The Vampire King's Cursed Bride

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down at

to support my family. Now I was being told that something extra

pear, revealing a magnificent castle

undreds of glowing windows. Dark banners bearing a silver crown moved in the

nything so beautif

re you live?

rthern

and dozens of guards bowed their he

home, You

around in

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le my family had struggled to

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woman hurried towards us. She wore a long dark-blue dres

dened when

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a Vale. Prepare the easter

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ing my face with an expre

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have to go thr

from his sleeve and walked

whether I had just found the person who could protect me or

mber, Malachi Voss was already preparing to reveal a

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