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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 221 Dust
"Uhm… Your Highness…" Mike reluctantly butted in. "I think we really need to move now. You both can continue your chat in the car instead."
"Oh!" Elijah looked up,. "You're actually right."
He stood before leisurely offering his hand towards Izabelle. Which Elle simply stared at with the same spiteful look in her eyes.
"Be good, Sunshine –"
"Be good?" Elle snorted. "You really expect me to be good after all that you did to my husband?" Elle glared contemptuously at Elijah.
"If you don't accept my hand on the count of three, I'll have you put to sleep too, Princess Elle." He stated, his grey eyes in the darkness were bright and dangerous.
"Can't you see I'm holding my husband? I can't –" Elle retorted, giving an excuse.
"Mike." Elijah gestured at the man next to them and without a word he came and grabbed the unconscious Sebastian from Elle's arms.
Elle tightened her grip on him, glaring daggers at the man called Mike.
"Let go, Princess. You know there's no use struggling –"
"Where are you taking him?!"
"Into the car, Sunshine." Elijah was the one who replied. "Don't worry, I'm taking you along with him."
Mike pulled Sebastian from Elle and due to the man's sheer strength, Elle was also pulled up along with the still unconscious Sebastian. Nevertheless, she still clung onto Sebastian, never letting go even as Mike brought him into the car.
In no time at all, Elle was holding Sebastian as she settled herself in the back seat. And when Elijah sat in the passenger seat, Mike immediately stepped on the accelerator, causing the car to speed off smoothly.
"Where are you taking us?" Elle then asked after a long while of silence when she suddenly started to feel dizzy. 'Oh lord… don't tell me…' Did they manage to drug her too?!
She fought hard to keep her eyes opened as she tightened her grip around Sebastian.
"You will know once we get there, Sunshine." she heard Elijah say before her eyes lost the fight and helplessly remained closed after a particularly long blink.
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Shocked at finding herself inside a grey toned and minimalistic room, Elle scrambled to her feet, eager to leave. To look for Sebastian.
She had checked herself once over and to her relief, she was still wearing her clothes and there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary. But her panic skyrocketed when she could not find Sebastian anywhere. Where did Elijah bring him to?
Rushing out of the door, Elle found herself in a wide marble living room. It was modern and luxurious and… surprisingly sparse. It was as though it was not a place that someone dwelled in constantly.
There were some basic but luxurious looking furniture but that was about all there was inside. It was like a new luxury villa that had just been finished and the owners were yet to move in.
Looking around, Elle's heartbeat thundered harder when she could not feel the familiar presence of Sebastian. She was starting to feel the dread of getting locked up again. But her fear for Sebastian's safety was far stronger. Where was he? She needed to find him!
After hastily wandering around the empty and spacious mansion, Elle finally found the main door. But to her dismay, she could not open it. It was locked!
She debated whether to yell for anyone but in the end, she decided not to call out, afraid that she might end up alerting her captors lest they return her to that room and lock her up in there. She must not let that happen again!
And so, Elle continued roaming around, searching for any way out.
But time passed yet her attempt in looking for an exit was a failure.
Frustration and helplessness began to get to her. Her worry for Sebastian was making her feel worse. She felt like she just wanted to scream her frustrations out.
Slamming her hand against the wall, Elle's eyes then caught sight of her new wedding ring. She paused and stared at it. As though it had some kind of calming power, Elle brought her fingers to her lips and kissed the ring before her eyes gleamed with determination again.
Moving again, Elle continued searching around, relentlessly. Until she noticed a small smearing of dirt on the marble floor. A dust patch.
Bending over, she swiped her finger over the patch and rubbed her thumb and pointer together, trying to guess and decipher more information from this. She was familiar with this kind of dust. How did it end up in a modern and marble place like this?
Elle's eyes widened. Her skill of looking for secret passages since she was young was suddenly activated. And deep within her, this dust alone was enough for her to believe that there was a secret passage leading to an underground chamber or area in this place! And she was certain that it should not be a newly built underground passage, judging from this kind of dust. It was highly likely that it was an ancient underground passageway!
