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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 271 Real Danger (4)
When her fingers still refused to pull the trigger, Elle began to speak to herself internally. 'Don't be afraid... you're not going to kill an innocent... this is just training... for your sake... remember why you're doing this, Elle... remember the pain and frustration of being helpless a�"'
The moment when she was trembling helplessly, hiding in terror in the bushes when she saw Brandon Haze in the crowd, the moment when she was kept locked in that room, the moment when she was used as bait to capture Sebastian that night... the moment when she watched Sebastian being chained behind bars... All those helpless moments that brought up the feeling of her being useless and a hindrance just flashed like a quick slideshow in her mind. And with that reminder, Elle's arms steadied and her fingers decisively pulled the trigger.
The deafening sound that she was used to did not ring out this time, but sounds of flying bats filled the silence in the clearing they were at.
She then immediately rose from her hiding spot to change to a different location, heeding Caelian's advice this time. Caelian had said that if her target was not a witch, they would fall and get wounded. Others who came along later would be able to find where she was hiding just from looking at the gunshot wound and the angle of entrance into the body. So, she must change her location as soon as possible.
There were four witches assigned to this exercise and they were not with each other. So Elle believes that the others might not be near that witch she had shot. However, she needed to be careful so she did not dare risk to go farther even though she still wanted to keep on running.
When she found another place similar to the last one that she could use to hide again, Elle did the very same thing she had done a while ago. Her trembling was gone. And she could feel her heartbeats thudding hard. Everything seemed to have happened too fast and it was... nerve wracking. But she had successfully passed the first stage. She did it!
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The hunting game lasted more than two hours in total. And Elle had completed it!
The last one nearly made her fail, though. She had ran to the last witch while changing her hiding spot but thankfully, the witch was facing the opposite direction and had not noticed her in time. It was a close call but nevertheless, she made it!
Lilith was all grins when she appeared before her. Obviously, she had already watched everything.
"I did it..." Elle said in a disbelieving voice and Lilith nodded.
"Yes, you did. And you're freaking amazing."
Before Elle even realized it, she had run over to Lilith and hugged her. "Thank you! Your advice made everything work out for me! You're freaking amazing too, Queen Lilith."
"You can just call me Lilith, Princess Elle."
"And please call me Elle too."
The duo grinned at each other with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks before turning around and going back to where everyone was waiting for them.
...
"Well then... I think it's time for the next round." Alexander stood from his chair as soon as Elle and Lilith arrived.
Even Elle was taken aback as she thought that she would be allowed to rest first or even thought the next one would only be tomorrow night. It was already past midnight.
"I know you are thinking of resting. But let's say you're being chased by your captors, Elle." Alexander continued. "The first game was you managing to escape from let's say... being caged. Then this second game would then be the chase to recapture you. If you manage to pass this, then, you would be considered to have survived."
"Well... Lady Alicia did say we're trying to make it as close to reality as possible. In reality, there would be no time for you to rest at all if you were being pursued." Lilith seconded while Abi and Alicia were busy gauging every expression Elle was making. "Can you do it?"
"Caelian and I will be the ones chasing you this time." Alexander suddenly announced and Elle swallowed.
"I can do it... I can still keep going but..." Elle hesitated. "How can I even deal with the two of you? You guys can see in the dark too and even have superior hearing. How can I even hide from you two? And you can even smell someone's scent."
"Don't falter about those matters now, Izabelle." Alexander stood from his chair. "Don't worry too much about it. As long as you don't get yourself wounded, any of us picking up your scent is not possible."
Elle's eyes widened and her forehead creased, a little confused at what Alexander just told her. "R-really? But I thought..."
"And I don't have superior hearing. So, it's Caelian you'd have to be careful with on that front."
Alicia piped in. "We'll coach you on some tricks to deal with that, Elle."
"Come over here, dear." Abi gestured to her. And when Elle was with them, Abi looked over at the two males. "Now both of you, go away and don't listen to our girly talks."
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Soon, the second game commenced after Alicia and Abi had their chat with Elle.
"We'll be giving you ten minutes to simulate your 'escape' before we come after you." Alexander instructed. "Think of us as real danger. Better yet, think of me as Elijah and Caelian here as Elijah's new sidekick."
Elle's eyes stretched a little wider but she did not react too much to that and quickly nodded. "Okay, I'm ready." She then replied and after she glanced at the three gorgeous ladies standing right there, she turned around towards the dark forest. Specifically, to the part of Black Forest that did not have those glowing tiny flowers.
