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The Devil's Little Thief

In the dark alleys of Guttric City, Hazel, a skilled thief, targets the elite's opulent homes to plunder valuables and takes them for a resale to distribute the money to the city's forgotten orphans. Her latest target: the eerie Estate of Death, shrouded in terrifying tales and said to harbor ancient and valuable artifacts. Believing the estate to be abandoned, Hazel ventures in, but her luck runs out when she's captured by the estate's enigmatic owner, a ruthless vampire.To her surprise, Hazel discovers she's a Lythrix, a rare being with the ability to transform into an animal and harness powerful energy bursts. and it was revealed that she's the second living one, Hazel soon finds herself trapped in a web of dark desires and ancient secrets. The vampire's cold exterior hides a burning obsession, and he'll stop at nothing to keep her by his side. As Hazel navigates the world of vampires and witches she struggles to maintain her independence and free will, she uncovers the dark history of the Estate of Death and with each passing moment, she becomes more entrenched in a world of ancient curses, forgotten lore, and supernatural drama, the vampire's grip on her tightens and tensions escalate, Hazel finds herself at the center of a brewing storm, her emotional attraction to the vampire and with the fate of Guttric City hanging in the balance. she must find a way to bring everything back to calm. Will she accept the sudden reveletion that she is the vampire's mate and follow her heart thereby succumbing to the darkness that has haunted Guttric City for years or would she do things in another extreme way?

Liyahsmile · History
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44 Chs

Estate of death (I)

The evening wind swirled around the city and Hazel stepped out of her home and stretched lazily, she twirled the brown sack in her hand which contained the jade cup and swiftly threw it around her waist then tied it there then sh began her stroll through the busy streets of Guttric city so less bothered and basking in her own world of silently chewing her cane after a long walk she finally took a turn into the market and a man suddenly bumped into her and took to his heels while she sighed and immediately gave a chase, he ran across several stalls bumping into people and throwing down the wares his hands could reach as the angry yells of people followed after him, he was so determined to get away with what he had just acquired but Hazel wasn't making it easy, she was so swift and light, dodging things and people like it was such easy fit, he jumped over some logs of wood and he was suddenly tripped by a chewed cane and he fell face down to the floor, "stupid" Hazel muttered as she held his neck and flipped his heavy body to face her, people gasped at such streangth coming from such frail girl, a mob was already forming at the scene, people wondering what happened and how frail yet strong Hazel was, she tried to pull her sack from him but he held tightly unto it and she broke three of his finger, he screamed in pain as he released the sack and the people gasped but she remained straight faced, she calmly took the sack and stood up "you are just a learner, a child shouldn't try to practice my on an elder" she said with irritation and proceeded with her walking, "u would meet your doom soon, he would kill you just like he did to the folks" the man said and ran off screaming about his broken fingers and the crowd dispersed while Hazel looked in the direction the man went in confusion "who?" she asked in her head but soon waved it off and went her way chewing another cane. Finally she got to her destination, an old antic shop, with a kind of spooky vibes but with a bustling business, "Webby antic hall" was its name and it was very popular among the city folks especially the elite class and antic dealers. She strolled casualy intothe stall and walked to the shop assistant who had a horror filled look on his face as soon as he sighted her, "hi there Conor" she greeted with a smile that wasn't a smile "sir Leo isn't around" he said hurriedly and she sighed then sat leisurely in front of the overly restless shop assistant, "at least you are, I would sit with you while I wait for him" she said "no...." "wow isn't that a unicorns horn, you already have that here" Hazel exclaimed with her eyes glued on the white horn in a coner of the shelf in front of her and the and Conor froze, the horn was fake and Hazel was the one who brought it to them with request to put it on the shelf for sale, she surprisingly knew the stall's dirty secret and she threatened to get them exposed if they didn't agree to her request and since then she had been coming there with different antics either original or fake, the fake unicorn horn had been gathering attention and the stores owner Mr Leo had to hide it in other not to tarnish the name of the stall. People's attention became drawn to the unicorn horn Hazel was referring to and Conor broke out in sweat, "a unicorn horn?, that isn't possible, according to legends, the only one ever found is in the estate of death, it had been acquired by the lord of the estate since it was found" an old man in the crowd said and mumures filled the place many speculating the authenticity of the antics in the store while Hazel wondered where that estate of death, "no, no, i am sorry that is just a rhinoceros horn, we don't have any unicorn horn" Conor said with an awkward smile "but you said it was a unicorn horn, what type of shop attendant are you?" Hazel said with a frown and another round of mumures began "miss Hazel sir Leo is in his office" Conor muttered to Hazel almost in tears and with cold sweat dripping down his face and she smiled, picked her sack and strolled off without any aim to ease the situation, "i am sorry ladies and gentle men, this isn't a unicorn horn it's a rhinoceros horn, that miss just miss heard me, I am so sorry, rest assured we don't sell fake antics all our antics are original, you can please continue with your shopping" Conor said and the store resumed it's bustle.