She started to run her hands over all the tiles, the walls and everything in the area until she finally found it. One of the tiles on the wall was pushed back when she pressed on it and the floor slid open. It then revealed a stair.
Swallowing, Elle cautiously looked down.
There was some light and she knew there must be people inside. The first thought that came to her mind was that Sebastian was probably being tied up and tortured or something along those lines by Elijah deep within this underground passageway and it had made her to rush inside. No longer considering if her moves were wise or not.
The underground passageway was not as simple as Elle had initially thought. It was indeed an ancient dungeon. She believed that this place was certainly ancient, but had been modernized. Most probably it was an old castle that was demolished and had been rebuilt into a modern mansion.
Elle moved farther in without any hesitation. She was thankful that the dungeon was well lit and there was still no other pathway that could trick her and get her lost.
But after a long while of walking, Elle stopped between two pathways. One was dimly lit and the other, well lit-up.
One would consider the well lit-up path, but not Elle. Because as soon as she stood there, she felt a familiar presence coming from the dimly lit pathway. She could feel something dark and heavy flowing from it and a shiver ran down her back.
Facing it, Elle braced herself and entered. She was careful with her steps as it was dim. When she reached a little farther, she found that the lights inside were old candelabras instead of the modern bulbs used in the other pathway.
Her heartbeat started to drum louder in her ears when she started to see bars ahead. She knew this. They also have these back in one of their oldest castles in Dalenn. Dungeons that were used to be prisons.
Her steps slowed, measured, as she prayed that the worse case scenario she was expecting would be completely wrong.
But as she reached the massive bars and looked through them, her gasp echoed in the heavy silence.
HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 222 Before...
Inside a speeding black car, Lucas and the youngest prince of Viscarria, Kyle, both had severe expressions plastered over their faces.
Kyle had insisted on following him when he had come across him a while ago. Or more like, the prince had actually chased after him.
Lucas could only tell that the youngest prince had already found out that something had happened. And that something grave was going on.
"I don't understand how this happened at all." Kyle said, shaking his head in disbelief. "I can't believe my brother got himself captured so easily like that. Is that even Sebastian?! Just what exactly in the world happened?"
Lucas kept his driving speed steady and impossibly fast on the highway as he replied to Kyle, without sparing him a glance. "They blackmailed him."
"What? Don't tell me they caught Princess Izabelle? Like how? Wasn't she under heavy security ever since her disappearance?" Kyle was frowning hard as he asked Lucas, questions shooting out one after another. He had heard that Sebastian had been with his wife since he found her and had never left the castle at all. Even during her birthday party, Kyle knew there was no way there would be any chances for anyone, even Elijah to kidnap her. So how was she even taken captive again?
"Witchcraft." Lucas answered simply, his already hard expression worsened. And his answer had Kyle's eyes widening. "I believe the princess had been under a serious spell. She keeps on getting wounded out of nowhere."
"A poppet!" Kyle exclaimed, eyes narrowing at what Lucas had disclosed.
"I believe that's what is going on with the princess. And the witch who is performing the witchcraft must be someone powerful, as they actually managed to draw blood from her without her even realizing it. I believe His Highness thinks the same and that's why he was hellbent on bringing the princess to the Black Forest, where any and all forms of witchcraft wouldn't work."
Speechless, Kyle could only shake his head again. Now he understood why they managed to actually catch Sebastian.
"That sly fox..." Kyle hissed, gritting his teeth. "He must've already gotten control of the princess since her first disappearance, right?"
"I believe so." Lucas' tone also did not sound good. pan(da-n0vel.c)om
"What did Alexander say?"
"He's working closely with the witches in the Black Forest right now. He said he'll move immediately, the moment he gets more information from the witches."
A short silence passed until Kyle spoke again. "Who could it be? That strong witch who is working with Elijah? The princess' disappearance had been very strange even from before, and I believe that the most possible conclusion about that mystery is that a strong witch is involved. Now this... I can't believe this is happening. There shouldn't be anyone strong enough to give us this kind of trouble except for L ... except for the witch queen and Zeres!"