Looking one last time over her shoulder, she glanced at the two men. Her eyes gleamed with something brave and fierce. And when she looked ahead of her again, she ran without turning back.
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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 272 Complicated (5)
"Alex..." Abigail's words trailed off as her eyes still scanned the place where she had seen Elle last. After a couple more seconds, she then sighed heavily before leaning in on her husband once Caelian followed after Elle into the forest. "You're not seriously planning on pushing Elle to the edge, are you?"
Though her words came out as a question, the look in her eyes already seemed to understand that Alexander was planning to do just that.
Alexander pulled at her, wrapping his arm around her waist before he too, sighed heavily. He then planted a gentle and doting kiss on his wife's head. "I know you're concerned and worried about her, Abi. But this is a necessary thing that she needs to go through. We need to finally find out what she really is now. The feud between Sebastian and Elijah is getting really serious. And I'm worried that no one is able to solve and end this problem but Sebastian and Elle themselves. Elijah had made a threat that caused us not to be able to participate in their feud, at least, openly. That little punk said he's going to create unrest by starting to spread some subtle information about the vampires and witches' existence if we keep getting in his way. He is playing his cards so skillfully. You know we can only abide at least outwardly, to his rules right now for the sake of peace." Alexander explained to Abi clearly, wanting her to understand why he was pushing Elle so hard.
The tinge of annoyed and pissed off expression on Alex's face was enough for Abi to know just how much her husband was trying to calm himself. He had been like this for a long while now since they had learned of Elijah's agenda.
Alex was not a fan of this type of 'games' as he called it. Elijah was truly clever. He knew he would never stand a chance if it was a literal war so he elaborately orchestrated a plan that would effectively restrain the powerful ones by holding their whole country and in fact using the peace as a hostage.
All of them had not seen this coming. They had tried to counter this problem but it was as though Elijah had already anticipated every possible danger to his plan and already had prepared a counter for it. He was just too sneaky and used some very underhanded methods to force them into inaction.
"That little bastard is really pissing me off. He's making me feel like I'm against another Zeke and it's damned annoying because I hate playing all these mind games without any physical battles. I wished I could rush over and just use the old fashioned way of beating him with my fists to settle this mess." Alex said in a quiet voice. "He's really lucky this is not the old, ancient times, else his head would have long been separated from his body."
Shaking his head, he sighed. "This is why these modern technologies are dangerous for us..." Alex trailed off as his brow lifted a little upon seeing the way his wife was looking at him. "What's with that look, wifey?"
Abi's lips lifted a little. "I'm just glad you're still calm despite being so pissed off like this. Your tone don't even sound like something is annoying you at all." She teased her husband before poking a finger between his brows.
Alex threw his head back and sighed heavily again. His voice now turned loud. "I guess, dealing with those officials and all these modern government related stuff forced me to be like this. Dear lord... I'm really not cut out for this... I can't believe Zeke's been dealing with all these annoying matters for so long and even looked like he was enjoying it. He really better come back soon before I explode and settle things according to my way."
"Please tell your husband to hold on, Abi." Alicia piped in. "The world will burn and leave nothing but ashes if he ever ends up losing his calm and explodes."
"Don't worry, Alicia. I won't ever allow that to happen." Abi replied playfully though a serious gleam flashed across her eyes. "Right, Alex?" that two words held a wealth of meaning behind it.
"Well, I am now a peace advocate since I am now a father... So I guess, there's nothing I can do but stay calm and hold on." His mischievous grin soon faded as he looked at the dark part of the forest Elle had entered earlier. "However, it doesn't mean we're just going to sit back and do nothing. I still believe Elle will be one of the key factors if not the only key for this problem to truly and finally end. That's why we must do everything that must be done now to prepare her for any possibilities that might occur in the near future."
Abi's expression also turned serious.
Elle's situation was actually very complicated. They all knew that she was not just human. However, none of them was certain what race she could be or what could be the other part of her. They all have their own theories, but they were all just theories and speculation until now.
And one of tthe hardest part was actually deciding whether to tell her anything or not, and whether to force her to reveal more of herself or not. They do not know what exactly will happen, what exactly will she reveal. It was worrying. In fact, Abi was a bit scared for her dear Elle.
She had been tempted to say something to Elle for a long while now but her talk with Alicia about Elle had made her hesitate and decided to listen to Alex in the end. That was the reason she swallowed her words and had just given useful reminders to Elle before the second exercise.
"Alright. It's my turn to move out now." Alex then said.
Abi could only nod at her husband, her facial expression not hiding at all how worried she still was for Elle before she watched Alex enter the dark forest.
