Chapter 1: A husband’s betrayal (1)
"Do you hear it?" Selene Valor questioned, her ears picking up on the sound of a horn.
She couldn't mistake that sound she heard the day Gabriel and all the other men left.
Gabriel Valor, her husband, parted from Selene nearly six months ago to join the king's army and end a long war.
Good news reached the town of Gabriel's victories, and he was now declared the kingdom's current hero. The king himself would reward him for his triumph and grant him anything he wanted.
Selene picked up her dress to run to the front door, ignoring how the guests entering for the banquet she prepared gawked at her. It was unladylike, maybe but she was too focused on seeing her husband.
When she reached the door, Selene raised her hand to cover her face to protect her red eyes from the sun's light. Although it stung to be out in the day at times, she could bear with it to see her husband.
"Gabriel!" Selene cried out his name, her happiness filling the air.
Now that Gabriel had returned, Selene thought of how their arrangement started. Selene was one of the few pureblood vampires who resided in the town which gave her more status above the mixed bloods like her husband.
Mixed-bloods were the offspring of humans bitten by purebloods and turned into vampires.