"You're right. Whoever it is that's working with Prince Elijah should be at least on par with the caliber of the witch queen herself. Or... perhaps not as powerful, but their ability for not being able to be traced at all by the witch queen herself is definitely superior." Lucas commented. "And we... I believe even Alexander and everyone in the Black Forest, has yet to figure out who it is as well." Lucas' voice was tight as he told all this to Kyle. It could be seen what a predicament they were all in right now.
A long, deep sigh escaped Kyle's lips. He was starting to feel that this trouble would end really really badly. There was a restless unease swirling within him, and that was growing stronger by the minute now as worry for his brother and his wife began to surge.
"Lucas..." Kyle uttered after another long stretch of silence. "Is my brother really in love with Princess Izabelle?"
Kyle had heard about this already. That Sebastian was whipped so badly by the princess. In fact, the whispers in the castle were full of delight at the news of how the prince was so head over heels in love with his wife. He even heard that his brother who was never fond of pets, actually even had a large dog, Snow, brought to their rooms just so it could keep his wife company!
But Kyle was a bit unsure as he had somehow felt the pretense and acting that had gone on between the couple ever since that first time the princess had arrived at the castle. He had totally not bought into their fake lovey-dovey act as newlyweds, as much as they did seem sweet to each other on the surface. However, he had then kept his silence as he had thought who was he to question what his brother wanted to do with his own love life. But now faced with the whispers going around, Kyle had then felt he needed to reevaluate if his brother did really love his wife.
"He is." Was Lucas' straightforward reply. And Kyle knew for sure that if it was Lucas who could confirm the news, then it must really be true. And that news only made the already bad situation far worse. His brows creased further and deep furrows formed on his forehead, marring his normally flawless and gorgeous face just a little. Because Kyle realized now that Elijah had found a perfect tool to use to destroy Sebastian.
"We really need to find them quick. As soon as possible before... before..." Kyle could not make himself continue speaking. In that moment, no matter how he tried to think positively, he could already feel that things were going to be dark and bloody.
The heavy feeling within him right now was something he had never experienced before. This felt even worse than that battle that had taken place ten years ago. Perhaps because it was a fight within their family, between two Reign princes this time, and it was something that had never happened before.
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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 223 Did You Know
Elle could not believe what she was seeing. Though the lighting around her was dim and it was even darker behind the bar, she immediately knew that the man being chained inside was none other than Sebastian.
Her hands flew to her mouth. He was already behind such massive and thick bars, why must they chain him up too? Was that not overkill?!
With her lips slightly trembling, she was about to call out his name when a voice spoke up and jolted her.
"He's not awake yet." Elijah's smooth voice reverberated in the darkness.
Whipping around, Elle saw Elijah leaning against the dungeon's wall, right across from her.
Despite her thundering heartbeats, Elle clenched her fists and glared at the man, whose face she had yet to even fully see. And it was then she realized that all her encounters with Elijah were always happening during the nights. And due to that, it was always too dim for her to see what he truly looked like. Not that she cared for how his face looks, but she was starting to wonder if it was on purpose or just purely coincidental. However, now her focus was not on Elijah but on her husband who was in such a dismal state.
"Please…" she pleaded, but her words were a startling contrast to the rage brimming in her eyes. "Release my husband. I don't know why you're doing this, but… in case you've forgotten, he's your brother, Prince Elijah. So, please let him go."
"I haven't even done anything at all to him yet, Sunshine –"
"You had him stabbed with that potent drug! Now you have him chained even when he is already behind bars! And you dare tell me that you have not done anything to him yet?!" Elle's voice got a little louder at the end, not being able to help herself.
"Those things you mentioned are nothing to him, Princess Izabelle. Insignificant. Don't you know that Sebastian had spent seven hundred years of his life in that state? Chained and locked like this behind bars?" Elijah's eyes were zooming in on Elle as though to see her reaction to his statement.
Elle's eyes widened and speech failed her for a moment. Denial hitting her like a ton of bricks. It was like all the breath was being knocked out of her for a few seconds. "What… what are you talking about?" She finally managed to croak the question out after opening and closing her mouth a few times..
