Immortal Desire
Chapter 37

The growls and grunts were gone. The presumed to be storming massacre to the vampire intruder turned against the beast tribe. Their battle cry ended when droplets of death fell from the sky, causing numerous casualties and a huge amount of corpses scattered all over the place.

“We let our guards down,” Leo growled, laying on his chest. If not for his strength, he might have died along with others.

Mathew didn’t respond and strutted up instead. There was an inexplicable feeling inside him that he couldn’t shrug off, drawing all his focus.

“Sire! I have an urgent report!” A servant from inside the palace came scrambling, he bent his body to pay his respect when he saw the alphas. That was when he realized that there was a bigger problem while he was guarding inside.

“Fool! Look around you,” Leo roared at the servant. “Is there anything else that’s worse than this?” he asked while pointing at the soldiers on the ground.

The servant fidgeted his fingers. He wasn’t certain of how long he would have to live after delivering the news. “Sire, Lady Azrene and Lady Latina went missing. We followed their scent and found a secret passage on the wall. I’ve already sent men to pursue them. Please spare my life!”

“Useless!” Leo swiftly got up and cut off the servant’s head with his hand. It fell on the ground and bounced several times. “Don’t just stand there Mathew. I don’t care about your woman but Azrene is different. I’ll arrange for my men to look for her. You handle your own woman,” he said before taking his leave.

‘They left?’ Mathew asked himself. ‘No! Latina couldn’t just leave like that and why did Azrene have to go with her? That woman… I won’t forgive her!’

With heavy steps, Mathew headed to the room where he left his sister and the woman he loved. He had so many questions and doubts circling in his brain, contemplating what he should do next. In the back of his mind, he wanted to blame himself for taking Latina into the kingdom. The vampire wasted no time and used it to attack them and it happened to be right after he discovered Latina’s true identity. She was a vampire and not a human. As to why she doesn’t smell like those b***d demons, he had no clue.

“Latina! Azrene! Latina!” the werewolf alpha called, pushing the door open. He saw the crushed wall beside the giant mirror, clenching his fists, he walked towards it. “Argh!” Mathew smashed the mirror, breaking it into thousands of pieces. The thought of being left alone was like a spear piercing through his sluggish heart. He fell on his knees, weeping. A burst of soft but pained laughter escaped his mouth as memories flooded his head.

“Mathew, this is Lucretia. She will be my wife soon. After your mother died, I never knew I’d be happy once again. I hope you understand how I feel.” Bernardo Solic, the black werewolf alpha and the first ruler of the beast tribe, patted his son’s head as he introduced him to the woman who healed his wounded heart.

Lucretia smiled sweetly. Her eyes were twinkling like the stars. She bent down to level her face with the boy. “Hello,” she greeted, her blonde hair hanging above her shoulder smelled so sweet like blossoms in the wild.

“She’s more beautiful than my deceased mother. Is that why you wanted to marry her?” the young Mathew asked. He meant no harm by his question but in his father’s ears, it was complete rubbish and insensible to point out, especially in front of Lucretia.

“That’s enough Mathew. Whether you like it or not, I’ll have Lucretia as my wife.”

That stern voice coming from his father left a scar on Mathew’s young heart. He wasn’t against his father marrying another woman. Truth to be told, he liked Lucretia. Her pretty face and gentle smile, even her exceptional scent, he liked them all.

Time went by and Lucretia got pregnant. The black alpha needed to be away, fighting to unite the beast tribe and build a kingdom, leaving his dear wife alone with his son. Bernardo fought hard on the battlefield against the other beast tribe, for a sole reason; to dominate them all.

Spending every day with his father’s wife, Mathew got more fond of Lucretia. They spent hours talking in the garden, dined together, and sometimes, slept beside each other. The young boy’s affection grew deeper. Mathew thought of having the lady for himself since his father was away and couldn’t make her happy at all. With all his courage, he confessed to her.

“Lucretia, I love you! Will you marry me when I grow up?” His eyes were sparkling with an expectant look. The boy can’t wait to hear the woman’s response.

“Hahaha. By the time you grow up, I’d be old. You should look for someone younger and would better suit you,” Lucretia responded, taking the boy’s confession as a joke, but she gave him a piece of advice anyway. “Your father will be back soon. You can ask for his help to find a suitable bride for you someday.”

A few days later and the alpha was back, victorious. He was able to defeat the other alphas and convinced them to build a nation of their own. Not long after, Lucretia gave birth to a baby girl.

“The baby is cute but not as beautiful as you Lucretia,” Mathew muttered once when he was visiting their chamber. ‘You’re still the prettiest and I still want to marry you,’ he thought.

“Hmm…but she’s still a baby. You wouldn’t know until she grows up,” Lucretia remarked.

“All right then. Since you don’t want to marry me, I’ll find the most beautiful woman in the world and get her to marry me someday but I won’t marry this ugly bum!” Mathew stubbornly said. Lucretia just laughed and told him that siblings don’t marry.

It was a cold and quiet night when tragedy knocked on the palace door. His father had been killed together with his wife, Lucretia. Mathew along with e other alphas witnessed how the vampire with glowing silver eyes shoved his beloved to their ends, single-handed. They couldn’t say they were lucky to be alive but rather, they felt offended when the vampire treated them as trash and let them live.

After that incident, Mathew did nothing but gathered forces to prepare for an all-out battle against the b***d tribe. Years passed, and he grew up into a fine man.

His sister Azrene turned into a beautiful young lady too, just like what Lucretia said. He got several wives other than his mate but his love for Lucretia didn’t fade. Mathew mourned for her death every night as his resentment against her murderer got stronger.

Until he heard the news about the current vampire lord, Sebastian, who had silver eyes and the strongest vampire living. With nothing but his sharpened hate, Mathew invaded the vampire lord’s territory and there he saw someone he didn’t expect, the most beautiful lady on earth.

The white alpha couldn’t forget how he felt when he saw Latina for the first time. Lucretia’s beauty was nothing compared to her. He was so certain to marry her thinking that she was just one of the vampire lord’s women. However, his world crumbled when he found out that she was a vampire, just like the man who killed his family.

Mathew went on his feet and sniggered. He decided to take action rather than think back on what was in the past. “Latina, run as fast as you can but I’ll get you back, no matter what price I have to pay.” He felt the part of his neck that she bit with his finger. “Whether you’re a goddess or some kind of demon, you’ll be mine.”