"Luna, can you spare some time?" Kaz said in small voice, he had dropped all the arrogancy and hatred. At this point, he looked very remorseful for what he had done, so did Maria.
Oh gripes…Maria and Caz, of course they survived! 🙄
Kaz and Maria looked a little bit awkward when they greeted Iris. They didn't even dare to look at her in the eyes and spoke a word. They wanted to see the babies, but they couldn't bring themselves to ask for permission.
"Have you forgotten? One important thing about Decratic?" Elder Rose raised her head, she stared at Abby with this sadness in her eyes. "You need to kill the real one. You need to kill the real Decratic."
He quietly sat by her side, who was resting peacefully under the influence of the medicine. With the proper treatment from Erich, her heart's condition was slowly improving, though it was not entirely cured.
"Don't you want to know where is Liam?" Elder Rose asked. She knew this was the only thing that would make Abby reconsidered her decision. "I can tell you where he is."
"So that leaves us with three choices. She is either an evolved serphant, or I suddenly am able to consume serphant blood. Or the last one…" Hadeon remarked in a casual tone, yet his eyes were filled with curiosity. "She isn't a serphant, but something else."
Serphants were designed as friendly allies for pureblooded vampires, bound by a pact of mutual protection. This was why vampires, especially purebloods, were typically forbidden from feeding on them.
Sounds like he’s all hot and bothered. Hadeon’s POV please!
Watching Mallory disappear inside the castle, Hadeon explained, "Technically, I shouldn't be able to digest her blood. Serphant's blood is considered poison in our hierarchy. But I wanted to test it out of curiosity, as I hadn't seized the opportunity last time." His tongue ran across one of his fangs, as if remembering the taste of her blood.
"Lord Hadeon?" Barnby ventured, hesitating slightly before adding, "I thought pureblooded vampires weren't able to drink a serphant's blood." When Hadeon's gaze shifted to his servant, Barnby quickly bowed, adding, "Forgive me, milord, for eavesdropping."
"The original pureblooded vampires have the ability to heal wounds with our saliva. Fortunate for you, I will be there to lick your wounds," Hadeon purred, his lips twisting into a sly grin. The very notion made Mallory's heart skip a beat. Leaning back against his seat, Hadeon's gaze turned predatory, his eyes shimmering with a golden gleam. "But there's always a balance."
Quickly gathering her wits, Mallory pulled her foot back to her side and declared, "I think that was helpful enough. Thank you for saving my life once again." She noted how his gaze lingered on her foot for a moment before meeting her eyes, his lips glossed with a trace of blood, and he licked them.
"Oh, well," Hadeon murmured, the colour of his eyes shifting to a dark red that made Mallory forget about the pain she had been experiencing until now. "It would be such a waste, not to mention, we need to make sure there's no venom there."
As he spoke, Hadeon's slender fingers reached for the heel of Mallory's shoe, seemingly checking it. Without warning, his fingers slid to the top, and in one swift motion, he tore the shoe in two.
"No, not a nail," Hadeon replied casually, as if dismissing any cause for alarm. "It's a corrupted vampire's fang. Probably one of the ones I broke off during a fight."