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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 273 Irony (6)
Meanwhile in the Reigns castle.
"Please go have a rest, Your Highness. It's been days since you last slept, isn't it?" Lucas told Sebastian after their late-night meeting with the prophetess.
"How's the information about this hacker guy I am looking for? Did he finally respond?" Sebastian asked. They had been discreetly looking for a hacker who is currently known to be the world's most wanted hacker. The guy was said to have retired and was no longer accepting any kind of clients.
However, Sebastian wanted him. It was funny because the best solution Sebastian had come up with to destroy Elijah's plan was to get help from a hacker. In short… they needed a human's help to overcome this problem.
Sebastian had a feeling that Elijah was a notorious hacker himself. It was certain he was not working alone, so they had been trying to search for his team and their hideout. But these people had obviously been perfectly hidden somewhere because of the help of a powerful witch backing them.
Elijah had used human technology to immobilize the powerful vampires and witches to not come attacking him at full force and to still allow him to do whatever that he wanted. They had not banked on him using methods of the humans to deal with them. However, it was a genius strategy that none of them ever expected him to pull.
The vampires and witches had never thought that there would be a day where human technology can immobilize them. Well, this only worked because everyone would rather choose peace than having a potential apocalypse triggered. But this was what Elijah had taken advantage of.
Sebastian had also found out that his brother, Ezekiel, had sent vampires he had hand-picked to other countries to learn and hone their hacking skills many years ago. There were seven of them according to Lucas. The fact that Ezekiel had made preparations for this, only made everyone realize that he had seen a possible threat regarding this matter in the future.
But when they had gone searching for these seven experts, they could not find them anywhere. They all had disappeared and left no trace nor records since the year Ezekiel left.
The only reason they could think about was that those seven might have been taken captive by Elijah. And those seven were the ones he was using right now. The very ones his brother had sent out to train to protect the country were now the ones being used by Elijah against the race and country his brother had been trying to protect. What an irony.
"The hacker with the codename 'Monster'?" Lucas answered.
"Yes."
"He didn't respond. I'm afraid the only way we can communicate with him is to meet him in person."
A long sigh escaped Sebastian. Just like Alexander, he hated this. He hated that they could not fight with brute force and were being forced to be strategists when they were the swords themselves. He had thought many times that this era really was not for him… for them.
"Then we'll go meet with him. If that's the only way, we'll do it." Sebastian hissed impatiently.
They could not find any vampire hackers that were good enough. So, their last resort was to turn to the humans. Sebastian believed that in this matter, humans were better when dealing with science and technology. He had thought that perhaps this was the humans' very own type of strength or they might even call it their magic. His brother certainly had foreseen it, so he tried to train some vampires for as early as possible as Lucas had revealed, Ezekiel had gathered these men when human's modern technology was just starting to boom.
Still, even though those vampires certainly had trained earlier and longer than any human hacker that was alive right now, based on the information Sebastian had gathered, humans still have the chance to beat them. This thing was like one of the modern wars of humans after all.
"Err… but Your Highness… are you sure you want to go meet that person all by yourself? I can go on your behalf if you want. There is no need for you to personally make that trip."
"No. We can't risk being found out. We need the witch queen to go with me to keep this a secret. So, I need you to go and fetch Queen Lilith since Zeres is nowhere to be found." Sebastian decided firmly and gave out his order. Lucas had no choice but to comply and obey his Lord.
Lucas nodded. "Please rest while waiting for me to fetch Queen Lilith over."
"I will."
When Lucas was gone, Sebastian headed back to his room. Their room. He did not like going back to their room because he had missed his Iza terribly. She really had so silently but surely integrated herself into his life.
But he needed to take at least a couple of hours nap to rest up. That was more than what he needed before they set to fly off to meet with that human hacker.
Loosening his neck tie, Sebastian pushed the door open. He began to undress before taking his shirt off. But the moment he shut the door, he became very still.
He had sensed someone's presence and smelt that intoxicating scent he had been missing so bad. But he brushed the thought off. Telling himself he was doing it again, feeling things due to his intense longing for his beloved person. And about the scent, Iza's scent had always been lingering, most especially in the bed sheets though it was growing fainter and fainter as the time passed.
However, this time, he was shocked because the scent seemed to be stronger right now. That could only happen if… Iza was right here. And what' this presence… impossible…
Sebastian whirled around and his eyes dilated at the sight of a woman lying in their bed.
"I… Iza?"
