Chapter 43: Blood Clan Ancient Text (Bloodstains) 19 From the Inside Out…
Song Qingqing, who was standing by the door, walked towards Hades hesitantly, lifted her skirt and carefully sat on his slender and strong legs. The gorgeous and complicated hem of her skirt spread out like a flower.
Song Qingqing shivered at the cold breath on him.
Hades' expression was still calm and indifferent, as if he was not the one who ordered her to sit on his lap. However, when he felt her warm and soft touch like a small animal approaching, his hand on the armrest of the sofa paused slightly.
He casually picked up a classical book from the table beside him and opened it, while raising his other hand to hold the girl's slender waist.
The white silk gloves had been taken off and neatly folded on the table, so when he used his fingers to stroke Song Qingqing's long, thick black hair that fell to her waist from time to time, he could clearly feel the moisture that had not yet completely dissipated from the ends of her hair. This action was like a comfort from a superior, but it made Song Qingqing subconsciously feel nervous and her scalp tingled.
The fingers holding the hem of the skirt couldn't help but tighten.
She heard the sound of pages turning, and Song Qingqing looked over.
Hades' palm was broad, and his slender, pale fingers rested on the spine of the book. The yellowed, old paper was printed with complicated handwriting, which looked like some kind of ancient text. At least Song Qingqing found that she couldn't understand it after reading it.
Song Qingqing averted her eyes and sat on Hades' lap, staring at the oil painting hanging on the wall in a trance. The content of the painting was actually very impactful, it was a fiery red blood color, the boundary between the light and dark sides was not clear, but the brushstrokes were very delicate. Song Qingqing could vaguely make out a figure lying in a pool of blood.
But she couldn't recognize who the figure was. The picture was too dark. After looking at it for a while, Song Qingqing felt it was boring, so she lowered her head and stopped looking.
Because she escaped at dawn, she didn't sleep well the night before, got up so early in the morning, and ran for so long that she was exhausted.
Hades no longer displayed the frightening aura he had before, and the surrounding environment was also very quiet. Moreover, the gap in the curtains just happened to let the warm sunlight shine on his back. The warmth easily made people relax, and the belated fatigue swept over him.
So Hades looked at the girl with her head lowered, nodding forward again and again like a little animal that was alert but very sleepy. Her beautiful profile was pressed against her thick black hair, and her crow-feather-like eyelashes drooped, casting a small shadow.
The sound of flipping pages in the room stopped quietly, and suddenly a low laugh was heard, with a hint of interest.
Song Qingqing was frightened by the laughter that sounded right next to her ears and woke up instantly with a start. However, her hands subconsciously grabbed the man's shirt, causing a few wrinkles.
When Song Qingqing woke up, she saw what she had done at a glance and timidly let go of her hand. Seeing that Hades didn't say anything for a long time, she looked up with some uneasiness.
First, I saw Hades' sharp jawline, then his cold face like a sculpture, and finally his dark red eyes that seemed to be smiling.
Song Qingqing lowered her head instantly. She almost wanted to get off Hades, but Hades didn't say anything, so she didn't dare.
At this time, Hades finally spoke out of kindness.
"Didn't sleep well last night in order to escape this morning?"
The hand with distinct bones, like a work of art, stroked the girl's long hair as if petting a kitten.
After hearing this, Song Qingqing froze and dared not move.
Seeing that she didn't answer him, Hades didn't care, but sighed lightly.
"It's a pity that you met me."
Song Qingqing bit her lip, not knowing what to say in response to Hades's somewhat dangerous sigh. Her fingers habitually clenched and loosened something. She thought she was grabbing the hem of her skirt, but did not notice the subtle difference between the two fabrics.
Hades' voice was low and dangerous, "Sif, I don't recommend putting your hand there."
Song Qingqing looked over because of what he said, and realized that she was grabbing the edge of Hades's shirt, which happened to be right on his tight abdomen, and was even faintly close to...
She was so scared that she immediately retracted her hand and wanted to hide it.
After all this trouble, Song Qingqing's hazy mind became much clearer. She lowered her head and said softly, "Master Hades, thank you."
The second half of the sentence was so quiet that it was almost inaudible, but the vampire's keen hearing could catch it.
“I’m not sorry to have met you…”
Could it even be said that she was quite lucky? At least she didn't have to face the two vampires, Anx and Kalan, anymore. If this continued, she was afraid that she would die not from a failed escape, but from excessive blood loss.
Of course, the second half of the sentence was actually Song Qingqing's remedy after careful consideration for a long time. She was just thinking aimlessly that Hades could even punish his twins by slapping them in the face without any expression. If she angered him, would he also beat her up?
