“Then why not let them fly with us on the private jet? Don’t tell me there’s no room—the private jet we came on was plenty spacious!”
Borhes continued his fabrication.
“They both overslept this morning. No matter how much we called, they wouldn’t get up.”
Xiao Yixia let out a cold laugh.
“Don’t vampires not need to sleep?”
Borhes kept spinning his lies.
“Vampires don’t need sleep, but sleeping can enhance their abilities, so they still make time to rest.”
Xiao Yixia remained skeptical.
“Can a brief sleep really enhance their abilities?”
Borhes lied without batting an eye.
“Yes, it can.”
In truth, brief sleep did nothing to enhance a vampire’s abilities—only a slumber of ten years or more could do that, and the longer the sleep, the greater the power gained.
Xiao Yixia didn’t know the rules behind this, but she did spot a sliver of opportunity to escape.
“Then why don’t you go into a deep slumber?”
Borhes smiled and planted a kiss on Xiao Yixia’s cheek.
“Xiaxia, are you thinking of running away while I’m asleep? You’re too naive. Even if I were in a deep slumber, as long as I don’t give the order, you can’t leave the Vampire Royal Palace!
Besides, I don’t need to enhance my abilities through slumber. In all these six thousand-plus years, I’ve never once slept deeply. Those vampires who wanted me dead slept again and again, yet they were still as weak as little chicks—easily crushed beneath my heel!”
Her plan foiled, disappointment spread across Xiao Yixia’s small face…
Borhes kissed her eyes.
“Xiaxia, do you have to be so obvious about it? The moment you realize you can’t escape, your whole face is written with disappointment…”
As Borhes spoke, a thought suddenly struck him, and he slapped his own forehead.
“No wonder you’ve been thinking of running away. Look at me—I forgot to tell you the most important thing!
Xiaxia, from that night when you fully became my woman, you’ve been granted eternal youth, sharing my lifespan.
In other words, you now have a life as long as mine, and you’ll never age! You’ll forever keep the face of a twenty-four-year-old!
Xiaxia, aren’t you overjoyed right now? After all, humanity has sought the secret of immortality since ancient times.”
Despair filled Xiao Yixia’s heart.
[All along, I’ve been comforting myself that in a little over ten years, I wouldn’t be young anymore, and Borhes would surely grow tired of me by then. At that point, as long as I killed myself first, I wouldn’t suffer torment from the other vampires, and my family wouldn’t be dragged down because of me. But I never expected that I’ve now become a monster that never ages.
If I never age, then Borhes will never grow tired of me. It’s not that I think I’m so charming—it’s that my blood is the finest food and medicine for him…
I’ll have to live in this hell for ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years… What can I do to survive such an endless stretch of time in this place?
No, actually, at most a hundred years. Once the Xiao family members pass away, I won’t be threatened by Borhes anymore…
It’s fine. A hundred years is nothing—it’ll pass in the blink of an eye… But can it really pass in the blink of an eye?
Time moves so slowly now. A single day of twenty-four hours feels like a whole year from before…]
As despair consumed her heart, Borhes’s voice suddenly reached her ears.
“Xiaxia, why are you so strange? Knowing that you can live forever, you’re not jumping for joy, but instead you look utterly despairing?”
Hearing this, Xiao Yixia’s anger was instantly ignited. Her fury made her temporarily forget her fear and lose her sanity, and she roared at Borhes,
“You’re the strange one! Your whole family is strange! Who asked you to make me immortal on your own?
You’re fine being a monster that never ages, but you actually turned me into a monster that never ages too. Are you insane? If you’re sick, go to the hospital for treatment, don’t come and ruin my life!”
Borhes was about to get angry upon hearing this, but after seeing Xiao Yixia’s puffed-up cheeks, his anger inexplicably vanished, and he even unconsciously let out a chuckle,
“Xiaxia, you look so cute when you’re angry.”
As soon as Borhes finished speaking, he smiled and pinched Xiao Yixia’s little face,
“You’re absolutely adorable! Xiaxia, I’ve never seen anyone who can look so cute when angry!
Xiaxia is a treasure, and the longer I know Xiaxia, the more I can see your precious qualities.”
Xiao Yixia slapped away Borhes’ hand,
“Don’t touch me!”
Borhes pulled Xiao Yixia into his arms in one motion, then smiled and kissed her on the cheek,
“I’m your husband, it’s only natural for me to touch you.”
Xiao Yixia wiped the spot Borhes had just kissed with her sleeve, looking disgusted,
“How disgusting!”
Borhes’ face instantly darkened,
“Xiao Yixia, take back what you just said!”
Xiao Yixia said coldly,
“If it’s disgusting, you can’t even let people say it? Is your heart that fragile?”
A bloodthirsty smile curled at the corner of Borhes’ mouth,
“Heh~ This is disgusting? There’s something even more disgusting! I’d like to see how you wipe it off then?”
As soon as Borhes finished speaking, he hoisted Xiao Yixia onto his shoulder. In the span of two Teleportations, Borhes carried Xiao Yixia to the door of the ninth-floor bedroom in the seaside villa.
Borhes kicked open the bedroom door, and the moment he teleported to the bedside, he threw Xiao Yixia onto the extremely luxurious large bed.
“Xiao Yixia, today I’ll make you understand that my marks can never be wiped away! You think the places I’ve kissed are disgusting? Then I’ll make you live with that disgust for the rest of your life!”
As soon as Borhes finished speaking, he tore Xiao Yixia’s clothes into shreds, then immediately pressed down on top of her, pinning her beneath him…
In his raging fury, Borhes had no gentleness whatsoever. He completely transformed into a wild beast, thinking only of leaving marks on Xiao Yixia that could never be erased…
Desperate and resentful tears streamed from the corners of Xiao Yixia’s eyes. Her face was deathly pale, her teeth clenched tightly, and she used the last of her remaining strength to curse,
“Beast! Shameless! One day, you’ll get what you deserve!”
A mocking smile curled at the corner of Borhes’ mouth,
“Retribution? Who in this world dares to bring me retribution? Country Z? Although Country Z places great importance on its citizens, would Country Z plunge its countless citizens into the flames of war for just one citizen like you?
Or that mysterious family in the East? As far as I know, although that mysterious family in the East is located within Country Z’s borders, they never meddle in the affairs of the human world.
Has my special treatment of you lately given you the illusion that your charm is so great that everyone will help you?”
“Xiao Yixia, wake up. Unless I send troops to attack Country Z, that mysterious family from the East won’t come looking for trouble with me!
Families like theirs wouldn’t go out of their way to cause trouble for themselves over someone as irrelevant as you!
That mysterious family from the East, just like the Vampire Race, won’t provoke the other side unless their bottom line is crossed!
After all, if the two races were to go to war, it would surely turn the entire world into a river of blood! I don’t care how many people die or how many innocent souls get dragged into it, but it seems that mysterious family from the East cares quite a bit.
Xiao Yixia, I’m telling you all this just to make you stop being so naive. I won’t face any retribution,
But you, on the other hand, are different. If you keep talking and angering me, I’ll punish you even more severely!”