Chapter 80: Peaceful Time
– Okay, let’s go to the table. Samson removed Lucasta’s hand from him and led her to the table.
– Don’t you drink blood?
– I drank it just now, while you were bathing.
He carefully tore the cake into small pieces and put it in her mouth. In the past, he always taught her to be independent and rarely fed her food to her mouth like this because he was worried that one day, she would live with someone other than him.
However, now it’s different, he wants to take care of her more, little by little, for the rest of his life.
– Why did you suddenly have the courage to go into the forest to find me? How do you know I’ve returned to the forest? Samson gave her a glass of milk and asked.
– Because I miss you. I went to Aurora’s house and she told me. She replied briefly.
– Just that?
– Yes, do you suspect I have any other purpose?
Lucasta felt a little guilty because at first, she had the idea of asking him to help her investigate William.
However, it wasn’t because she wanted to take advantage of him, she just wanted to get justice for her parents and Natasha. Besides, she also wanted to punish William for the harm he caused to her and Samson.
– This is called the power of love, right? But… why are you afraid of me, hate me, and then suddenly love me? He used his finger to wipe the milk stains from her lips and continued to ask her.
– I… I don’t know. I’m just afraid of you, not hate you. When I stopped being afraid, I realized I liked you. I was hurt when I saw you being tortured by my uncle and beaten by the vampire hunters.
– Okay, I won’t ask anymore.
His arms reached out, pulled the little girl into his arms, and hugged her tightly. If he continued asking, he was afraid she would burst into tears.
He understood that she was more disadvantaged than other girls her age, not going to school, and not having many social interactions, so her vocabulary was limited. That lame explanation is enough.
– The milk just now had a very strange taste. Is it expired already? Lucasta spoke up to bring the atmosphere back to normal.
– Oh, I put some leaves in there. It has the same effect as birth control pills but will not affect your health.
She could feel his voice become choked.
Aurora had said that he wanted to have children too, but perhaps had to wait until the curse was broken.
Wait a little longer, when the relationship between him and her becomes more passionate, she will ask him to break that curse.
Now, if she said that, she was afraid that he would think that she was still afraid of the identity he was carrying.
– Well, we should enjoy the world with just the two of us before being ready to receive our little angels.
His arms tightened around her even more, his heart tightened. What should he say to her?
He still had some doubts that the love she had for him was the kind of love that grew from that fake brother-sister love. Will she accept to sacrifice for him when he says it?
All day long, every second and every minute, the two of them were inseparable and when the sun went down, he and she went out to the yard, together replanting the old, barren flower beds.
Samson originally planned to renovate the garden after fully recovering, but because he was still in a bad mood, he had no interest in doing so.
Now that Lucasta has returned to him, of course, his mood has improved a lot and he is excited to work.
Soon, the garden was cleaned and trimmed neatly.
Lucasta brought out some vegetable seeds and sowed them in the bed of soil he had just prepared.
She plans to plant a few more rose bushes in front of the gate, letting them climb up the gate like the house where she and he used to live.
– Miss Maris. Lucasta exclaimed when she discovered the female vampire sitting on the window sill of the castle opposite.
In the morning, she planned to go there to greet Maris, but Samson said Maris had returned to her habit of sleeping during the day and told her to wait until evening, not to bother the difficult neighbor.
Seeing the girl jumping up and waving her hands, Maris immediately put down the glass of blood and landed with a jump.
Lucasta was dumbfounded when looking at that slender figure. She saw Maris as a precious red feather.
In the blink of an eye, the female vampire was standing in front of her. Because Lucasta already knows all the secrets of the haunted forest, Maris no longer needs to speak softly, just live according to her instincts and nature.
– Hello. Is everything okay? Maris squinted her eyes and asked.
– Yes, Samson is not angry with me anymore. Now I’m… I’m…
– She’s my wife. Samson approached, put his hand on the little girl’s shoulder, and said.
To be honest, Maris had predicted that Samson wouldn’t be able to let go of Lucasta because the lovely girl had come here. However, it seems that their relationship is progressing faster than she thought.
Because Lucasta was so embarrassed, she pushed Samson’s hand away and ran quickly to the owls.
Maris smiled brightly and sent congratulations to her neighbor. Finally, he escaped his lonely life.
– Did she know about the curse? Maris’ voice suddenly lowered.
– I haven’t said yet. Slowly I will say. – His face became pensive.