"Yeah." Hades's response revealed no emotion, but his eyes dimmed slightly. He seemed to suddenly become interested and asked the delicate and well-behaved girl sitting on his lap, who looked like a doll, "Do you want to know what the book is about?"
Song Qingqing was stunned by the question and stared at Hades blankly. She forgot her fear of him for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Is it okay?"
She was not sure what was in the book. What if it was the secret epic of the Gesher family? If she found out, wouldn't that mean Hades would kill her in disguise?
Hades's gaze returned to the ancient, yellowed pages. His deep, rich voice sounded like an evil god luring an ignorant girl into a trap. "Of course, reading bedtime books to a well-behaved child is the reward she deserves."
When being praised by Kalan, Song Qingqing only felt that his hypocritical gentleness was creepy.
But Hades's praise, like the real thing, can easily induce a sense of joy in people's hearts...
It was strange, like a pureblood's innate ability to attract prey.
Especially when Hades began to speak like a lover's whisper, Song Qingqing looked at his dark red eyes like the blood night, and suddenly felt a deep vortex condensed in them, making people unconsciously want to get close to him, get close to him, let him completely control her body, and even... be possessed by him from the inside out.
No, this is horrible!
Realizing this, Song Qingqing couldn't help but take a deep breath and regained her almost eroded thinking ability. In order to hide the fact that she was awake, she made a gesture of relying on Hades and gently rested her head on the other's broad and firm chest.
Even though there is no heartbeat there, there is no body temperature that a human should have.
A barely perceptible trace of surprise flashed across Hades' eyes.
It was like an unexpected escape of prey from a mental prison.
However, Hades did not take this subtle difference to heart. Beautiful and low-pitched poems flowed out from his slightly parted thin lips, echoing in the empty study, like a nocturne played late at night, with an elegant and mysterious melody.
"He may have long forgotten when he was born.
His body is the botton fern that grows in the shade and cannot stand the sunlight.
Her soul is a soft and pure white rose, enjoying warmth and care.
......
In the moonlight, the girl caught a glimpse of the pale and cruel silhouette.
Fangs and romantic poetry, smelling passionate love and lonely death."
When reading the next part of this nameless poem, Hades's low voice slowed down and then quietly dissipated into the boundless darkness.
The pale fingertips moved slightly, collecting the heavy and ancient poems. He heard the girl's even and peaceful breathing. Her warm head was resting on his chest, but there was no human heart there, empty and void.
So Song Qingqing didn't see that Hades, who was hidden in the shadows, had a dark cloud-like color covering his deep eyebrows again.
When Song Qingqing woke up again, it was already late at night. She sat on the bed in a daze for a long time before she came to her senses. She realized belatedly that she no longer had to live in that high tower where there was almost no sunlight. Hades had driven the two brothers, Karan and Anx, to Ambis College.
She breathed a sigh of relief, finally not having to deal with the twins anymore.
Only when she was there in person did Song Qingqing suddenly understand why Rui chose to kill these aristocratic vampires in the plot. The gloomy and silent environment, the lack of conversation with living people and the high-pressure mental state can really make people collapse.
She counted the number of times she had escaped, and was suddenly surprised to find that she only needed to escape one last time to complete the story of this body.
Hades was busy with affairs, so Song Qingqing rarely saw him in the castle. Most of the time, Percy was with her.
However, perhaps due to the influence of blood loss and the lack of sunlight in the recent period, Song Qingqing found that her body had become a little weak, especially the stabbing pain in her heart from time to time. Percy would gently support her, and when she turned her head away with a pale face and was unwilling to eat, he would sigh lightly, take the spoon from the maid's hand, and feed himself carefully.
Song Qingqing accepted Percy's meticulous care well because it was the same as before in the tower.
Song Qingqing, who was lazy by nature, gradually even left the task of getting up and changing clothes to Percy, because Percy found that the head maids often tied their belts too tightly, making it difficult for her to breathe, but she never said anything about it.
When Song Qingqing heard this reason, she found it a little funny. Although Percy's expression was gentle and restrained, there was a sense of inexplicable danger in it, so she didn't dare to laugh.
Percy picked the girl up by her slender waist and gently placed his hand against her forehead.
"Miss, please take care of your body. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can tell me what you want."
Song Qingqing, who was half asleep, stretched out her hands and let Percy put on her petticoat, responding to his words vaguely.
"Well, I remember that."
One look at his sleepy eyes showed that he didn't remember, but Percy didn't say anything else and just laughed softly.
However, before her last escape, Song Qingqing encountered a big problem.
Hades took her out of Gesher Manor and went to the territory of another pure-blood noble to attend a night banquet.
Song Qingqing, who was sitting in the VIP room to rest, looked pale.
Because Hades had just told her that he would attend the First Embrace Ceremony as a prince tonight.
And soon, she will also receive such a gift...
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