The Duke's Passion

Chapter 710  Sunny

The dinner ended quite peacefully. Tilly didn't eat even a portion before she claimed she had indigestion and left. Meanwhile, Lilou and Law agreed to take a walk without inviting Samael. Yet, the latter followed them, albeit keeping a safe distance from them as they walked in the garden.

Walking several steps behind them, Samael smiled.

<nulli>'This feels like home.' His eyes were fixed on Lilou, holding Law's hand. The two were conversing just about anything, walking leisurely, as if the world was a safe place to be in. His eyes softened, watching her squat beside Law to fix his scarf.

The climate in Karo was crazy. During the day, it was sweltering hot, but at night, the wind could be freezing cold.

<nulli>'I still wonder why she is so angry at me…' he sighed and continued to follow the two when they resumed.

Throughout dinner, Lilou didn't talk to him, even when he tried to strike up a conversation with her. When they went out for a walk, Lilou still glared at him. This might be a trivial matter he shouldn't concern with, knowing the weight of their situation. But it bothered him more than the people who wished for them to die.

"What did I even do?" his frown deepened, wanting to join his wife and son. He wanted to walk with them and not just follow them. It felt like Lilou was punishing him. Was teasing him and leaving him hanging not enough of a punishment for him?

<nulli>'She married a pervert… and this pervert can barely keep his hand on himself,' Samael lamented internally as he tried his best to not imagine Lilou in a perverted way. But how could he do that successfully when she was always naked in his eyes?!

"Damn it…" Samael ruffled his hair in irritation and kicked the pebble blocking his path. <nulli>'Especially after months of abstinence, I'm not only thirsty; I'm famished.'

Samael grew grumpier the longer he followed them. When Lilou and Law returned to the manor, his frown was apparent. Yet, the two ignored him as if he was a ghost.

<nulli>'That kid… I thought he was my ally.' He clicked his tongue as they walked through the hallway leading to Law's room. His son's room was just near Samael's. This manor wasn't like the mansion on the mainland or their house in Minowa. Ramin, the holder of Labyrinth, wasn't here to protect his son from an intruder that the house didn't recognize.

When Lilou and Law entered their son's room, a gust of wind blew past him when she slammed it closed right in front of his face. His expression turned sour, staring at the shut door.

"She's furious…" he whispered, scrunching his nose up in dismay. "Was it about the bathing together?"

Samael was at a dead-end here. Lilou wouldn't tell him what was wrong. Although he knew he might've crossed the line, he still believed they were on the same page. Lilou just got a little overwhelmed, but not to the point she would get angry as if he committed adultery.

"Is it about Sunny?" he wondered, tilting his head to the side. "Did she somehow remember her?"

His expression grew pale as he paced back and forth in the hallway. He believed Sunny was capable enough to protect herself, or at least, she was smart enough to know where to hide. Even if people raided the Grimsbanne Mansion, they would get lost in it and wouldn't see Sunny. Moreover, the La Crox left on the mainland wouldn't let his child on her own.

There were many factors that kept Samael reassured Sunny would be safe. She had the La Crox, the mansion, and the royalty as her backing. And Sunny's capabilities, even at a young age, were phenomenal and alarmed Samael at times.

"Still… she's Lilou's baby," he whispered in horror, gazing at the door. "No matter how capable her children were, Lilou still looked at them like normal, innocent children."

His heart sank, knowing what sort of mother Lilou was to her children. Her children simply needed to smile and tell her they loved her, and she would give in. But to Samael, his children were either cold like Law or nonchalant like Sunny.

A deep exhale slipped past his lips. He dragged his feet to the nearest window in Law's room. He leaned his side against the wall, folded his arms under his chest, and eyes at the darkness reigning over Karo.

"She'll be fine, right?" he whispered, worry apparent on his face. Despite all that list of why he shouldn't worry about his daughter, Samael could not help but think about Sunny.

As silence reigned in the hallway, he kept his eyes on that far distant, in the direction where the mainland was located. His mind drifted with the thought of his daughter. Samael rarely prayed and he could count the times he prayed sincerely.

But tonight, he prayed once again, hoping his daughter would be safe and sound until he returned with her mother and brother.

"Sunny…"

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<nulli><nullb>Meanwhile, in the mainland, the land of vampires…

A little girl was drawing circles on the ground outside the Grimsbanne Mansion, using a stick in her hand. She then drew lines from those three circles until they appeared to be stick figures. As soon as she drew the last foot of the stick figure, three shadows towered over her.

"This is the kid?" asked the man in the middle while the little girl hugging her toy bunny raised her gaze a bit to look at their feet.

Her expression didn't change in the presence of three men talking about whose child she was. Instead, she snapped her adorable doe eyes ever so tenderly and raised her stick to draw on the ground again. However, she only drew one straight line that went from the first stick figure's neck across the third one.

<nullb><nulli>Thud. Thud. Thud.

Blood traveled to her drawing while the shadow towering over her disappeared. When she raised her head, the three men were already on the ground while their heads rolled over to near their bodies. And yet, the little girl, who was only around four, didn't flinch at the grotesque sight.

"I already filled the graves Mister Fabian prepared…" came out an innocent, sweet voice, pondering on what to do with those three.

Just then, she heard something from a far distance. She turned her head and caught the golden flames rising in the sky.

"The royal family had fallen…" she whispered, holding the toy bunny's hand as she skipped her steps away from the mansion. "… I wonder if I can find my grandpa… Tilly said he has many chocolates."