Take her blood as food for him for a year. Saying it is simple but doing it is very difficult.
Although he only needs to drink ten drops of her blood every day, taking the blood will cause her pain.
In short, in that one year, she had to endure pain every day. He really couldn’t bear it.
Lucasta, let’s go pick mushrooms. I’ll make grilled mushrooms for you.
Hearing his call, Lucasta immediately grabbed the basket, ran over, and after Maris said goodbye, she and he left the castle together and went to the termite mound.
They chose big mushrooms, picked some wild vegetables, and then returned.
They both wore aprons and cooked together. The scene in the kitchen seems to depict a happy married couple.
However, although the smiles they gave each other were sincere and their love was genuine, deep down inside both of them there were still inconsolable concerns.
Just like that, day after day, Samson and Lucasta lived together, worked, grew vegetables, cooked, and cleaned the house.
Sometimes they walk around the forest together, sit on a towering branch, look at the late moonlight, and talk to each other.
A month has passed, the flower beds she and he planted have opened their buds, the rose branches are gradually wrapping around the gate, and the vegetables have also grown.
He no longer drank blood in the basement but brought it to the table and enjoyed it while she ate.
After dinner, Lucasta asked him to take her to the roof of the castle to watch the moon.
She had to take advantage of the moments that only when he still had vampire powers could he easily do them.
With just a few jumps, both of them stood on the highest peak of the castle.
– So beautiful, in the city there is so much electric light that the moon is dimmed. I still prefer the moon of the forest. She leaned on his shoulder, whispering.
– Don’t you miss the city? Electric lights, cars and buildings, telephones, delicious food. He gently stroked her hair and asked.
– Those things are not equal to you. To me now, you are electricity, vehicles, high-rise buildings, and delicious food.
Lucasta’s simile made him unable to hold back and burst out laughing in happiness.
A month has passed, and his and her married life is very good, extremely good, but the most important thing is still missing, which is the cries and laughter of children, the sacred crystallization of a couple’s love.
Although she still seemed happy and satisfied with everything, how could he not realize her thoughts?
The apologies sent to her parents and the maid named Natasha were repeated every night in her nightmares.
Although Samson didn’t ask and Lucasta didn’t tell, based on what William did to her, Samson guessed that William was the one involved in their deaths.
All the tragedies probably stemmed from the enormous assets of the late director Walter and his wife.
– Samson, let’s start breaking the curse. I mean I will use my blood as food for you for a year, even more. She left his shoulder, sat up straight, and seriously suggested.
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Lucasta nodded and confessed to him that on the day she went to meet Aurora, she had heard his story.
– If I were a pure-blood vampire and couldn’t turn back into a human, would you come find me?
– Of course. When I went to her house it was to meet you. At that time, I didn’t know anything. She nodded repeatedly.
– Michael wouldn’t just take you there just to see me, right?
Lucasta’s lips moved and her trembling hands clutched the hem of her dress.
Could it be that Samson already knew everything? Yes, who is he? He’s a vampire and he has paranormal powers so he probably knows it all already.
– I’m sorry but I changed my mind before coming here.
She burst into tears and told Samson everything.
Because she knew William was the murderer who killed her parents. Because she wanted William to pay for the crime of killing her parents, Natasha, and maybe he killed many people, she asked Michael and Michael asked her to ask for her lover’s help.
However, she did not want to drag him into the vortex of hatred for her in particular and for humanity in general, so she decided to bury it all in her heart.
She wanted him to be safe and healthy, she wanted to be with him.
– You will… won’t hate me… will you? She looked at him with teary eyes and asked in sobs.
– I don’t hate you, I love you even more when I know you left everything behind for me. But Lucasta, if we don’t resolve this issue completely, both you and I will not be happy. I don’t want you to have nightmares every night anymore, so…
After a moment’s pause, he seriously asked her to return to the city with him so he could assist Michael in investigating the case.
He didn’t want her to keep remembering the deaths of the people she loved and feel sorry for them when she chose to run away to be with him.
Furthermore, he did not want people to think that the disappearances over the past decades until now were related to vampires because when Vincent died, Harvey and he were the only two vampires left in the world.
If William is the person behind that series of crimes, he will bring him and those involved to light.
– So, for the time being, I can’t break the curse. If I become an ordinary person, I won’t be able to help the police. We’ll start that after we’ve brought the perpetrators to court. He gently patted her head and said.
– Yes, I will obey you.