LOGINLila Carrington gets the most shocking news from her father at dinner one day, and all he said was a decree that she has to follow through with even though she has her own reservations—she was supposed to tie the knot with Levi Beaumont. The Carrington and Beaumont families have been enemies for decades, and truthfully none of them know the real reason behind the fight because each person seems to have their own side to the story, so Lila did not understand the reason that her father, who taught her never to associate herself with the Beaumont family, was the same one pushing her into marriage with one of them. Levi did not want the relationship either, but the families had to form an alliance so they could both remain in business. It had to be done. Driven with the passion to stay in business, Lila and Levi help their family out, but with the promise to their parents that it would only last a year and they would be done. What happens when they begin to fall for each other? Do the Carringtons and the Beaumonts reunite, or does a war happen? Legacy of Love and War is a romance like you have never seen before.
View MoreDi wilayah utara Kerajaan Aetherion, berdirilah Kadipaten Nightveil, salah satu keluarga Duke paling berpengaruh di seluruh kerajaan.
Malam itu dingin dan sunyi. Di dalam sebuah kamar megah bercahaya remang, seorang pemuda dan gadis bangsawan duduk saling berhadapan di atas lingkaran sihir kuno. Jari-jari mereka saling bertautan erat. Cahaya bulan menyelinap masuk melalui jendela tinggi kastel, menyinari tubuh mereka. Pemuda itu memiliki wajah tampan dan tegas, tetapi kulitnya pucat pasi. Butiran keringat membasahi dahinya. Alisnya berkerut saat ia terus mengalirkan Mana miliknya ke tubuh gadis di depannya melalui telapak tangan mereka yang saling terhubung. Gadis muda itu mengenakan gaun bangsawan berwarna ungu gelap, rambut panjangnya terurai anggun di punggung. Wajahnya sangat cantik dan memikat. Dengan mata tertutup, ia dengan rakus menyerap Mana dari tubuh pemuda itu. Pemuda itu bernama Lucien Nightveil, pewaris keluarga Duke Nightveil, sedangkan gadis itu bernama Elise Raventhorne, putri dari Clan bangsawan Raventhorne. Mereka sedang menjalankan ritual pemulihan Core Mana milik Elise. Lima tahun lalu, Elise membangkitkan Core Mana tingkat Silver Rank bintang lima, namun tiba-tiba inti mananya mulai retak dan melemah. Bagi seorang bangsawan kerajaan, kehilangan Core Mana sama saja dengan kehilangan masa depan. Tanpa Mana, seseorang tak akan pernah bisa menjadi Mage ataupun Knight sejati. Lucien dan Elise tumbuh bersama sejak kecil. Hubungan mereka begitu dekat hingga seluruh kadipaten menganggap mereka pasangan yang ditakdirkan oleh Dewi Mana. Mereka bahkan telah bersumpah untuk hidup bersama selamanya. Lucien sendiri adalah seorang jenius langka yang membangkitkan Dragon Heart Core tingkat Celestial, talenta yang bahkan sangat jarang muncul di seluruh Kerajaan Aetherion. Selama lima tahun terakhir, setiap malam Lucien diam-diam menyalurkan Mana miliknya untuk menstabilkan Core Mana Elise. Perlahan-lahan, inti mana Elise mulai pulih. Dari peringkat Bronze yang hampir hancur, kini telah kembali mencapai Silver Rank bintang tiga. Diperkirakan tidak lama lagi ia akan kembali ke kondisi puncaknya. Namun ritual itu bukan tanpa harga. Setiap kali Lucien mentransfer Mana, Dragon Heart Core miliknya perlahan melemah. Bahkan para Archmage istana pernah memperingatkan bahwa hal itu dapat menghancurkan masa depan Lucien sebagai pewaris terkuat Nightveil. Tetapi Lucien tidak peduli. Demi Elise, gadis yang ingin ia lindungi sepanjang hidupnya, ia rela mengorbankan segalanya. Bahkan keduanya telah berjanji, begitu Core Mana Elise benar-benar pulih, Lucien akan melamar secara resmi di hadapan Raja, lalu mengadakan pesta pernikahan termegah di seluruh wilayah Nightveil. "Kakak Lucien… kau terlalu baik padaku. Elise ingin selalu berada di sisimu. Begitu Core Mana-ku pulih sepenuhnya, aku akan menjadi istrimu." "Kemarilah… ini hadiah untukmu. Aku mencintaimu." Mengingat suara lembut Elise, tatapan penuh kasihnya, dan ciuman hangat dari bibir merahnya, Lucien tanpa sadar tersenyum tipis. Tanpa terasa, tiga jam berlalu. Biasanya ritual transfer Mana akan berakhir pada saat itu. Lucien juga sudah mencapai batas tubuhnya. Namun tiba-tiba. Lucien menyadari tangannya tak bisa dilepaskan. Lebih mengerikan lagi, Mana di dalam tubuhnya mulai tersedot dengan kecepatan luar biasa. "Elise… kau…!" Lucien bisa merasakan Elise secara paksa menyerap seluruh Mana miliknya. Pada saat itu, Elise membuka matanya. Namun mata itu tak lagi dipenuhi kelembutan. Yang ada hanyalah dingin dan penghinaan. Mata Lucien melebar. "Kenapa…? Kenapa kau