#chapter235: Final Battle

I couldn’t believe what I’d seen. I knew that Ian and the rest of the vampires were against us, but to see the vampire king still alive… To know that the man who had killed Candido’s family was still alive hurt. It wasn’t fair. I tried to get back inside, but there was no doorway. The stone didn’t yield to me. Cillian said nothing. He didn’t even seem to be paying attention to me. Then, Ian and Raven came out. “You—” Raven rushed past me into Cillian’s arms, sobbing and shaking him. “Why didn’t you say anything?” She cried. “Why didn’t you tell me? All this time! All this time, I—” Cillian wrapped his arms around her, hushing her gently. I turned back to Ian whose entire expression seemed to be without feeling. There was blood smudge on his temple and at the corner of his mouth. Dust and dirt clung to him and stained his clothes, but his hair seemed perfect like white gold. Then, there was the sound of footsteps rushing towards us. Through the trees, Candido and two Lun