DANTE′S LOVE STORY: ENEMIES BY NATURE, LOVERS BY FATE

And then he saw her, and the world stopped for a heartbeat. He pushed this feeling aside and scoffed at the idea of his enemy's daughter catching his attention.?

His idea of rushing in guns blazing, which had seemed so efficient a few moments ago, had failed. He had intended to break in the castle and shoot down his mark: Vasile. The bloodsucker punk had been terrorizing the populace all over Linirea, and it was his duty to put an end to it. It would have been over by now if it hadn't been for her and the utter distraction she brought.

He knew Vasile had female company as he heard a velvety voice arguing with the old vampire, but he never expected to be smitten by her. If someone had even suggested such a thing could happen to an old seasoned hunter, he would have mocked them.?

Vasile, knowing the odds were not on his favor, as his army of Vampiresas was not around, disappeared in a smoke cloud, leaving his daughter at the mercy of the hunter.

Dante pointed at her, masking his feelings under a blank stare and ordered her to stand still. Lucrezia silently looked at him to evaluate his adversary and the quickest way to get him out of her way, but her sight got caught in his eyes. In her countless years, she had never seen such profound eyes, like two dark pits, that mesmerized her. ?She blinked quickly to break the eye contact and gather herself back.

-Who are you? Why do you dare to break into my father's lair? ?I can't decide whether you are a fool, if you have a death wish... or both.-She said with a soft voice.

-I am here to end Vasile's reign of terror, and whoever stands on my way to his demise, will face the same fate.-Dante replied.

-I can agree he has done too much damage to these lands, but you are truly delusional if you think you can take him down with a few shots of your guns. ?He is an ageless immortal; it would take a lot more than that to banish him.

Dante quickly evaluated the situation; what she was saying was not lacking in truth. It was painfully obvious he needed a new strategy ( a much better thought out plan) than the one he had. Dante needed to know Vasile's weaknesses, and he was staring at the creature that could enlighten him with that valuable information. He was going to get it, ?even if it meant bringing her along in his journey.

He ordered her to come with him, but she had other plans. With a mischevious grin, Lucrezia jumped through one of the castle's windows and disappeared. Dante cursed and tried to follow her, but she was nowhere in sight.

Dante was both frustrated and curious about this mysterious creature, not to mention, in desperate need of her knowledge; So he spent the next months tracking her down. ?Much like a chess game, every time he managed to make a move and almost have her in his grasp, she managed to outsmart him and escape.?

With each encounter, the respect and admiration for the other flourished. Soon both began to yearn for those moments without even noticing it.

It is a dangerous thing for a hunter to be distracted from his objective, and this was almost Dante's downfall. He was tracking her down through the woods, planing a new antic to throw her off guard when he walked into a trap. Vasile and his vampiresas had surrounded him.

Dante knew his time had come, but he was not going to go down without a fight. He fought bravely and took many vampiresas down, but he knew he could never win as he was grossly outnumbered.

Vasile grabbed him and was about to rip him into pieces when suddenly a strong force pushed Vasile away. ?Lucrezia had come to Dante's aid and managed to tear him away from the danger.?

She held out her hand to him, and he took it, fleeing from danger and knowing, fully well, they were never going to let the other one go.

A word of caution to the reader: When you walk through the roads of Linirea, you have to keep your eyes open; you never know when you will fall into an ambush... or into love.

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但丁的愛情故事：天命之?dāng)?，宿命之?/strong>

他看到她時(shí)，整個(gè)世界在怦然心跳之聲中暫停了。他把這種怪異的曖昧感推到一邊，并且嘲笑自己被敵人的女兒吸引了注意力。

但丁本來想借著槍口閃爍的熾光強(qiáng)行沖鋒，這個(gè)想法在幾個(gè)瞬間之前看上去還是相當(dāng)高效，但最終失敗了。他打算強(qiáng)行闖入城堡并且擊斃他的目標(biāo)：瓦西里。這個(gè)低劣的吸血鬼一直對(duì)利尼維亞的百姓實(shí)施恐怖統(tǒng)治，而他的使命就是終結(jié)它。如果不是她突然出現(xiàn)所分散了他的注意力，這一切本都會(huì)馬上被他結(jié)束的。

瓦西里身邊有個(gè)女人——但丁聽到了一個(gè)如天鵝絨般柔軟光滑的聲音在和老吸血鬼爭吵，但他從沒想到自己會(huì)被她迷住心神。如果有人甚至去猜測這種事會(huì)發(fā)生在一個(gè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的老道的獵人身上，但丁會(huì)去狠狠地嘲笑他。

