The Duke's Passion

Chapter 656 That's a turn off

Chapter 656 That's a turn off

"Forget about Lilou. She's in good hands. We have a bigger problem. They're after us... the Grimsbanne."

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Samael fluttered his eyes, shifting to the side where Tilly was at. The latter didn't have much reaction upon hearing her nephew's first remarks.

"So it's part of the bigger scheme?" she inquired after a moment of silence. Samael peeled his eyes away from her to look at the dark concrete ceiling.

"Quentin. He... that damned man had worked with the people on the mainland, waiting for the perfect time to strike," he explained calmly, but one could tell he was simply containing himself. Thanks to Tilly, who paralyzed him from the inside, he couldn't spring out of this coffin and commit a massacre.

"Stefan had uncovered this, but since he had a blood agreement with Quentin and a vow of silence, he couldn't tell anyone directly," he continued, grinding his fangs with sharp eyes. "He left you a letter, did he?"

"Yes, he did."

"I didn't ask before because I respect your privacy. However, I need to know what he told you."

Tilly remained silent as she glanced at the confused Leo before shifting her eyes back to the man in the coffin. "It's a poem... with a warning behind it. A warning for the impending doom of the Grimsbanne Clan."

"Wait." Confused, Law jumped to Tilly's side, hands on the rims of the coffin. "Father, what do you mean forget about mother? And what is it about the on the mainland? Aren't we living in peace there?"

"There are people, my son, who still believes the existence of our clan shouldn't exist. Just our mere existence already poses a threat to them," Samael explained, glad to see his son after months of nothing but darkness. "Not just us, but also, they would come after Lilou, since she's the result of the Bloodfang's forbidden sacrifice. Hence, Stefan took her to the Karo Kingdom."

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Law took a minute to process his father's words before his eyes dilated as soon as realization kicked in. "Sunny!" he exclaimed in horror, turning his head at Tilly.

But Tilly's reaction didn't change. "Don't worry about Sunny. She will be fine."

"Sunny is just three!"

"Marsella ran from home while she was an infant. Sunny will be fine." Her eyelashes fluttered as she faced Law squarely. "Your sister is smart. Hence, I told her everything she needs to know and she will be fine."

"What..."

"That's a turnoff," Fabian commented, cringing at Tilly's remarks.

She simply glanced back at him and smiled. She found it pointless too, but she said it anyway.

"Fabian, do you remember we did courtship too?" she inquired, making Fabian tilt his head.

"We did?"

"Yes."

"How far did we go then?"

Tilly pondered about it as she hummed. "As far as killing dead animals together to sacrifice for the development of science."

"Why hadn't we gotten married?" Fabian frowned as he knew himself. He would've married her if they got along well — although not out of love.

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As the two were still somehow getting close pretty fast, Samael just kept his gaze on the concrete ceiling.

"Law," he called, making Law peeked his head to see Samael. "Don't worry about your mother and Sunny. They're both scary species."

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"Mhm." Law pressed his lips into a thin line and nodded his head. The information that his father mentioned was shocking, but it was relieving in a way.

Because it seemed this time, Samael and Stefan... chose to be allies.

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