Chapter 2: The mate is chained...

It has only been seven days since Isabelle arrived in the palace and realized nothing is same as what they've seen or heard about the palace, only one thing was correct whoever broke the rule, really never came back. She once saw a maid trying to get into lord's room but the lord came from behind and all the maids who were working were asked to leave, the rule breaking maid was not seen again.

Rumors are a normal occurrence in such big places but what shocked her was that no rumors were heard, no women, men spoke about the event as if nothing happened. Then she got to know that every maid who tried to rumor something was sent somewhere for punishment and no one knows where. Somethings are really shocking but they are supposed to be that way, nothing can really be changed in a place like this.

In these seven days she has seen servants disappearing and new ones taking their places, she saw a person killing other person but she was not allowed to speak and somewhere she didn't felt anything for the dying person, it was still a disgusting sight to remember, the palace lord and the council man hit the old man's head and it blasted like a balloon and blood was spluttered, they all were standing there and no person spoke anything for them. All the people went back to their work with no word spoken. Palace is weirdly beautiful before but now she feels as if every wall of palace is covered with blood and no one was supposed to do anything.

It was weird how she didn't felt fear rather just a feeling of looking at such a disgusting sight made her feel depressed. She knows she won't ever be at that old man's place. Reason unknown to her as well.

Isabelle was told by Cynthia, that she will from now on clean the lord's room and the guestroom. The rules and regulations are simple, don't enter the room while other are there, go and clean and nothing should be misplaced, and never try to listen the conversation that goes in there.

These simple rules should not be broken cause if broken you might not live to see the other day. Isabelle moved towards the rooms to complete her work, as she was completing her work, she saw lord entering and wished him, bowing her head and leaving from the room but the man stopped her by holding her arms, scaring her in the process.

Lord Alexander looked at the maid, he can feel her veins, her flowery smell, the simple scent of her body was driving his dead heart insane, he was able to decipher the restless feeling he was getting from some days in the mansion, it was because of her, the feeling of belonging, she is his and it's her destiny.

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Downstairs, Perry was waiting for Isabelle who should have been done with her work, but she was still not down. It was already weird having the council man, the lord's employer to stare at her so openly that he doesn't even move his gaze when she stares back at him catching him red-handed rather smirks at her and the lady that's fawning all over him sneers at her. She showed her tongue to the employer and left from there while Niklaus stared at her openly smirking at the girl's back. Soon amica mea.

Niklaus looked at the lady standing beside him, the daughter of another councilman and smiled at her conversing about how she was this and that and how she is very perfect for him, listening her babble about his perfections and noticed how she sneered at every girl who snatched his attention. They finally went to a room and Niklaus ripped her throat and drank her blood, killing her there and then sneering at her body. Thinking to control me, darling. Sneered at her, how dare you? Nobody but I can look at her, in anger or lust, my wish but only I can. Niklaus looked at the dead girl and clapped twice, another vampire, an average one entered and cleaned up the room so well that it doesn't even look like the killing ever happened.

Niklaus smiled and left for his work that he left at the council office. The witches have again reported some different happenings in the west, the dead and destroyed forest has started to show again and it clearly means that the beautiful time has come, finally the child will show itself and Lord Alexander will drink its blood. The power surge and fight for the same will end, the thirst will finish, soon enough he will have a mate with every power to protect her.

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Alexander looked at the fragile girl who was below him on the bed fighting and struggling against him, her tears spilling and falling from her eyes, filling his heart with regret but he over her and a soul bond is what can bind her to him and soon enough she will fall for him.

Alexander held her more tightly and kissed her lips harshly sucking her blood piercing her lips through his fangs and then collecting a bit of blood in his mouth and making her drink forcibly. He took the oath and bit her neck making her shriek at her loudest, scaring her out of wits. When Alexander was finally done with her, he put all his weight on his elbows and noticed how her dress was filled with blood, how her face was contorted with fear and how she fainted in between only.

Alexander stood up and called his butler to not let anyone enter the room and not allowing the girl inside leave, however much she cries, shouts or does anything. Alexander has finally caught this butterfly, now caging her is not bad idea rather it sounds pleasing to him.

Alexander then left for his meeting, kissing the fragile girl who he has came to known as Isabelle or belle as now he prefers to call her, she has been unconscious for an hour and he has found all her information and even a friend of hers came searching for her asking the butler about her but Alexander told the butler to tell her that she has been sent to market and will come around dawn.

Alexander completed his meeting in an hour or so, killing two council mans who were in wrong and telling Niklaus to handle all these things so that he can spend time with his beloved. "Now, we know that the child has entered and everything is saying that she is fine, so we don't need to take tension, we can find her soon. I won't take much of your time but catch your butterfly soon, there are people who would do that before you."

Niklaus laughed at his line but his eyes took a shade darker and more turned red. If Lord has noticed it means he doesn't have much time to claim her.