melakukan ini?!" Elise tersenyum tipis penuh kemenangan. "Lima tahun akhirnya tidak sia-sia. Core Mana-ku akhirnya berevolusi." Ia memandang Lucien seolah melihat alat sekali pakai. "Ngomong-ngomong… aku harus berterima kasih padamu." BOOM! Aura dahsyat meledak dari tubuh Elise. Lingkaran sihir di bawah mereka bergetar hebat. Gold Rank bintang dua. Lucien membeku. Pikirannya kosong. Ia membutuhkan waktu lama untuk memahami kenyataan mengerikan itu. "Jadi… selama ini kau menyembunyikan kekuatanmu?" suara Lucien bergetar dipenuhi amarah. "Kau memanfaatkanku sejak awal?!" "Tentu saja." Elise tertawa kecil. "Kalau bukan karena Dragon Heart Core milikmu, menurutmu aku mau berpura-pura mencintaimu selama lima tahun?" Tatapannya penuh ejekan. "Lucien… apa kau benar-benar berpikir dirimu pantas berdiri sejajar denganku? Lima tahun aku menemanimu. Mengambil Mana milikmu hanyalah kompensasi yang layak." Ia mendekat perlahan. "Dan karena kau bilang mencintaiku… maka serahkan semua Mana milikmu padaku." "Tidak usah menahan diri." Ledakan hisapan kuat keluar dari telapak tangan Elise. Lucien berusaha melawan, tetapi sia-sia. Mana dalam tubuhnya terkuras habis seperti air bah. Rasa sakit luar biasa menghancurkan seluruh jalur mana di tubuhnya. Wajah Lucien memucat dan tubuhnya gemetar hebat. Tetapi Elise tetap menatapnya tanpa belas kasihan. Tak lama kemudian, Elise melepaskan tangannya. Ia berdiri anggun sambil menatap Lucien yang nyaris mati. Mulai malam ini, ia adalah jenius nomor satu di seluruh Kadipaten Nightveil. Sedangkan Lucien hanyalah batu pijakan. "Merupakan kehormatan bagimu untuk menjadi tangga menuju kejayaanku." "Bajingan…!" Karena amarah dan luka parah, Lucien memuntahkan darah segar sebelum tubuhnya roboh ke ranjang dan kehilangan kesadaran. "ELISE RAVENTHORNE!!" Lucien terbangun dari mimpi buruknya. Tubuhnya dipenuhi keringat dingin. Ia mencoba bangkit, tetapi rasa sakit tajam di bagian perut membuatnya kembali terjatuh. Kejadian malam itu terus menghantui pikirannya. Kini Lucien akhirnya menyadari kebenaran pahit. Orang yang paling ia percaya ternyata hanyalah iblis bertopeng. Lucien adalah putra angkat Duke Aldric Nightveil, penguasa Kadipaten Nightveil. Sejak kecil ia dikenal sebagai jenius terbesar kerajaan karena membangkitkan Dragon Heart Core tingkat Celestial. Dengan bakat luar biasa itu, kekuatannya berkembang sangat cepat hingga namanya mengguncang seluruh Aetherion. Namun demi menyelamatkan Elise, Lucien terus mengorbankan Mana miliknya sendiri. Akibatnya, Dragon Heart Core miliknya perlahan melemah. Tingkat kekuatannya menurun drastis. Sementara itu, kekuatan Elise justru meningkat pesat. Selama lima tahun, Lucien terus melemah hingga akhirnya kehilangan kejayaannya. Dulu ia dipuja sebagai calon Archmage terkuat. Kini ia hanya dikenal sebagai "bangsawan sampah." Lucien menahan semua hinaan itu tanpa mengeluh. Karena baginya, selama Elise mencintainya, semua pengorbanan itu layak. Namun sekarang ia sadar. Selama lima tahun, ia hanyalah alat. Seorang bodoh yang dimanfaatkan. "Elise Raventhorne…" Lucien mengepalkan tinjunya hingga berdarah. "Aku bersumpah… aku akan membalas semua ini." ... Kreeek… Pintu kamar perlahan terbuka. Seorang pria paruh baya bertubuh tinggi masuk ke dalam ruangan. Wajahnya penuh wibawa seorang penguasa. Dia adalah Duke Aldric Nightveil. Melihat Lucien terbangun, wajah dinginnya langsung berubah lega. "Lucien… akhirnya kau sadar." Satu minggu lalu, Duke Aldric menemukan Lucien tak sadarkan diri di kamarnya dan segera membawanya untuk dirawat. Artinya, Lucien telah pingsan selama satu minggu. "Ayah…" Melihat ekspresi khawatir Duke Aldric, hati Lucien terasa sesak. Selama lima tahun terakhir, Duke Aldric terus melindunginya dari hinaan keluarga bangsawan lain, sementara Lucien diam-diam menghancurkan masa depannya sendiri demi Elise. Duke Aldric bahkan mengundang banyak Archmage dan Tabib Suci demi mencari cara menyembuhkan jalur mana Lucien yang rusak. Namun pria itu tak pernah sekalipun mengeluh. Hidung Lucien terasa panas. Matanya mulai berkaca-kaca. Plop… Setetes air mata jatuh ke liontin kristal kuno di dada Lucien. Dalam sekejap, liontin itu memancarkan cahaya keemasan redup."Everything I heard? Is it true?" Lila asked, and her parents reaction was all she needed to confirm her suspicions about them. "You set fire to my place and sent someone to break into Levi's place? No wonder you were always at the site so early." Everything that had happened in the past few days began to make sense.Whenever something happened, her mom seemed to be the first on the scene, and then she was always looking for whom to blame, like she was trying to take the smoke off her before anyone could even suspect her."Can you believe it?" Lila asked, her entire face drenched in tears, as a sarcastic laugh left her lips. "I mean, I had been so hard on myself for even considering you a suspect. I never wanted to believe that my mom could ever do something so evil. I was so sure that you were only doing things to help me, and I am sure of it now. Everything you've ever done is only for yourself; none of it has ever been for me.""Why on earth did they do this?" Lila was shocked that
