Loved By a Vampire King-Chapter 600: Love & Scars

Cedric’s back stiffened upon hearing the plea of the old man. For some reason, he couldn’t move from his steps as if some invisible barrier had blocked him there. He looked flabbergasted by his sudden, audacious request. If it was another time, he would have snapped at him out of rage. But today, he couldn’t do it especially after he saw how he bleed from the soul sucking jade.

Turning around like a numb figure, he approached Ralph like a controlled robot without offering his arms to embrace. Ralph had to sigh internally. He was exactly the mini version of his past. Before he met Jasmine, he was exactly this emotionless to his father or other people around, cold.

Dragging himself forward, Ralph took the initiative to hug him for a few seconds which he didn’t return at all. Cedric stayed stiff in his arms, clueless about how to react since he really never cared about this old man.

When Ralph hugged him tight, he felt though his whole world was finally fulfilled except the one woman whom he desired to be with once. However, her heart belonged to someone else from the beginning. He knew it but for the first time, he couldn’t control his selfish desires. Later, he had to see her taking her own life and his son being named after another man.

His tears slipped off his eyes, falling on Cedric’s shoulders who didn’t say anything in response. He muttered into his ears, feeling the fill in his heart,

" I don’t know.. why did you go to save me...But..I...I am happy for the first time today.. Cedric..I mean it.."

Ralph let go of his hug and gave him a small smile. Cedric only muttered lowly, taking his leave quickly as he didn’t want any bond with the person,

" I should leave..now..."

Then in a blink of an eye, Cedric was back in his own castle,filled with complicated emotions. He claimed that he felt no affection for Ralph but when he saw him getting tortured by Hayden, he just wanted to tear Hayden apart. The hatred and anger felt so strong that his demon almost came out on the surface to enjoy Hayden’s blood.

Dismissing the thoughts momentarily, he entered the chamber silently, not wanting to wake Ayra up. However, Ayra’s mind was disturbed from the beginning. She woke up by the little noise and rubbed her eyes to see him coming. She was shocked to realize that she didn’t feel his absence today. Maybe she was too tired. She mumbled, getting on her knees on the bed, 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

" When did you go? I didn’t even realize.."

Cedric didn’t want her to worry about the issues from another realm. He smiled to cover up his own worries,

" Why? Did you miss me so much?"

Ayra was surprised for a second. With the ongoing issues regarding Hayden, it had been a long time since he had flirted with her or being playful. She smiled back at him, not trying to hide her thoughts anymore,

" Yes, I did! I like to sleep in your smell. I thought, you have come back to sleep a long time ago."

Cedric’s heart melted at her words. Looking back to their past, he probably did nothing wrong in forcing her into this marriage. Her face and happiest smile was the best thing of his life now. He went forward to stand in front of her, his height towering over her,

" I got some urgent work. But I am back to you now. Aren’t you happy?"

Ayra grinned sweetly at him and helped him casually by standing up on her knees,

" Let me help you change the clothes. You had a shower but you were gone again."

She pushed his clothes up before he could say anything. As soon as her eyes fell on his abs, her face became blank in shock. All through his chest, there were countless marks like arrows or whips. It was like he had been tortured brutally.

Ayra gasped, leaning closer to see his scars,

" O my god!! How did you get these scars?? What are you doing behind my back, Cedric??"

Worry laced out from her voice as she ran her fingers through his chest. Her eyes almost teared up to imagine how much pain he had probably went through. Cedric was in daze as well. He didn’t expect her to find out so fast but he replied with a smile, enjoying the worry in her eyes,

" It’s nothing..We had to face another fight. Won’t you love me if I look ugly or have more scars in my body?"

Even though he was sounding funny, there was an underlined meaning behind his words. His eyes held a certain fear and worries over the question that he just asked.

Ayra brought her eyes up to give him a stupified glance. For a man who always boasted about how handsome he was, it was rare for him to say those words. But she didn’t break his expectations.

Ayra remained silent for a while as she ran het fingers all over he chest, touching and feeling them deeply. As if it wasn’t enough, she bent her head down to give a kiss on his scars. A low throaty rumble came out of his throat, staring down at his beautiful wife who was literally turning him on.

Keeping her hand still on his scars, she raised her head to stare into his hypnotizing eyes, breathing her words out one after another slowly,

" Even if you turn into the ugliest creature on earth, I will still love you, Cedric. You are my husband and none of your sides will change it for me. Your demon..or you... everything is the same to me as long as it’s you.."

Cedric stared at her with dark eyes. The following moment, he pushed her up by gripping her hair fiercely. Then he pulled her lips into a deep, feverish kiss, sucking her soul out almost.