(Northern Region- Outskirts Of New Antic City)


    (Castle Eden- Private Study Room)


    Mary recognised the look on Lily''s face as her sister stormed past her and reached for the doorknob.


    It was her ''I''m going to give this person a piece of my mind'' face. Or more urately... it was her ''someone has pissed me off'' face.


    Oh no...


    "Wait!" Mary quickly spoke up, but it was toote as Lily pulled the door open and walked into the room.


    Mary ran behind her sister with her heart pounding frantically in her chest.


    She didn''t know what Lily was going to say to Cami, but she had the sneaking suspicion that it was not going to be something pleasant.


    Lily entered the room in front of her and her golden eyes swept up and down her nearby surroundings taking in the details about this unfamiliar ce.


    There was a crackling firece in the corner and the walls were lined with wooden bookshelves that were covered with a thinyer of dust.


    Beneath her feet was a fur carpet that was surprisingly clean considering the rest of the slightly dirty room.


    At the back of the study was a wooden desk and argefortable chair had been ced directly behind it.


    Sitting on it was a vampire.


    A vampire whose appearance brought a small frown to Lily''s face.


    Cami was an unnaturally beautiful woman with enchantingly pale skin, perfect facial features, soft plump red lips, and a voluptuous physique.


    She wore a dark ck dress that fell down to her knees and wrapped tightly around her curves.


    ? The arms of the dress had been purposefully cut off to reveal traces of her delicate skin.


    Vampires were known for their beauty and yet even whenpared to the others of her kind... Cami''s appearance was well above the average.


    Certainly, she was good looking...


    But often the snakes with the most dangerous venom had the brightest colours.


    "Lady Cami, I assume?" Lily calmly questioned as she looked directly into the pair of crimson eyes that were also observing her closely.


    "Yes. I must say that... I am a bit surprised..." Cami responded in an even tone as she tried to not let the shock in her heart show on her face.


    "I wasn''t expecting you to look... identical to your sister..."


    Cami was a powerful vampire lord skilled in magic and the forbidden blood arts and yet... she had never felt a sense of tension like this before.


    How was one supposed to act around the closest rtive of their lover?


    Should she be warm and friendly? Act like herself?


    Wait... what if Mary''s sister didn''t like her? Would their rtionship end?


    Numerous thoughts and worries surfaced in Cami''s mind but not a single trace of her concerns showed on her face.


    "I will thank you for thepliment," Lily coldly replied as she crossed her arms and assumed a hostile posture.


    Mary entered the room and walked over to Cami. She bowed her head and whispered something into the vampire queen''s ears.


    Lily raised an eyebrow as she saw a light blush spread across Cami''s cheeks before the vampire got her emotions back under control.


    "Anyways... I understand that you are... ''dating'' my sister," Lily spoke in an expressionless tone.


    Her loud voice interrupted the sweet moment that was beginning to form between Mary and Cami.


    "Lily... don''t grill her too much... I..." Mary''s voice trailed off as Lily raised up her hand and shushed her sister.


    "It''s okay... I know that your sister is only doing this out of love," Cami smiled gently at her lover before focusing her attention on the woman staring at her coldly.


    "Good. Now I have several concerns, but I will first ask the most important question," Lily spoke with a sharp glint in her eyes.


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    "Yes," Cami immediately replied as if she did not even have to give that question a second thought.


    Mary let out a small sigh of relief when she saw the barest hint of approval in Lily''s gaze when she heard Cami''s answer.


    It was small but... at least it was some progress.


    She wanted to stop Lily from peppering Cami with questions, but Lily was a stubborn girl and getting in her way would probably make things worse.


    There was a tense moment of silence as Lily intentionally waited a bit before asking the next question on her mind.


    This was the question that bothered her the most.


    She just could not see how love between humans and vampires was possible and it was for one simple reason.


    One side was immortal while the other would age and die.


    Vampires and humans were both fundamentally different existences due to the nature of their lifespans.


    It was easy to fall in love with a beautiful woman or a handsome man in their early twenties but what about in theirte fifties? Sixties? Seventies? Or even eighties?


    Looks fade.


    That was a fundamental truth for humans but not for vampires.


    Lily opened her mouth and slowly voiced the concerns on her mind,


    "But what about in forty years? Or sixty? When wrinkles appear on her skin... when she bes frail and weak... when she no longer looks attractive, and you look the same..."


    "Will you love her then? Are you sure that your feelings will not fade? Humans... we be physically and mentally weak in our old age."


    "Can you see yourself looking after my sister if she loses her physical and mental facilities?"


    Mary felt her heart sink as her sister talked about the fears that she secretly harboured over thest two years.


    She loved Cami dearly and these were concerns that she privately held about their rtionship.


    Cami would always be an otherworldly beauty, but Mary knew that her looks were on a timer just like the rest of humanity.


    Cami ced her hands on the desk in front of her and her fingers tapped the sides of its wooden surface.


    "My father... well my adopted father..." Cami began to speak and her eyes drifted off towards a distant past.


    "He told me that immortality was a curse. That I would one day regret begging him for the gift of eternal life."


    "I know... he had human lovers... and every time they died... a part of him died with them as well..."


    Cami lost herself in old memories as she remembered how the smile on her father''s face slowly disappeared with the passage of time.


    She remembered the sadness in his eyes as he dug graves in the back of the mansion to bury the humans that he had once loved.


    Eventually he simply stopped personally burying them and had the servants do it instead. He could not longer feel anything the longer that he lived.


    Cami did not want to suffer the same fate and had made a decision.


    "I don''t n to live forever," Cami suddenly spoke.


    "I... didn''t understand then... but I do now... immortality is not a blessing like you humans believe it to be."


    "Mary will be my one and only lover. When she passes from this world... I swear on my blood magic that I will as well."


    A pulsating web of dark red runes appeared on Cami''s skin as she swore that terrible oath without hesitation.


    Lily''s eyes widened in shock and Mary immediately grabbed Cami by her shoulder and stared at her with tears in her eyes.


    "Why?! Why would you do that?!" Mary choked back sobs as she questioned her lover with a mixture of anger and concern in her voice.


    Cami''s lips gently curved upwards as she stretched out her hands and wiped the tears out of Mary''s eyes.


    "Because life without you..." Cami softly whispered.


    "Isn''t worth living."