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Conquering His Cold Heart

Princess Anastasia of Orsenia is regarded as the kingdom’s treasure. However, she carries a heavy secret— she is diagnosed with an incurable illness. She is fated to die before she turns 18. For years, her parents desperately searched for a cure but to no avail. That is, until a mysterious letter arrives, claiming that the only way Anastasia can escape her cruel fate is to send her to a monster: King Caspain, the ruler of Sorvando, a vampire kingdom. The letter prophesizes that Anastasia will live, only if she makes that bloodthirsty King fall in love with her. However, Anastasia knows it’s nearly an impossible task. Sorvando is filled with dangers. And she is only but a weak human. Yet, her will to live won over her fear. No matter how cruel the king may be, Anastasia will still try to win his heart. Now, if only she can keep her own heart from falling for him as well. *** [Excerpt] “Cas-pian…” And he looked back to see that she was biting her lower lip as though she greatly enjoyed that kiss. He smirked again and whispered in his deeply seductive voice, “I like my name even more ever since I started hearing it from your beautiful lips. And I like it even further when you say it in that hushed tone.” Anastasia had no idea what Caspian was hinting at yet. So he dropped some more hints, “Wife, weren’t you asking me what the first night meant? Let me show you.”

sanimimosa7 · Fantasy
Not enough ratings
496 Chs

Confiding

Since there was complete silence in the room, Ruby assumed that Lorenzo was done questioning her and reminding her of the past that she didn’t want to revisit.

She finally got up from the chair, making a creaking sound, and startling Lorenzo from his deep thought.

When Lorenzo saw Ruby on her feet, he understood that she wanted to leave.

And rightly so, Ruby gave a subtle nod to him and said, “I had a good time talking with you. I hope you will get a good night’s sleep.”

Ruby took a step towards the door before Lorenzo even said a word to her.

However, Lorenzo instantly jumped up on his feet and instead of saying goodnight to her, he happened to blurt out the question that was circling his mind for quite a while now.

“Did you get into some kind of disagreement with King Everard?”