A sigh escaped Elijah's lips. "Of course… you would know nothing about this too, wouldn't it? Sebastian wouldn't have wanted you to know what kind of a monster he truly is." Elijah's words were mocking, piercing her heart as she wondered why Sebastian would not tell her more about himself and she had to hear about this from someone else.
Shaking her head, Elle swallowed hard before retorting. "You're the monster here, Elijah. The fact that you could even do this to your very own brother. And if what you said is true, that Sebastian had been chained and locked for several hundred years… then… you're an even more horrific monster for doing this to him again!" Her eyes were literally shooting sparks at Elijah, as though she hoped that he would just combust right where he was.
Elijah pushed himself off the wall and began to approach Elle. His grey eyes gleaming brighter than ever, causing her to hear warning bells echoing at the back of her head.
"What if I tell you that Sebastian's been locked up because he was an uncontrollable monster who couldn't even recognize anyone anymore?" he uttered as he approached her with deliberately slow steps. "That he had to be chained and locked like that to ensure everyone was safe?"
He paused right before Elle who was now holding her breath and then continued. "The man you married is not just a mere vampire, Princess. He's a demon too… a monster who is not supposed to be here, living among us as though he belongs here."
All Elle could do was shake her head at him and he smiled. His white teeth flashing in the dark. "Don't believe me? You think that it's impossible? That there's no way demons are real?" He then bent slightly closer, causing Elle to unconsciously scoot back and her behind hit the bars. "Just like almost all humans, you must've found it funny now. But worry not Sunshine, you will be enlightened soon once Sebastian wakes up. You shall see it for yourself. Just wait for it."
"Why…" Elle's voice broke due to the intense emotions swirling within her like a storm. "Why are you doing this?" Elle could not understand why Elijah was treating his brother, Sebastian this way. So what if Sebastian was not just vampire but was something else? Should he not be helping his brother out instead of tormenting him further?
"I told you already, didn't I? I wanted him to go mad. To go completely insane as he deserved. Sebastian deserves nothing else but to be chained and locked up in prison… and suffer… forever." His voice held so much conviction and hatred as he uttered that last line. Elle shivered as she saw the deep hatred shining in his eyes.
"Just… just what…" Elle stammered, swallowing her surging tears. "Just what did… Sebastian ever do to you for you to treat him this way?"
Unexpectedly, Elijah seemed to be suddenly surprised by Elle's question. Then out of nowhere, he barked out a laugh. A quick disbelieving laugh that sounded almost…
He mumbled something under his breath and he stepped back, running his fingers through his hair before looking at her again. "Did you know that you're the very first person who asked me that question? Sunshine?" he breathed out in a huff. "No one had ever asked me that. All of them kept on asking why am I doing this and that… no one had bothered to ask me what Sebastian and Ezekiel had done to me first… until now."
HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 224 Story
"Alright, Sunshine." Elijah was against the wall again, leaning his back against it in a seemingly relaxed yet a little unsettling stance. "Since you are the first to ask me that question, I think I am obliged to at least answer you."
His grey eyes that were the only ones fully visible to Elle in the dim light were glinting with an intense light. So intense that Elle could not help but feel the pressure of it under her skin.
"But first... I guess I'll have to question you one last time, Princess Elle. Do you really want to know?"
Elle could not help swallowing. For some reason, she felt the unease growing within her. A weak warning bell echoed at the back of her head, telling her there must be some kind of consequence if Elijah ends up revealing the answer to her question. And the way he asked that question was just so suspicious.
But she wanted to know. She wanted to know everything! She wanted to understand what was going on! She was sick of always being left in the dark and not knowing what was even happening.
Braving herself, she tipped her chin up. "Are you telling me that there will be a consequence that might befall me once I hear your answer?" she asked.
"Well... isn't that always a given? That's why sometimes, not knowing something at all is the better choice. Ignorance is a bliss they say..." he shrugged elegantly.
Elle bit the insides of her lower lip hard. But after a few breaths, she replied with a small forced smile across her face. "It's not like I'm in a blissful state right now for not knowing anyway." She mumbled, knowing he would be able to hear her.
