Vincent's POV. She stood before me, not ready to listen, and challenged my power and me. I never felt so helpless in front of anyone. I was the king, and everyone had to obey my orders. Here, this girl used to give me more challenges than I had during my training sessions. I had never found anything so hard to win over. I couldn't even use my powers or Vampire magic. This girl seemed more powerful than me at that moment as she could make me kneel down just with her one 'YES'. My patience was hung by a thread and about to snap anytime. I was still thinking about what I should say to convince her that she would again agree to be my girlfriend. I was really going to kill that Octabrid king Nathaniel. Because of him, I returned to where I started, at zero. "Ariana, I need your time. Give me