瓦西里知道現(xiàn)在的形勢對(duì)他不利，他的吸血鬼大軍并不在他身邊，單獨(dú)對(duì)上專門獵殺吸血鬼的獵人，他優(yōu)勢不大。瓦西里化作一團(tuán)煙云消失，只把與他爭吵的女兒和少量護(hù)衛(wèi)留下了——拖住獵人為他的逃跑爭取時(shí)間。

但丁把幾個(gè)護(hù)衛(wèi)解決后將冒著煙霧的槍口對(duì)準(zhǔn)了她，在茫然的凝視中掩飾了他的心思并且命令她站著不動(dòng)。柳克蕾齊婭默默地看著但丁，評(píng)估著他的實(shí)力以及盡快逃脫的方法，但她的目光被他的眼睛吸引了。在柳克蕾齊婭無數(shù)年的生命之中，從未見過如此深邃的眼眸，像兩口幽深的井，使她入迷。她迅速地眨了眨眼，打斷了眼神交流，使自己振作了起來。

“你是誰？為什么你敢闖入我父親的洞府？我不能判斷你究竟是傻，還是想死……抑或兩者都有？”柳克蕾齊婭用柔軟的聲音說道。

“我來這里終結(jié)瓦西里的恐怖統(tǒng)治，無論誰擋在他的死亡之路上，都將面臨同樣的命運(yùn)?！钡“褬屔狭颂?，用盡可能冰冷的語調(diào)回答道。

“我可以肯定他給這片土地帶來了巨大的傷害，但你別有開幾槍就可以殺死瓦西里的錯(cuò)覺。他是個(gè)永生的不朽者，把他擊殺并非是幾顆子彈能解決的事?！?/p>

但丁快速遞評(píng)估了一下形式。她說的話并不缺乏可信度，很明顯，他需要一個(gè)新的戰(zhàn)略——一個(gè)比他現(xiàn)有計(jì)劃更好的深思熟慮的計(jì)劃。但這意味著他需要知道瓦西里的弱點(diǎn)，他盯著這個(gè)能給他提供這些寶貴信息的女吸血鬼，很奇怪自己并沒有殺死她的欲望。但丁需要得到這些情報(bào)，即使這意味著柳克蕾齊婭要跟他一起旅行了。

他命令她跟他一起走，但柳克蕾齊婭有其他的打算。她淘氣地露齒一笑，跳出城堡的一扇窗戶消失了。但丁咒罵著想要追上她，但她已經(jīng)無影無蹤。

但丁對(duì)這個(gè)神秘的女吸血鬼沮喪又好奇，更不用說他迫切地需要她的情報(bào)，所以他花了幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間去追蹤她。兩個(gè)人就像在下國際象棋，但丁每一次設(shè)法移動(dòng)一點(diǎn)并且?guī)缀踝プ∷龝r(shí)，柳克蕾齊婭都會(huì)設(shè)法智勝他并且逃之夭夭。

每一次斗智斗勇，他們對(duì)對(duì)方的尊重和欽佩都會(huì)增加一點(diǎn)。很快，兩人都開始下意識(shí)地懷念那些四目相對(duì)的時(shí)刻嗎，一種曖昧的情愫在他們心中悄無聲息地生長著。

獵人從他的目標(biāo)身上分心是件很危險(xiǎn)的事情，這就導(dǎo)致了但丁的失誤。他當(dāng)時(shí)正在追蹤她穿過樹林，一邊趕路一邊計(jì)劃著一個(gè)新的滑稽動(dòng)作去逗她一笑，這使他毫無察覺地一腳踏入了一個(gè)陷阱。躲在暗處觀察著但丁的柳克蕾齊婭措手不及——瓦西里和他的吸血鬼大軍出現(xiàn)了，并且包圍了他。

但丁知道他最后的時(shí)刻到了，但他不會(huì)因此自暴自棄而放棄抵抗。他英勇地?fù)舻沽嗽S多吸血鬼，但他知道他永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)贏，因?yàn)槲淼臄?shù)量遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過了他們。

終于，瓦西里抓住了他。當(dāng)老吸血鬼正要把但丁撕成碎片時(shí)，一股強(qiáng)大的力量突然把瓦西里推開。柳克蕾齊婭來營救但丁，設(shè)法使他脫離危險(xiǎn)。

他握住了她遞過來的手，兩人一同逃離了危險(xiǎn)。他們都很清楚，他們都永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)放棄對(duì)方。

給讀者們一點(diǎn)忠告：當(dāng)你走在利尼維亞的街道上時(shí)，一定要睜大眼睛：你永遠(yuǎn)不知道自己何時(shí)會(huì)墜入陷阱……或墜入愛河。

（注：

《但丁的愛情故事：宿命之?dāng)常烀異邸罚ㄔ禗ANTE′S LOVE STORY: ENEMIES BY NATURE, LOVERS BY FATE》）原文來源于https://www.ironhidegames.com/News（鐵皮游戲工作室官網(wǎng)）

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