Dense foliage, large trees, and unmoving wines cannot hide the human bones on the floor. The scent of spring mixed with the aroma of blood is lingering in the air during the winter. Fu Sheng follows her scent. He goes from room to room. He finds Ian"s half-eaten bones. He traces the drops of Huang Qiuyan"s blood on the chair. She was tortured here.The cerulean fire engulfs the chair until nothing remains. He walks out of the room. She"s not far away from him. She"s waiting for him to find her.He is not in a hurry anymore; It"s already too late. Fu Sheng takes slow and cautious steps in the direction where she is waiting for him. As he gets closer, the delicate melody is louder. Sitting on the edge of the window, she taps the top of the skull. Her fingers are moving in rhythm with the melody. She is missing her toes and the nails of her fingers. Her legs are full of scars. Then, she turns her face toward him. He flinches when he sees the scar on her face, taking a step backwards, not wanting to accept the truth staring at his face."Can"t take a look at my face?" She hurls the skull at his feet. "How sad! Huang Qiuyan was really pitiful. She was too weak for you, wasn"t she? She was an overly emotional woman who was too dumb to understand the ways of vampires. ""Give her back to me," Fu Sheng mumbles with a soft voice. He should have left the moment he felt that something was wrong. He was pulled between the chance to undo Fu Mian"s curse, his priorities as the king, and his mate. In the end, he failed as the vampire king, Fu Mian"s father, and Huang Qiuyan"s true mate. "And I, Li Dai Yu, become nothing?" Her laughter sounds like the ringing of the bells. "I finally got the chance to come out. She had human life. Isn"t it fair if I have this life? We both know that she"s not good enough to be the queen of the new world.""You are a part of her." Fu Sheng"s voice is calm. Huang Qiuyan"s dark side is different from what he expected it to be. Her personality and mannerisms are different. Even the way she talks and moves is different. "Whether I am a part of her or she"s part of me, who can decide that?" Li Dai Yu smiles at him. "Whenever she couldn"t fight back, she pushed back her grievances and pain deep in her heart. There were times when I was tired. I wanted to take actions in her place. But she was too strong back then. It was rather annoying that she would give me all the pain and live the life of an ignorant. I don"t mind telling you about her pathetic human life.""Go back where you came from." Fu Sheng grabs her arms. "I want her back.""Why do you want her back?" Li Dai Yu clicks her tongue. "Fu Sheng, do you really love her?""Huang Qiuyan." He pulls her closer, looking into her eyes. "Come out of your hiding place.""Oh my! This hypocrite king won"t stop pretending." Li Dai Yu giggles. Her eyes twinkle in pleasure. She raises her head. Her lips only a half an inch away from his. "Let me tell you then. I have never seen her holding on for so long. Because she made a promise to you, she was waiting for you until the last moment. She was in so much in pain. She wished for death and yet, she couldn"t give in to death because your life is connected to hers. She knew that you couldn"t trust her feelings. Because of that stupid promise, I had to wait for you here."She licks his tears on his cheek as he grips her arms hard. "Fu Sheng, if you really loved her, you would have come for her the moment you felt that something was wrong with her. Admit it, Vampire King. She was never your priority. You never thought of her as your equal. You didn"t bother sharing your pain or happiness with her. You told her to reject you because you didn"t think that she had it in her to become a reliable queen. Do you think that she didn"t know this, Fu Sheng? She knew it too well. Just like her family, you also disparaged her. Always blaming her because she was a human once? Because she had emotions? What about you? Are you great because you were born with pure vampire blood? In the end, you are as miserable as humans, pretending to be strong."After hearing those words, Fu Sheng drops to his knees and closes his eyes. Li Dai Yu snickers with a triumphant look in her eyes. The king is on his knees. Where"s his arrogance now? She bends her waist, cupping his face. If he"s Huang Qiuyan"s true mate, he is also her true mate. But she doesn"t want him. There"s no doubt that he will always try to bring Huang Qiuyan back. She must destroy this king without destroying herself. "My King, do you think that these are only my words? If Huang Qiuyan and I are part of each other, then these words are also born out of the feelings that she had for you. You know, My King, she doesn"t have many wishes left. Once I finish them all, she will never reappear again. You will never see her again. The new world will need a king like you and a proper queen. If you want, I can be the queen you need."She"s not strong enough to destroy him right now. She will give him a dream for now and break it when the time comes. "Is that how you plan to erase her?" Fu Sheng opens his eyes. There is no sorrow in his eyes. He clasps his fingers around her neck. "You are right. You are not her. Huang Qiuyan is much more than you. I never thought that she wasn"t good enough to be a queen. She already had the qualities to become the Queen. She often hid those sides behind her insecurities. I was waiting for her to become stronger and accept her true self."Li Dai Yu grits her teeth, struggling to get free. She claws his hand and spits out the words in rage. "If you kill me, you will kill Huang Qiuyan too. You will also die."