Cassius had just returned after the ordeal of tonight. He was still reeling from the fact that the actual king of the Abyss stepped out of the portal. A part of him was now scared of the hunters' power. They were successful at opening a portal to literally hell, then what else could they do. They needed to be stopped before they could do anything else.

Just as he was about to open the door to his room, he was stopped by a scolding voice. "Where have you been, son? You have been neglecting your princely duties." The King said in a disappointed tone. Cassius's face hardened, this was the first time he was meeting the king after learning about his treatment of Lyra. The king hadn't met him for so long, now he had come only because he thought Cassius had been slacking off.

"If you keep doing this, how will you be a great king like me? You better not be sneaking out to meet a woman that cannot be allowed. You will be having a political marriage with human women from a powerful influential family." The King said in an indifferent tone.

Cassius clenched his teeth, he could barely keep his anger under control. "I ... have been helping a few friends out in fighting the hunters. The ones ... who had captured Lyra."

The king's eyes widened. "What's the need for you to do that! You are the only heir! Don't risk your life. It's not affecting us anyway. Who cares what the hunters do."

Cassius looked down. Did the king even know that Lyra had already returned? He doubted it. "You don't see your son when you look at me... you only see your heir. Lyra was right, you are a coward." Cassius shook his head.

The king looked infuriated. "That womb killer called me what!" The king shouted outraged. Cassius couldn't take it any more. He grabbed the king's collar. " You will not insult my sister and mother like that! Yes! Yes you are a coward! And I will never be like you!" Cassius gave the king a final distasteful look and went inside his room, slamming the door.

The cowardly king didn't have the courage to carry the conversation, scared of his own son. So he ran away like the coward he is.

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The next day the team had decided to meet at Celestine to decide what to do next. Sera, Nik and Mortivus were already at the office. Nik looked a bit tired. After Sylvia finished her work in the kitchen she came to the office. "What is he doing here?" Sylvia asked about Mortivus. Mortivus smiled at Sylvia, so this was his love's best friend. "Wherever she goes there's where I follow." Mortivus says casually while pointing towards Seraphina. Sera was at loss for words as she turned away, her cheeks burned. She never felt like this before.

"Wait! I just noticed this, cousin. Is he wearing grandpa's clothes?" Nik whisper-yelled. Nik was talking about the suit and overcoat Mortivus was wearing. "What can I say! My grandfather-in-law has a great style."

Seraphina started coughing the moment she heard the word 'grandfather-in-law'. Sylvia moved toward Sera and rubbed her back, "There! There! I never thought it would take the king of the Abyss to make you flustered." Sylvia couldn't help but smile. "Enough! Don't tease me!" Seraphina tried to compose herself.

Theron, Cassius and Leo reached the office. They were surprised to see Seraphina look flustered. "What's happening here?" Leo asked. Seraphina was quick to answer, "Nothing!"

"Okay...." Leo didn't believe it. "I had been thinking about something.... There is another base left. And there were no prisoners in the last one..." Cassius said.

"Yes. There are more people missing and the base had a regular supply of blood, that means the remaining base has prisoners." Seraphina speculated.

"They need to be rescued as soon as possible. The longer their blood is used for blood magic the more they are likely to die." Mortivus stated.

"I didn't know that... But how do we find it? The previous base didn't have any information about the last base..." Seraphina thought out loud.

"I still have ... the mental connection with the hunter..." Nik said nervously. "You still have the connection! Is that why you look exhausted? You have never maintained a connection for so long. Are you sure you will be fine?" Seraphina fretted.

"I am ... fine, cousin. This hacker guy will sooner or later be called at this base and then we will get the location. And then it will be over."

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"The portal was not strong enough. There was no beast. And there was... was a hybrid, a vampire-witch. She also had that magic sword like... your family. Word around the street is that she is the one from the prophecy-" The leader said. "I don't care about the prophecy! How can the portal not work! That much blood energy and still nothing. That witch is also useless. No! No! I can't let the blood go to waste!" The Wizard king bellowed. The king removed his ring and gave it to one of the hunters and said, "Kill all the prisoners and get every drop of blood from them and tell that witch to charge this ring with all the blood and then the witch and then vacate the base." The king Ordered. The hunters left hurriedly.

A vampire-witch hybrid and a magic sword, how can that be? Could it be Selene's daughter? But he killed her himself. No! He has more important things to do than worry about some prophecy said by some looney witch.

"I will have to do it myself then. I won't be called a 'foolish king' like my father." The current wizard king's father was the one who started the 'Vampire-Witch War', he was called the 'foolish king'. Orion always hid the fact that he had necromancer abilities since it was considered as useless but he only had the glamour ability. No one took him seriously because they thought he only had one ability. He hated Selene because initially he thought she had glamour and necromancy but she only had glamour. Everyone thought he was weak because he only had glamour. But he will show them how strong he is.

When Orion became the King, he came to know that the 'Bloodbound Grimoire', written by the first blood witch Helga the Bad was never really destroyed but stored safely in the royal vault. The King was engulfed into the contents of the book and practiced the spells. He decided that he will get back to the world and with the help of the book he will rule the world.

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