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A/N: Hi guys. Sorry but this is all I can finish today. I'm short for 4 chapters T^T. But don't worry because I will definitely release the rest tomorrow. This week has been hectic for me cause I am dealing with some in real life stuff and it needs to be done asap. Hoping for your continues understanding guys. Love ya'll. <3
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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 274 Task (1)
"Sebastian…" the woman called out. And her voice instantly made Sebastian shut his eyes closed tight. His jaws clenching hard.
"Sebastian…" her voice, her face… was so perfectly Izabelle.
"How… how did you get in here?" Sebastian's voice was ice cold.
He felt rather than see her climb off the bed and then approached him slowly. Her scent… the enticing and potent scent of Iza's blood that was now filling the room was like a powerful spell.
Lifting his arm to cover his nose with the back of his palm, Sebastian tried to fight the haze that seemed to be dragging him into a downward spiral.
"I'm sorry. I got wounded on my way here. But don't worry, it's just a small cut." She explained, stopping a couple of steps away from him. "I miss you, Sebastian."
Sebastian's fingers twitched and then he clenched his fist.
"I don't know how I ended up here." She continued. "I don't really remember. I was in the Black Forest and then the next thing I knew, I am already back here… look at me. Please look at me, Sebastian." Her voice, soft and alluring.
He opened his eyes, peering at her through the fringe of his dark hair. The sight that welcomed him had his eyes stretching slightly wider. Now he knew why she had kept herself covered while she was lying on the bed.
She was wearing a provocative see-through red nightgown. One that left nothing to the imagination.
"Since I am already here… I decided to surprise you." She told him innocently, blinking those large blue eyes at him. He stared at her. His gaze, boring so deeply into those eyes that he had been so badly missing for the last four days.
Slowly, she moved again. But before she could reach out and touch him, he took a large step back, not taking his hand off the lower half of his face. His eyes narrowed at her.
"I need you to leave. Now." He hissed at her.
Her eyes widened for a moment before the surprised expression was completely erased. Shaking her head, she replied to him. "Please…" her voice turned begging. "What are you… saying? Could it be that you don't believe this is me?"
Sebastian froze at her words. Those eyes, that voice…
"Sebastian…" her eyes welled. When he unconsciously removed his hand off his face, the strong, intoxicating scent of her blood was like a potent spell that seeped through him, evoking his every desire uncontrollably. Izabelle was definitely his strength… but his weakness as well.
"Sebastian… please…" she begged once again. In her mind… it seemed to be working. She could see it. Sebastian was faltering. A little more and he would give in. It seems that the potent scent of the blood was having an intense effect on him.
Days ago, Kana had met a witch who offered her a task. This. The humiliation she suffered from that party was something she could never ever forgive. So when the witch told her about this, she did not even hesitate and immediately agreed to do it.
Her task was to find proof that Sebastian and Izabelle's divorce was indeed real and not just a fa?ade.
Right now, Kana believed it was indeed a fa?ade. That witch was right. One look at Sebastian was enough to tell her that he really did not despise Izabelle even though he wanted her to leave.
The witch had done such an amazing job turning her into the woman she despised most in this world. She was amazed at how powerful that witch was to actually be able to do this kind of thing. And now, here she was, right before this man whom she desired more than anything in this world.
And seeing him in this state, looking intoxicated just by the scent of her blood had her feeling so elated. She had never seen him show this kind of expression to her before in all those times she had served him in the past.
Even though her blood was supposed to be the best… she knew now that her blood was nothing compared to that woman's. Because even she was badly affected by the scent. If it was not for the witch's spells on her, she might be craving for that blood right now.
Seeing Sebastian like this had made her realize why she could not stand a chance. But that realization did not kill her will. Instead, it only caused it to grow even stronger instead. The desire to be that woman she hated surged within her. Yes. She was going to take over and be Izabelle if that was what it takes for this man to look at her and go crazy for her like this.
The witch had asked her to do this in exchange for one thing. The witch had told her that she would grant anything she wished. Just one wish.
Kana did not tell her about her wish yet since the witch told her they would meet again for it once she succeeded with her task. Now Kana knew what wish she would request of her. She would ask her to grant her wish of being Izabelle forever.
Kana evilly thought that once the human Izabelle dies, Sebastian would definitely be hers.
She wanted to laugh and scream with triumph but she held back, telling herself she must finish this task first at all cost. She needed proof. She needed to make him hold her… no, that was not enough… he must have sex with her.
Her body screamed with desire and she took another step closer to him. Her confidence that this man was going to be hers tonight touched the highest sky and she lunged herself at him.
