Liam was utterly disgusted by what was happening in front of him and chose to avert his eyes when Elena, reluctantly, covered the body of the young man who had lost his life after she was finished playing with him.

The man bled to death after a few days in this room, and it was time for Elena to find new prey.

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"Get that out of my sight," Liam said angrily. He looked at an antique flower vase that was on his left side.

Meanwhile, Elena put on her clothes after covering the man with a blanket.

"What do you want?" Elena asked in a lazy voice. She then tied the rope around the blue robe she was wearing, and got off the bed.

Elena walked over to the dressing table and started to brush her tangled hair. She looked haughty and didn't seem ashamed that Liam had seen her in such a situation.

As if this was not a big deal to her, well, it was not…

Liam didn't answer her question immediately, he glanced at the bed and looked at the mound formed by the blanket with a cold stare, before he finally walked over to Elena.

Meanwhile, Elena , whose focus was still on her hair, not at all expected that Liam would walk up to her and grab her hair suddenly before throwing her across the room.

Screams and the sound of falling glass displays echoed through the walls and attracted the attention of the guards stationed outside the room to come in and find out what had really happened.

"GET OUT!" Liam roared with absolute fury, making the two guards freeze where in their places, but they didn't budge and did not do as the king ordered.

Seeing how the guards disobeyed his orders, Liam didn't say anything else. He just walked over leisurely with slow and determined steps.

Once in front of the two, Liam raised his hand at one of them and broke the guard's neck.

"Take him out." Liam's voice sounded cold and dangerous, he didn't even bother with the fact that he just killed someone, the king even ignored how the other guard was shocked and fell to the ground, he couldn't take his eyes off his partner who just died in Liam's hands. "Don't make me repeat my orders."

Hastily, the guard dragged his comrade's dead body out of Elena's room, his face was deathly pale while his body was shaking violently.

"You killed my guard!" Elena screamed.

There were indeed two different classes of guards, namely the guards of the elders who received orders directly from them and also the royal guards, who were the guards of the king and several other important nobles and they were under Liam's orders.

But, still, you shouldn't completely ignore your king's orders, no matter what.

"Yeah, I just killed him, just like how the five guards you ordered to kill Mila were killed," Liam said, stepping closer to Elena.

Elena gritted her teeth, then stood up. "She deserves it. She must be eliminated!" she exclaimed.

"She should be eliminated?" Liam repeated the sentence slowly, walking toward Elena, like a hunter who had found his prey. "She is going to be queen of this land and you are saying she should be eliminated?"

"She will not be a queen!" Elena cried. "She doesn't deserve to be the queen!" Elena then stood up and faced Liam defiantly. She even dared to look the king in the eyes with hatred which she was not trying to hide at all.

What an insolent behavior.

On the other hand, Liam walked toward Elena and raised his hand. However, before the king's enormous hand could deliver another blow to Elena's face, the elder said fiercely.

"If you dare to beat me, I will make sure Mila is executed today, in front of all people and you will appoint a queen from the women I choose."

Liam's hand stopped in mid- air, they were staring at each other very intensely now, but when Liam lowered his hand, he instead touched Elena's cheek, tucking her messy hair behind her ear while saying in a threatening voice.

"Do that and I will leak the secret you bunch of elders keeping from the vampires," a sly smile tugged at the corners of Liam's lips as he said it, especially when he saw the realization in the elder's eyes. "Listen, Elena, we both hold each other's death cards, so think before you act or threaten me."

Elena gritted her teeth when she heard him and shook off Liam's hand roughly. She looked at the king as if she wanted to kill him.

"She is going to be the queen, because that is what it is supposed to be." Liam reiterated his sentence, as it seemed that the elder couldn't hear him well. "The position of queen is her birthright and I will make sure she gets it."

Elena replied to those words fiercely. "You really are disgusting."

"Says someone who follows disgusting rituals in her room," Liam replied, glancing at the bed. "Mind your own business and stop meddling in this kingdom's affairs. Because it is my territory."

"The business of the kingdom is the business of the elders as well!" Elena growled, she grabbed Liam's arm when the king was about to turn away, as he had conveyed his threat well and felt there was nothing more to say. "Stop being so arrogant, you don't have any power if it's not for the elders behind you."

"I don't need you." Liam brushed Elena's hand off his arm. It felt so disgusting when this woman touched him.

"Oh, of course you need us. Who do you think you are?" Elena asked meaningfully and this made Liam clench his jaw tightly. "Don't be afraid Liam, I won't say anything until you cornered me and I have no other way but to use the information I have. You wouldn't want people to know about this, would you?"

After Elena finished saying that, Liam snorted and laughed softly, causing the younger sister of his father to furrow her brows in confusion at his reaction. What's wrong with Liam? Was there anything funny about her words?

"Oh, Elena, you are free to say that, but you know what? If I fall, then I will drag you down with me, so we can rot in hell together." The sentence was said in such a way that it made Elena shudder subconsciously.

She stared intently at the man before her, but couldn't find the fear in the king's eyes and instead, she found an insane intent.

Yes, Liam would do as he said. He would not let Elena off easily. If he had to fall, he would bring her down with him.

And for the umpteenth time, even though the elders had succeeded in restraining the king, Elena believed Liam's words.

Would he be difficult to deal with this time?

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"Where did you go?" Mila asked with her eyes closed, as soon as Liam started treating her eyes with the medicine left by the healer, thinking she was asleep.

"I have something to do," Liam replied shortly after recovering from his shock. He then continued to rub the medicine around Mila's eyes that felt very cold when it touched the skin.

"And what exactly did you do?" Mila brushed off Liam's hand and sat down. "I want to know the answer Liam, you can't keep this from me forever."

Liam sighed heavily. "I am not hiding this from you," he insisted. "I told you, didn't I? That I will tell you anything as long as you fulfill my conditions."

"By being your queen?" Mila snorted, she thought Liam was only getting weirder and unreasonable by the day. "You know my answer."

"And then, you also know my answer," Liam replied calmly, he then reached out to clean the medicine off her face.

However, the girl quickly grabbed the king's hand, she just needed her instinct to do so.

"Alright, I will be your queen, now tell me what are you hiding?" Mila changed her decision quickly and immediately promised that she would be willing to be what Liam wanted. "I am ready, now quickly tell me, what are you hiding."

Liam raised his eyebrows, but instead of an answer to Mila's question, what came from his lips was a laugh followed by a gentle caress on Mila's head, as if she was a child who needed attention, something Liam was used to doing often in the past.

"You are not serious about this Mila..." Liam said, and then walked away. "Think carefully, because your answer might change your life."

After that, Mila heard the sound of the door closing, indicating that she was alone again in the room.

Liam, this annoying a**hole!

Mila should have gotten her memories faster, then she wouldn't have fallen in this cursed palace. Her memory loss must be due to the drugs she was administered when she was still at the research center.

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"Claire, are you seriously doing this? You think we can believe that creature?" Danny seemed unsure of the decision his daughter had made to trust the soul- possessor's words. How could they trust such a creature? "This could be a trap."

Meanwhile, Claire was glaring at her father scornfully. "Stop being such a coward, dad," she said sarcastically.

Claire was fed up with her father's words which she thought were very cowardly.

"What are you saying!?" Danny cried angrily. "I am your superior!" Danny pounded the table. He didn't expect that his daughter would insult him like this.

"Then act like one!" Claired replied fiercely.