Eleanor's P.O.V "Hello there." A voice peirced my ears as I jumped to my feet, slowly turning around to look at the owner of the voice. A tall, shadowy figure stood before me, its face completely obscured by the darkness. "Who are you?" I asked nervously, my heart racing in my chest."I am the collector," the voice replied, "and I have been waiting for you.""The collector?" I repeated, confused."Yes," the shadowy figure replied, "I collect memories, and I believe you have something of mine.""I don't understand," I said, my hands shaking with fear."The journal," the collector said, holding out his hand. "I believe it belongs to me."I hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to do. But then, suddenly, the memory came rushing back to me. That brown, coarse sheet, the signature scrawled across it. It wasn't mine. It had never been mine. I had taken it. Yet, why did it feel like it was mine? Like I was the owner of it? Why did it feel so familiar?"I'm sorry," I said, handing the jou
Eleanor's P.O.V My body jolted as I finally was able to take control of my body by standing up. Run.The word was coursing in my head like a fast, strong, potent poison that courses through a person's veins. I knew I had to run, to get as far away from this place as possible. My heart was pounding in my chest, and my legs were shaky as I took my first few steps away from the secret portion of the garden.My mind raced as I tried to figure out what had just happened. How had I ended up in there? Was Daniel really going to hurt me and Danielle? Where has Danielle been? Why couldn't I see her after marriage? What was happening to me? Why did I suddenly start leaning onto Daniel?I couldn't remember anything before that moment. That moment ever since Daniel started feeding me that medicine. My head was throbbed with pain as tears ran down my cheeks.No! No! She was lying. She has to be lying. My Daniel wouldn't betray me.But, what was the guarantee? I stumbled forward, trying to fin
Daniel's P.O.V "Keira, I hope you know the consequences of betraying me." The words left my mouth as I stared at the woman standing in front of me, expressionless."Your Majesty, I would never betray you. There will be no such overdosage as you are imagining in your head. Her Majesty will be fine. Nothing will happen to her due to the medicines. Except the effect they are being given to her for."I could some sort of hesitation in Keira's eyes as she spoke. Something that seemed to be screaming to me that I couldn't fully trust her words. The weight of the situation hung heavy in the air, and I couldn't help but wonder if I had made the right choice.It had come down to this - a critical decision that would shape the future of our kingdom. Our home. Our family. Which led me to feed my beloved wife, Eleanor those disgusting medicines.It was a calculated gamble, one that I had reluctantly agreed to for my sake. For my selfish desires to keep Eleanor tied down beside me. But as the da
The wind brushed past my cheeks as I watched the clouds go dark. My coarse hands brushed against the fur of the horse I had mounted. My neck twisted as I turned around to glance at the grand door of the castle. The place I was leaving behind. The home I was running from.Somehow, I couldn't feel my heart thumping in my chest. Did I leave it behind? I guess I did. A dry mocking laugh passed my lips as I turned around looking at the rocky path ahead. I guess I've also left something else beside my heart in the castle that seemded to become my home.Myself. Eleanor. I've left her behind. Beside Daniel. I was running away as Knife. Knife, the criminal who had been killed for the world to keep Eleanor, the wife of Daniel, the Vampire King alive.The night was descending upon me as I urged my horse forward, the pounding of its hooves on the rugged trail drowning out any thoughts of turning back. The cloak of darkness seemed fitting for my new persona, the name Knife carrying with it th
Eleanor's P.O.V "Eleanor?" The figure walked into the moonlight from behind the bushes as my eyes remained trained on it.Derek?"Eleanor? You're alive? Or, I'm hallucinating about you again? Ha! How I wish you were still alive. How I wish Hailey was still here. Eleanor... I'm sorry." Derek apologized out of nowhere crashing down to the ground as I watched tears slide down his eyes, making a very uncomfortable shudder run down my body.I hesitated for a moment before taking a step closer to Derek. The moonlight highlighted the lines of grief etched on his face, and I couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for him even when I didn't like him before he was the first guy to stay beside me from the moment my mother died. Though, he became more twisted than me after his mother died."Derek, you should go back to the village. Roaming in the woods... What if a vampire were to kill you?" I urged, my voice filled with genuine concern. Derek scoffed and wiped away his tears with the back of
Eleanor's P.O.V My body burned with rage as I watched Daniel throw Derek on the ground like a rag doll."You want to kill me?" Daniel's low growl echoed through the forest as I watched Daniel ripping out Derek's heart from his chest throwing it away from his now lifeless body."Kill me now. Why don't you, bastard?" Daniel spoke in his cold as he threw Derek's lifeless body to one corner of the forest before turning his gaze to me.I felt a shiver run down my spine as Daniel's eyes locked with mine. The once warm and comforting gaze I had fallen in love with now held a sinister and chilling darkness. It was as if the man standing before me was a completely different person, a monster lurking beneath the surface.Fear gripped me tightly, but beneath it, anger swelled within my chest. He killed Derek without a thought. I'm next. He's going to kill me then Danielle just like before. How... How did I fall for such a monster?I could feel the fire of my own rage burning inside me, threat
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I jolted awake, my eyes darting around the dimly lit room, trying to make sense of my surroundings. Panic washed over me as I realized I couldn't move; my body felt heavy, immovable, bound by cold, unforgiving metal chains that rattled with every futile attempt to break free."Daniel," I whispered his name with disbelief and anger.How could he do this to me? The person I once trusted, the one who claimed to care for me, had betrayed me in the most heartless way.My mind raced with questions, trying to piece together how I could escape this horrible nightmare that my beloved had put me into.My heart pounded in my chest, drowning out the sound of the metal links clanging together. I was trapped, ensnared in a twisted web of deceit and cruelty.Desperation clawed at my throat as tears welled in my eyes. I struggled against the unyielding restraints, but they held me in a vice-like grip, mocking my feeble attempts at liberation. The room seemed to close in around me, the walls closing r