She understood where he was coming from but right now, all she wanted was to have answers to her questions. Because perhaps, once she learned more of his reasons, she could find something that will help her to get Sebastian out of this place. Maybe, this was her opportunity to not just learn more and understand what was going on, but also to find a possible way out of this. She did not have any idea how, but she would rather take this risk than just sitting on her hands doing nothing, or worse - begging him, which she knew would not help at all.
"You really never cease to surprise me, Sunshine." Elle heard a hint of amusement mixed with sarcasm lacing his voice. "Fine then." He sighed and rested his head back against the wall.
A short silence passed before he began speaking again. "Let me tell you a story, Princess Elle... long ago, there was a boy who was living all by himself in the forest. Well, not exactly by himself since he was with the wolves and other animals. The animals had taken care of him, treated him as though he belonged to their pack. Do you know why he'd ended up there?"
Elijah tilted his head and threw a very quick glance towards the still unconscious Sebastian who was behind bars. The neutral air around Elijah seemed to change and a ripple with a dark wave of emotions being stirred around them. Elle could feel herself finding it a little harder to breathe from the sheer pressure. However, she could not bring herself to make any noise as Elijah was finally talking and telling her something.
"It's because his mother had been driven insane by his very own two demonic half-brothers. The insane woman who was once... a loving, beautiful mother who cherished her son the most in the world, had left her own son in the forest. Abandoning him there. Hoping that he'd die. But sadly, the boy somehow managed to survive. Of course, it was all thanks to the animals who took care of him instead of eating him alive and leaving nothing but his little bones..." Elijah's voice was still light and seemingly unaffected by what he was telling her. However, Elle could feel the pressure that had increased from the moment he started speaking about this matter. She was clenching her fists beside her, keeping herself up and not allowing the heavy pressure to get to her and send her collapsing to the ground.
Then he shut his eyes and drew in a couple of breaths as though to relax himself. And immediately, the heavy and unsettling atmosphere slowly turned back to normal. That caused Elle to finally release that last breath she was unconsciously holding in.
"For years he had continued living with the animals... living as though he was one of the animals himself. That went on until vampire hunters arrived in the forest. They... killed his animal family one after another until... there were none left. They made him watch them die. The boy had thought he was going to be killed next. In fact, he had hoped they would kill him next. But they didn't. They left him alone... and alive. That was the moment when the boy had realized he was being played cruelly. That they must have purposely hunted his animal family just to torture him. To drive him... mad." The dangerous ripple in the air was suddenly back with a vengeance. However, this time it was stronger, darker, heavier. Making it a little harder for Elle to even breathe naturally.
"The boy had managed to snag one of the hunters who were leaving the forest and after torturing him to reveal their objectives... he'd found out that everything that had happened was an order from... the Crown Prince a��� his eldest brother. Apparently, the Crown Prince had found out about the boy's existence and now... he was doing what he had previously done to the boy's mother."
"But why?!" Elle spoke at last. Her voice was weak and filled with hesitation. "Why would the Crown Prince do something like that? What would he even get from doing all that to his younger brother?"
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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 225 Simple
"Simple. To eliminate the threat to his throne, Sunshine." Elijah answered without any hint of doubt in his tone. As if what he had just said was a proven fact.
Elle slightly shook her head in disbelief. "I don't... understand. If that is true, why did he not just give out the order for those hunters to... harm the boy? Wouldn't that be easier and get the job done faster?"
"Eliminating doesn't only mean killing, Princess Elle. If the boy had gone mad, then he would be automatically unfit for the throne. Also, the Crown Prince can not just kill the boy. He had taken a vow to never take the life of any of his brothers. That's why he'd resorted to that tactic. Unfortunately for him... the boy was smarter than he'd ever thought."
She could not help but crease her brows deeper. "Is the Crown Prince so powerless that he had to go so far as to go after a young boy like that?"