A loud thud echoed in the dark room followed by a gasp as Kana suddenly found herself slammed against the door. Her feet were dangling in the air and his hand was… strangling her neck.
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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 275 How Dare They (2)
Despite all the appearance, the voice and that scent... Sebastian had decided in his heart and mind that this was a trick. His Iza was currently in the Black Forest. Alexander and everyone else were there with her right now. There was no way they would have allowed her to leave or even let anyone take her! There was just no way this was his Iza!
The reason why Sebastian had been so confident that divorcing Iza would work was because Elijah knew about most of his past. It was not impossible for Elijah to believe the divorce was real if he came to the conclusion that he could no longer see Iza the same after what happened that night when Elijah kidnapped them both.
Elijah's intelligence certainly would not miss the big possibility of that fact.
Though Sebastian was unsure at first if Elijah would even bother, this move that they had taken was a sign that the plan had at least worked. They were having doubts and now they are moving to confirm it.
He was not completely certain though since this was Elijah. They might have another agenda but he did not care about trying to figure that out now. The only thing he must do now was to show them. To prove it to them that his divorce with Iza was not simply a fa?§ade and completely remove their doubt.
"Didn't I tell you that I can no longer look at you?" he said to her through gritted teeth. Tightening his fingers around her throat, lifting her up much higher so he need not see her face.
He could not hold back his anger. His blood was boiling within him right now. How dare they used his Iza's face and even voice like this... F**k... he wanted to kill everyone involved in this, right here, right now! How dare they! To use her face, voice and scent on another woman was a sacrilege in his mind. There was no forgiving such blatant disrespect of his woman!
"I can't stand seeing your face anymore. I thought I had already made that clear enough. So, stop this madness now and go back to your own country. Do you not understand?!" He snarled out viciously. The emotions rolling off him were real. The anger was real. The contempt was real as well. However, what the other person did not know was that the anger and contempt was due to the fact he knew she was not his Iza. Thus, his words were convincing and his facial expressions believable.
He suddenly let go of her and then immediately turned around. She crumpled to the floor in an undignified heap, coughing as she greedily pulled in air that was deprived from her.
"This is your last warning. If you ever show your face before me again... I'll make sure you'll regret it." He said with venom and real threat resounding in his voice.
The aura he exuded even sent shivers down Kana's entire being. The bloodlust she felt from him was so real that her instinct told her to run for her life now. He was definitely not putting up a show. He was dead serious. And if she made a wrong move, she would be the one dead!
But instead of running away, she smiled. 'So, it was real...' she thought and she laughed and laughed within herself.
Sebastian really had shunned that woman. That witch was wrong and whoever the man she was talking about was right!
When Kana had met with that witch, she had mumbled the words 'I want to prove to that animal prince that he is completely wrong. How could he even consider that the divorce being real is not impossible when it is so obvious? Idiotic! I can't believe that such an intelligent being would say such an idiotic thing!'.
Whoever the animal prince she was referring to ended up being right. And Kana was so elated that she found herself feeling as though she were about to go crazy. Because this only meant one thing... that the human bitch was now out totally of the picture. It was just as she had predicted that time during the ball that was held in his castle. Sebastian hates her now! He loathes her so badly that he could not even tolerate looking at her face! She can now have Sebastian back to herself and this time, she would never let him go! Because he belonged to no one else but her! She would lay claim on him as completely hers alone!
Suddenly, Kana mumbled a chant. It was the chant the witch taught to her so she could get rid of her disguise. She was instructed to only use this chant only when she decides to leave the Reign's Castle to meet the witch again so no one could trace her.
But now, Kana thought that witch did not matter to her anymore. That wish... she did not need it anymore so there was no need for her to go back and meet with her again! She was able to take over from here and arrange her future using her own power.
Upon hearing her chant, Sebastian turned around and saw her surrounded with a reddish wisp of smoke.
He stared at her with surprise as soon as he saw her change back to her original features.
Kana smiled and kneeled before Sebastian.
"Forgive me, Your Highness!" she cried. "It's me, Kana. A witch... a witch forced me to do this. She wanted me to find out if your divorce with that human is real. She was the one who gave me all this perfect disguise."
Shaking her head as she cried pitifully, Kana reached out and put her hand on Sebastian's coat. "I never asked her for this. Please believe me, Your Highness. I was threatened! Blackmailed! I can only obey or she'd kill me."
The icy coldness in his eyes calmed a little as he looked down at her.
"Tell me, Kana... who's the f**king witch that did all these to you?"
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