The blood curse intensified, grabbing hold of my senses and taking full control.
But I refused to yield. I swallowed back the mouthful of blood that rose in my throat and forced myself to hold on.
Lee’s expression finally shifted. He grabbed my wrist and scowled. “I said, let go of me.”
His eyes suddenly turned a deep scarlet. I felt an electric current shoot out from the base of my spine, and I reluctantly released my grip.
Lee stumbled back and sneered at me. “Naive little bitch. You can never resist the call of my blood. You are my blood slave, and I am your master!”
I clutched my chest just above my throbbing heart. I could almost feel that damn blood curse pulsing through my veins. “I assure you, you will be sorry for what you did. You will pay for your disobedience!”
Lee lunged at me and grabbed me by the hair, pulling me up. “Call me ‘Master. ‘”
My face was drenched in sweat. I was going through a searing pain like I had never felt before, but I didn’t want this villain to have his way.
I looked straight into his eyes and scoffed. “‘Master’? I would rather die than become a vulgar vampire’s slave! I will never give in!”
“So, you really want to die, huh? Allow me to help you, then. ” Enraged, Lee pulled me by the hair and dragged me over to the blood-filled tub.
I fought him the entire way. I pooled my lycan power into a ball of force in my palm and slapped his hand away.
Lee was caught off-guard, and he fell flat on his ass. He coughed violently for a couple of seconds before looking back up at me. There was a terrifying quality in his eyes, one that I hadn’t seen before. “Lycan power? It seems that you are not as simple as I thought. Things are getting more and more interesting.”
I couldn’t waste any more time on his narcissistic tirades.
I whirled around and raced to the door.
“Get back here!” Lee barked, and the blood curse took hold of me again.
I struggled to put one foot in front of the other, but I persevered. I mustered both my lycan and black witch powers and resisted the blood curse as much as I could. The three warring forces were running amok inside my body.
I couldn’t keep this up for long. I retched, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Lee repeated his order from behind me. I could no longer resist it, so I nudged back to him against my will.
Lee caught my neck in a death grip. “Why are you so desperate to escape, huh? We both know you can never run away from me.”
I was running out of breath, clawing at his hand like a fish out of water.
Just as I thought I was going to breathe my last, Lee suddenly let go. “It would be too kind of me if I choked you to death so quickly,” he snickered. “I want you to die the most horrible, painful death you can imagine.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he grabbed my nape and dunked my head into the tub. Just like that, the three forces in my body exploded.
I screamed in agony and flailed against Lee, even as I struggled to breathe.
Just then, we heard a thundering noise outside. It looked like Rufus’ soldiers were finally here. More importantly, I heard him call out my name.
Crystal s POV
Hearing the commotion, Lee pulled me out of the tub and shot me a look of regret. “I wanted to see you burst into a thousand pieces, but sadly, we have ourselves some intruders. Your chances are slim, but if you survive this encounter, I will be looking forward to our next meeting.”
“No, you’re not going anywhere! You think I’m letting you go after all the heinous crimes you’ve committed? In your dreams!”
I knew he would try to flee, so I rushed forward and clung to his arm.
Rufus was just beyond that door, along with reinforcements. I couldn’t let this vampire escape.
But my head was buzzing, and my vision blurred. I was barely hanging on to consciousness.
‘Fuck off, you bitch! If you don’t let go of me, you will die before they even break down that door!” Lee snarled and did his best to shake me off.
“Then let’s go to hell together. I told you before, didn’t I? You must pay the price for the innocent lives you’ve taken!” My voice was getting hoarse, and my breathing was shallow. But still, I clung to him.
In the end, Lee had to resort to the blood curse again.
I gritted my teeth and braced myself. When his order went unanswered, he grabbed the dipper and splashed some more blood on me, and then kicked me away.
I crumpled to the ground and couldn’t get up anymore. The curse was still taking hold of me. I could only lie there and watch as Lee disappeared into the darkness.
I wanted to pull myself up and lunge at him, grab him by the leg, the hem of his shirt… But I was hurting so bad that all I could really do was to roll on the ground.
The physical pain made me want to die there and then. I felt hot all over, like I had been tossed into a fiery oven.
Rufus was yelling anxiously on the other side of the door. He was so close…
I opened my mouth to respond, but the only thing that came out of me was a gut-wrenching scream. I hurt everywhere. The three forces continued to rage inside my body, causing my heart to thunder furiously inside my rib cage.
My skin, as far as I could see, was stained with blood. I couldn’t even tell how much of it was mine and how much of it was from the tub.
Lee had said that my body would explode sooner or later, and I knew he wasn’t bluffing. I could sense it.
I struggled to sit up and pull myself to the door. I wanted to see Rufus one last time before I died, or I would never be at peace. I dragged myself inch by agonizing inch, but just as I was about to reach for the door, my strength left me.
My mind shattered into pieces. Vaguely, I could hear Rufus’ voice, and then my children’s. I could even hear Flora and Harry. My eyes lost focus, and the scene before me shifted. I suddenly felt light as a feather, the pain long gone and forgotten.
Was I finally relieved of my suffering? I wondered in a daze.
If so, I was okay with it. As I resigned myself to my doom, Rufus’ voice reached me again.
“Crystal, where the hell are you? I held on to his voice, and bit by bit, I returned to my senses. Of course, this meant that the pain was back as well, at full force.
I slowly reached up and knocked my fist on the door. It was too weak, though, and I doubted that Rufus would take notice.
His voice flitted in and out, sometimes close, sometimes at a distance. All I knew for sure was that he was within reach.
When he called out to me again, I hammered the door with every last bit of strength I had left.
But the footsteps still faded away. Desperate now, I opened my mouth to scream Rufus’ name and beg him not to leave me, but I couldn’t utter a sound. In the end, only blood came out of my lips.
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