SYLAQ'S POV

SHE wasn't meant to find out like this. Not in that way, at least.

Shit. I messed up for the second time.

She wasn't supposed to catch me hugging my cousin, Tyler but she did.

I placed her on the bed. She was still unconscious and I was impatiently waiting for her to wake up. I didn't mind her hating me for life as long as she woke up.

I touched her hair, feeling a sensation of new hope. Ariella always gave me hope.

Bella would pay for what she did. I didn't know why the universe had to give me a sister like Bella. A little bit of guilt burnt inside me thinking about the fact that I could be responsible for how my sister turned out.

Ariella slightly moved her hand signaling that she was regaining consciousness. Thank the gods.

ARIELLA'S POV

I slowly opened my eyes to see the monster that I was married to.

Was this God's way of punishing me because I might have killed Steve? 

I didn't know why I was cursed to be married to a demon. I was unlucky.

Sylaq lied to me but if Steve could betray me then why not a stranger? How could  I have fallen for him overnight? This explained the mysterious treatment towards my bleeding hands, the way his family reacted, and his face too. The signs were visible but I just ignored them like a fool.

I was and am such a fool for marrying this monster.

I needed to get the hell out of here before one of the vampires ate me raw. The biggest question was why on earth did Sylaq marry a human? Why of all humans, it had to be me. Maybe he wanted to kill me or sacrifice me to his gods or whatever the fuck these monsters serve.

"I don't want to sacrifice you believe it or not I married you 'cause-" I interrupt him to say, "you can read my mind?"

"Not really but I can tell that you were thinking about that," he answered.

"Ariella, please listen to me," he said, feeling remorseful. 

I sprang up to flee from this nightmare, I wasn't gonna stay here any moment longer.

"Sylaq Steel, I don't belong here so I will take my leave," I bold my fist. Still, I was panicking. Perhaps, it was daunting to speak authoritatively to a vampire but what the hell? I was more than angry.

But then I rephrased my sentence, sounding a bit polite. I didn't want to die. "Please just let me go."

Then his expression changed to that of pity. "Hmm, you won't be able to leave from here 'cause you're the Princess and if you run away well if you do then I'm sorry you and your family will be no more."

He continued seriously. "That's the rule of Mount Evie and I wouldn't let something like that happen to you."

Frantically, I countered. "No, no, no, no and no. That's not true, please tell me it's not and that you're just making it all up to trap me here."

But he didn't. He promised that he was speaking the truth.

I was feeling a mix of emotions—angry, betrayed, used, scared, confused, helpless and I felt as though I'd lost my freedom. "Well, I guess, I'm stuck here. Just like you wanted, right?"

He shot me a knowing gaze filled with certainty. "It's not that bad here and I will never hurt you. You need to trust me, Ariella."

"Trust, yeah, right. I wouldn't make that mistake twice," I was angry but more at myself than him.

I just went mute thinking about my future and how the hell I was gonna survive here.

Why would life sign me up with a vampire? I couldn't and wouldn't ever accept my fate.

ONE WEEK LATER

I dared not to come out of my room because I was dam scared that someone would kill me. I completely ignored Sylaq, he hadn't attacked me yet but only God knows how long he would keep up with that act.

Tonight, I would escape from here 'cause I was done being stuck here. I hated being in one place for long and as big as this room was, I was feeling suffocated and hungry too. I restrained myself from eating a thing cause I didn't want to risk drinking blood.

Sylaq must be lying about that curse so tonight, I'd take my chance and flee from here. Like hell, I didn't sign up for any of these vampiric shits.

Sneaking out of the castle wasn't as easy as I thought, Sylaq wasn't in the room so it was easy to leave our room but now the guards were making it difficult for me to escape from here.

In a way, I was the princess so they had to let me out on my command.

I cleared my throat, "Will you open the gate for me?"

"Your Highness, I'm really sorry but it's way too late for you to go out," one of them spoke firmly.

These guards must be vampires or werewolves so arguing with them might just put my life in grave danger but I had to get the fuck out of here.

"Very well, I'm sure that Prince Sylaq will be happy to know that you disobeyed his wife's order," I sounded very sure.

"Your Highness, you may leave.  Open the gate for her," the same guard spoke out.

As I made my way out of the palace, I increased my speed.  I was still wearing Sylaq's wine hoodie, bathing was the last thing on my mind. It was dark and I didn't know my way out of this kingdom. Ugh, I didn't know anywhere at all and I couldn't even trust anyone but I had to just continue walking.

My growling stomach wouldn't let me run as fast as I wanted.

My worst fear came true when I felt strong hands grasping me by my waist. Oh fuck no!

"Thank the gods for blessing me with a human," he snarled viciously.

"Let me go, I'm Prince Sylaq's wife," I barked, thinking that he would get intimidated but instead he tightened his grip on my weak body. I couldn't see his face because I dared not to look him in the eyes.

"Hahaha! You want me to believe that Prince Sylaq Steel actually got married to a human," he mocked and I couldn't blame him. Even I couldn't understand why Sylaq tricked me into marrying him.

"It's been long since I tasted fresh blood." I could feel his fangs on my neck, he would really suck blood from me. I never thought of dying, I still had so many dreams that were yet to be turned into reality.

Fuck, I knew that if I stayed here, I would not survive. Yet, I still hoped that I wouldn't.

"My blood is acidic," I squeaked.

"Let me find out for myself," he chuckled nastily.

"What the fucking hell?" I knew that voice very well, It was Sylaq's. In less than a second, he flung the vampire that almost killed me away. Now, I could see the monster's face. He had red eyes. Sylaq threw deadly punches at his broad face.

"My prince, I'm really sorry. I thought that she was joking when she said that she is your wife," the vampire spoke with one breath.

"Get the fucking hell out of Mount-Evir and come back only after one thousand years. Now go!" Sylaq growled dangerously.

The vampire dashed out of our sight as though his life depended on it.

"You can't just go out in the middle of the night all by yourself. Dammit! Do you have any idea what could have happened to you? And do you even know the endless pain that I would feel if something had happened to you," he spoke breathlessly.

Why was he talking as if he had known me for a long time when we just met nine days ago?

"I don't want to be stuck here with you, with your family, and above all, your bloody kingdom. It sickens me to be here," I paused to catch my breath. I continued, "It frightens me to think this is the reality of my life. I don't want this, I didn't sign up for this so let me go."

"MRS. Steel, I'm sorry but you're stuck here with me for life," Sylaq declares, forcefully carrying me back to the castle.

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