Levi couldn't believe that Lila was taking Jared's side, and no matter how he tried to see her side, he just couldn't. Everything about the situation pointed to him, as he ticked all the boxes. He wanted them to break up so he could have his way with Lila; he was a business associate who was also angry, so all the motive to make him the culprit was there, but Lila strongly believed that he couldn't be the one.Levi could not take the direct approach with Jared, so he hired a private investigator to tail him and find out everything about him. He was paranoid about leaving Lila alone at home."Why don't you stop working for now until we are sure we are safe?" he asked her, and she seemed to agree. He was still trying to wrap his head around why she did not think he was guilty, but he could not see what she saw."I also think that is a good idea," she had said. The security at home had doubled, and even though he was aware that his staying at home all day was not what was going to protec
Lila wanted to act as if everything was normal and began to work. She was on her way back from one of her gigs when she noticed a car following her. At first, she dismissed it as nothing. There were thousands of cars on the road, and many people were going her direction. Why would one follow her, and it was not like this was a movie; it was real life, and things like that rarely happened in real life.She made a turn at the next intersection, and the car followed. She did a few more useless turns, and the car followed as soon as she confirmed that the car was following her. Panic set in. She had no idea what to do; it was now obvious that this was a planned attack, and the words of her mother began to ring in her head.She managed to keep her fear under control and called Levi. She knew she should be calling the police, but Levi was the first person who came to mind, so she called him."Hello, pretty lady, I was about to call you. What do you want for dinner? I am about to swing by an
Levi was furious about how his security team let whoever it was that broke into the house escape. They both rushed to check the footage caught in the CCTV, but whoever had come in was well prepared, as there was no way to see the face on the footage. Their face was fully covered with a mask and dark shades. Levi had the cops come into the house at once and transfer the footage of the intruder, hoping that they would be able to catch who was behind this. "Do you think you'd be able to catch him?" Lila asked. She was afraid; it was not a coincidence that two bad episodes went one after the other. "I am sorry, but I am afraid that with the evidence on the ground, I don't think it's possible." "But you have to catch them because this is an attack." Lila could not believe that the policemen were not taking the situation seriously. "I think it's just a petty robber who came in to steal a few things," the police said, because there was no evidence that this was an attack. "But nothing
"You may kiss the bride." Lila took a double take at the priest; she definitely remembered telling him to take out that part. She was getting married to him, but there was no way she would be doing anything intimate with him."Come on, sweetheart." She saw Levi's expression and could tell that this
THREE WEEKS LATERPORCH OF CHARITYWEDDING VENUE"Did Dad need to go all out for this? This is a contract marriage, yet he is celebrating it as if they were getting married for real," Elizabeth murmured to her sister. "I know right, he sure does not like to lose in something," Victoria replied as
"How can Dad think to do this to me? This is very unfair," Lila said, pacing the entire floor of her room. The diner finished earlier than they would expect because of the awfulness. The men still stayed downstairs in the living room to still watch golf; Eleanor, Carrie, and Lucy went to the balcon
LOCATION: CARRINGTON'S MANSIONTIME: SUNDAY DINNER TIME"Sit back down this instant," William commanded. She looked around at the faces of the people she shared the table with, and she could tell that they were all telling one thing, and that was that she better sit down at once. She swallowed and
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