Prologue
"Be happy. Without me." - Luna Cross, Year 2089
As a matter of principle, I hated functions. HATED. Capital letters. I could not emphasised enough.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvgwCSh5KI
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Everyone were pretending to be BFF, allies and family. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzHEbqfjBz
"Oh darling, I have missed you so much." 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QmHkrh8Ty
A little tingling in my head told otherwise. That darling would be dead by this week. Stabbing? I wondered. Those ugly minds were buzzing with plans to get rid of the competitions.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs7bSInJgr
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Vampire Royalties lifestyle 101. We'd kill, but always remained civilised. Pah...634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqdTcYdQAD
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My grandfather, General Cross, lifted his glass of wine towards me. I sighed. Throwing one last regrettable glance at the exit, I picked up a glass of wine and started to walk when…634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrCZULTImZ
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I spun around. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigX5ByEMDw
Even amidst the crowd of colours and lights, I'd found Anton easily. His lips parted slightly and curved into a half smile and half "I want to slap him" look.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRaVGjtfZO
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Gravity shifted. When had I start falling so hard for someone I had only met two days ago? The rational mind of mine had thrown all logic and went gah gah over him. Oh the humiliation.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewFz2qVchP
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He walked up the stage and commanded attention with just his presence. The noise in the ballroom ceased.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0mnCyeRCg
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"My brother, Red, has passed away last winter." 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA2wTwlqQO
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"As his only surviving blood relative of the Clan Blood, I have…"634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeYXWZRSVq
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My hand gripped hard on the stem of the glass. Blood pumping loudly in my ears.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstSllrPGuF
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Everything changed. Everything. My eyes watched helplessly as he accepted.the applause. Accepting his new position in his Clan.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQh82W5qXBg
My precognition threw me off balance with the sudden download of information. I could not breathe. I had to get out before my tears started to fall. It would not do to show weakness in front of the predators around me. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrw4phUq4W
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Somehow I had managed to maneuver my way to the outdoor gardens.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBej4TmzdMf
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Smile. I must not break down. Oh God. I was breaking apart with every step. My vision was blurring. Shit. Shit!634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3wFUTsigF
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"Luna!" The bass of his voice sent shivers down my spine. "Luna?" Uncertainty seeped into his voice.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRcr2Feb0r
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He appeared in front of me. Surprised by my tears, his warm hands rubbed over my arms. His tenderness twisted that knife in my heart deeper.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQ7OCkf0lv
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The possibility...634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1WC408FCG
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His hands swept upwards to touch the side of my face. He cupped my face and raised my chin. Our eyes met. I could almost drown in the depth of his eyes. Specks of beautiful gold dancing in grey storm.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6VNEP7mFk
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For that moment. Time had stopped. Our breathes matched paces. Nothing mattered. For that moment. Just us. And no one else.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzMpZlzdn3
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I wanted nothing more than to lean closer and taste his lips. To be drunk in passion. The grey in his eyes darkened. He bent down. An inch away. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6vdYheVbI
Closer. Our lips just a hair breathe away.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqos6u6E6O
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I shoved at him. He stumbled back from the unexpected rejection. His eyes widened. Confused.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3e1b2zrvU
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"Wha- Luna, I thought." I interrupted him with my hand raised up.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZqVPjEcgq
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"We can't." He stared at me blankly.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm0nCBFS4y
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"We can't." I repeated. "When you claimed your rights over the Clan, it is over." "Over." He parroted.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNpYFk2a31
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"As the head of the Clan, you have to marry a bride. Chosen by the Council."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFbz0e5Ufw
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He froze. He did not know. Of course not.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjGTaXEh3t
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"I…" He ran his fingers through his hair and looked at me. "No one told anything about this. Please." He plead. "You have to believe me."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Jxa02Wsh9
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He grabbed my shoulders and shook. "We have a connection." "We only met once before." My voice sounded lifeless.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m56r5Xb0b
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"No. We could have..." His voice became strangled. There it was again. Could have. Maybe. Possibility. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVqeKTHFNU
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Threads of life were dangling in front of me. 634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJCV3RiCaM
If we kissed now, I knew. We will be together.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K2qIdHxYw
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Love will blossom between us. And so many life will be forfeited. The future branched out in my mind by my ability.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyb5MyEqOb
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My tears rolled down my cheeks. We only wanted to love each other. So simple. There was only one future for us in the end and I held the key to open one of the two possibilities.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wXbKLZpdz
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The Council would kill him for breaking the law. After his clan was destroyed before his eyes.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgGqqltPSN
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End this and he got a beautiful bride. I could see his happiness when he threw his arms over her and their newborn son. His other future so promising.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHda4vSUicx
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Just without me in it. We had not even begun. There was nothing to end.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtG35U4bbCx
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"It's not fair." The words so soft that I almost missed them with my supernatural hearing.634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKEuRVhX1f
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It took all of my strength to turn away. Each step felt so heavy. I took a deep breathe. "Goodbye Anton."634Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0awPFwkHGu
