Mila felt that whatever Liam would show her later was something that would contradict everything she had believed so far.

But, whatever it was, she must know what really happened to Anna and why Liam had to paint Anna as a traitor before ruthlessly killing her all those years ago.

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"I want to show you something," Liam finished speaking just as they stopped in front of a door made of ebony. It had a handle in the shape of an owl's head.

"A moment." Mila pulled her hand out of Liam's grip and took a deep breath. She could feel the cold air from this place entering her lungs and making her body shiver slightly. "Tell me one thing first, what is behind this door?"

Liam raised his eyebrows as if to ask; what for?

"So I can prepare myself for whatever I will face later." Mila gritted her teeth as she voiced her concern.

"Don't tell me you are afraid to face the truth?" Liam grabbed the door handle again, but Mila held his hand.

"Tell me first, what is behind that door?" Mila insisted on Liam answering her question first.

"The answer to all your questions," Liam answered simply. Then he lowered his hand. "If you are not ready to see what is behind this door, then we can go back upstairs and you should behave like a future queen and stop making trouble."

Stop making trouble?

"I am not making trouble, what I did fifty years ago was to escape from a marriage arrangement with my sister's killer," Mila shot back at Liam sharply and this time she grabbed the door handle. "If you want me to see the evidence of your heinous accusations, then let's have a look together."

Liam pushed the door open and allowed Mila to enter before he stepped inside as well and closed the door behind him.

"What place is this?" Mila frowned because the place was much colder than outside.

As a vampire, Mila should have a high tolerance for temperature changes, especially at low temperatures, but that didn't seem to be the case now, because Mila's teeth started to chatter already.

And while Mila was hugging herself, Liam took off his robe and slung it over Mila's shoulders.

Inevitably, because of this uncomfortable cold air, Mila accepted the robe that was too big for her, which then engulfed her body with Liam's signature scent.

"Your immune power will really drop if you subject yourself to cold temperatures like that." Liam then walked ahead of her after saying this, leaving a grumbling Mila behind him.

However, Mila didn't have time to be annoyed by what Liam said, because what she was seeing right now completely consumed her attention instantly.

Behind the black wooden door was a large, towering room. Mila thought this place had a tower of its own, because far up there, she could see the curtains covering the large windows that surrounded the spire.

Meanwhile, the stone walls were lined with shelves displaying various types of books. There may be thousands or even tens of thousands of books in here.

However, one thing that caught Mila's attention was…

"These are ancient magic scriptures" Mila mumbled, running her fingertips across each book spine that was neatly arranged. They were all written in an ancient script that only a few vampires could translate. "This… is dark magic."

"Yes, these are all forbidden books that not just anyone can see." Liam confirmed Mila's statement.

Mila was amazed to see these books. It was appropriate that this place couldn't be ventured by just anyone, because if anyone used these books for bad purposes, then disaster would befall.

And, there was also this rule that forbade the vampires from using this dark magic against humans, as the consequences would be far more unfavorable to the users themselves. Nothing different from getting a backlash. It was simply not worth it.

"Then, what do you want to show me by bringing me here?" After taking a brief look at this oval- shaped room, Mila reminded Liam of his original purpose for bringing her here. "What does this have to do with my sister?"

"Come here," Liam waved his hand to follow him to the podium, which was located right in the middle of the room.

Mila followed him and stood beside him. She saw a white stone, shining brightly and was only as high as Mila's chest.

"There is one book that is far more powerful than all the books in this room." Liam tapped his finger on the white rock in front of them. "That book should be here."

"Don't tell me now you are accusing my sister of stealing this book?" Mila narrowed her eyes at Liam.

"That is not accusation, but fact," Liam said quietly, sounding tired of this argument.

"Then prove to me that it's a fact, then I'll believe you." Mila insisted.

Liam knew they would get to this point, so he wasted no more time and waved his hand at the red curtain covering one side of the walls.

And as the curtain parted and revealed what was behind it, Mila gasped. Her breath caught in her throat in the next second.