Seeing Marceline's body fall to the ground, a young Vincent and Katherina turned panic-stricken. Instead of things getting better with time, it was getting worse, and it seemed like it was only the beginning.

"It seems like the children of the wealthy have difficulty understanding when it comes to following orders," hummed Hellion, looking at the young werewolf's body that lay dead on the ground. He ordered his men, "Take this one from here and send it to the council. This time make sure the body is hung on the council's gates."

"Right on it!" Replied the four men, and they picked up Maxwell's dead body, carrying it to the carriage where the seat was bloody because of the dead vampiress they had earlier carried.

Katherina was shocked to see the death of two children and her daughter on the ground. Hearing the faint rattling sound, her eyes quickly moved to her son, who was trying to free himself. She quickly whispered, "Vincent, no! Please calm down!"

Katherina knew that anyone who went against these humans would fall straight into the pit of death. But her son, who was often calm, anger boiled in his veins, and he glared at Hellion. Katherina had tried to speak to Hellion because she knew shouting and fighting would lead to death. Situations like these need to be played well.

But the young vampire didn't heed her words, and hearing the metal clink against the metal pole, Hellion and his men's eyes shifted from Maxwell to Vincent.

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"It looks like what you saw wasn't enough to understand and need a lesson," Hellion started to make his way to where Vincent was tied.

Hellion despised the creatures who weren't humans, and he hated people who belonged to high society.

Katherina pleaded, "They are young and don't know any better! Please forgive him and the others! I beg you!"

Seeing two innocent children die before her eyes, this was the most Katherina could digest. She wouldn't be able to bear it if her children were taken away from her. Tears glimmered in her eyes with fear.

But Hellion didn't like how Vincent glared at him as if he didn't scare him. Though the vampire was a young boy, the human noticed how he looked at him... or looked down upon as if he was meant to be beneath his feet.

Blood dripped from the metal claws of Hellion's glove on his right hand. He said, "This must be your son. Silver hair," though he looked at Vincent, his words were directed at Katherina. "Why isn't he a human like you?"

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Katherina didn't answer Hellion's question as she was utterly scared for Vincent's life. She could tell by the look Hellion gave her son that he wasn't willing to spare him either. As if he wouldn't stop until every person in here was dead.

"If you were a human, I would have spared your life, boy. You have no one but your mother to blame for sullying you with the blood of the vampires," Hellion spat.

Hellion looked at the young vampire questioningly because when vampires and humans had children, there was a higher chance of the child born to them being a half-vampire than vampires. But what the human didn't know was that the Moriarty family originated from a stronger bloodline of vampires, pureblooded vampires, whose kin would always be pureblooded vampires.

"Look at the way you look at me even though you are tied," Hellion laughed, and his men stared at each other when he continued to laugh. He then bent down, sitting face to face in front of the boy. He threatened Vincent in a low voice, "Let me pull out your eyeball and send it as a gift to the council. Maybe that will be better."

"Please! Please! Don't hurt him! You cannot direct your anger towards the innocent children who weren't the cause of your pain!" Katherina beseeched the human. Her chains clinked against the pole she was tied to, feeling restless and helpless as she couldn't do anything to save her children or the others.

But the expression on Hellion's face looked like he had already made up his mind. He brought his hand forward, pointing to the sharp metal that had traces of blood. When the metal came near Vincent's eyes, almost about to touch it, Katherina shouted,

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"Stop! You can hurt me as much as you want! But please don't hurt them!! You may have children of your own, you should understand--"

"SHUT UP!" Hellion shouted back at her. "Children!? Your creatures took my fianc from me! They dragged her! Raped her and killed her once they were done! Where was justice then?!" His hand that was hanging in the air in front of Vincent's eye slowly lowered. He turned to Katherina and spoke just above a whisper, "We were going to have a family. She had nothing to do with any of your conflict and was innocent. Why did she go through it?" His voice turned louder at the end.

Wanting to keep the unreasonable man away from her son, Katherina decided to risk herself as bait. She wanted her children and her family to be safe, that was all that mattered. She said,

"Your pain was caused by other vampires or werewolves... and never these children. You are getting to the same state as the people you so much hate, turning into th--"

Katherina stopped talking when Hellion glared at her and shouted, "I am like them?! Let me show you then!" He turned to his men and ordered, "Unlock her!"

One of Hellion's men appeared behind Katherina and started to unlock the lock on the chains around her hands. During that time, Vincent continuously tried to break free his wrists, which had slightly loosened, but it was nowhere to break him free from them. Hellion, who saw the vampire boy struggling in anger, only brought a smile to his face.

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"Who says one stone cannot hit two birds," Hellion stated with one corner of his lips curling up with a smirk.

Once Katherina's hands were free, she was pulled up by her arm by Hellion's man. She was dragged before being pushed to the ground in front of Hellion.