It was Elijah's turn to shake his head. "He's the complete opposite of powerless, Sunshine. He is so powerful that he had ruled for hundreds of years even though he was never formally addressed as 'king'. He'd even had his father, the king in name, as his puppet until his death."
"Then why? If he's that powerful, why would he even... bother to..." she trailed off when Elijah pushed himself off the wall and approached her again.
"Let me tell you a small secret of that young boy, Princess Elle." He stopped right before her, reaching out and braced his hand against the bar. Then he bent over a little and continued. "The Crown Prince had apparently found out from the vision of the prophetess that... the boy is going to be crowned King someday."
Elle's eyes stretched wide, never expecting what he had just said. She had already heard of what the vampires were speaking of about 'the prophetess'. She would hear whispers and low-voiced comments about this mysterious person, but never had she heard any clear and straightforward information on her. She had also read it in one of the books that this oldest vampiress could apparently see and foretell some future events.
Pulling away, Elijah straightened. His eyes now bright with something eerie. "The Crown Prince had found out about that vision since the day the boy was born. And that's why the Crown Prince had done all those things... threatened the boy's mother and forced her to hide her pregnancy, drove her insane, and then tried to drive the boy insane too."
"That Crown Prince ... is Prince Ezekiel, right?" Elle finally asked the obvious. She wanted to confirm it by hearing Elijah saying it himself, but one look in his eyes at that moment had given her the obvious answer. Yes. She was right. It was Prince Ezekiel that he had been talking about.
She did not know much about Ezekiel. She had not even met him or knew where he even was right now. But she had heard of nothing but good things when Abi had talked about him before. She could not explain why, but she had instantly believed in Abi's words about Ezekiel without even a tinge of doubt.
And now, even after what she had heard from Elijah, his account of this Prince Ezekiel from his point of view, she still could not believe the Ezekiel that Elijah was talking about was the one and the same Ezekiel Abi had been telling her about back in the Black Forest. She still remembered how Abi had described Ezekiel. Yes, he had been cold and aloof. But never was he cruel and unjust. He had always carried himself with the manner of a powerful ruler of the vampires that was befitting his stature as a Reign royal. And Abi also had whispered to her how after Ezekiel had fallen in love with Alicia, he had taken such good care of her that it could not reflect the vicious and unsympathetic personality that Elijah had painted of him.
Elle then wondered if Elijah somehow had formed some kind of misunderstanding on the matter as she was quite sure that Abi would not be mistaken in identifying how Ezekiel was since both she and Alex had been friends with him for such a long time already. However, she had doubts if Elijah had even bothered communicating with Ezekiel properly or at a personal level at all.
"I... I am actually having a hard time believing that... Prince Ezekiel did all those things." She replied, speaking slowly as she was hesitant in sharing her thoughts freely. "Have you... ever talked to him about all those things? I mean, regarding the matters that you had just told me about. What if... what if there's been a misunderstanding? What if..." she broke off when Elijah scoffed as his face twisted into a sneer.
"Sunshine..." he drawled out tauntingly. "You think this matter could be solved with just talking? You don't know how cunning Ezekiel is. He's the most cunning man you'd ever heard about. What if I tell you he had already talked to me about this a few times before? Do you know what he told me? He said that he did not do anything to my mother. He told me it was my mother who was the cunning one. That she was the cunning villainess who had planned everything since the very beginning. It was her plan to get me to hate my brothers to death and fight them to the death for the throne. And despite the fact that I had watched with my own eyes on how my mother changed and fell into madness, I was sold on that reasoning because of Ezekiel's cunning mouth. I believed in him, hook line and sinker. That it was all my mother's fault. But that was the greatest sin and mistake I've ever done in my entire long life... believing Ezekiel's words without any evidence and despising my mother for everything I thought she had done."
His breathing changed a little as he braced his arms against the bars again. Towering over Elle as he continued with utter hatred burning in his grey eyes. "I should've believed her without a doubt... the woman who had brought me into this world. More than anyone else, I should have trusted her instead of believing in the stone-hearted and demonic man who called himself 'my brother'. But I failed her and it was already too late when I realized my foolishness. Because my mother had to ultimately kill herself for me to come to my senses."
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