask for anything more from her. I couldn’t trust anyone.”
“Is that the reason why you’ve become so cold towards women?” I arched a brow his way.
“Why do you say so?”
“Your Harem of Women?”
He smiled. “They are for pleasure, nothing more.”
“Exactly. Do you think you will get to love again?” I whispered.
He chuckled. “Love is for the weak. I don’t wish to have another wife, and even if I do, it will be for official reasons. Business. And she must be willing to accept my women. She can have other men if she wishes.” He shrugged, “I don’t mind.”
-I must’ve looked horrified because he smirked “It’s different here; you will soon come to understand that. We follow our desires; it’s blood and lust.”
I shuddered. I had heard rumors of some vampires who loved to have multiple partners, even with a beloved. Threesome, pets and so on.
“You can have your choice of men. I could even help you pick the best if you wanted.” lord Shevek grinned and I shook my head firmly.
“No.” I was okay with being Eros’s.
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This book is basically the same as Catching Genesis by Nicole Riddley, so don't waste your time on the crappy zoom and random % and 1/4 idk bout y'all but that got annoying quick...
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Hey, its wrong chapter... Ch 258 is missing...
Does anyone know when the next chapter will be released?? The suspense is killing me!...
Not sure why it is so difficult to read from chapter 8....it's like it is zoomed in permanently, I can't see the end of the sentences......