ARIELLA'S POV

THE King and the Queen's chamber was larger than I expected it to be. It was really large, very classy, and decorated in royal themes. The King sized bed was definitely a killer bed. I was sitting on a golden chair alongside the Queen. It was freezing in here and I couldn't tell if it was because of the air conditioner.

"Have you had breakfast?" She asked me.

"No, Your Majesty," I replied, glancing at the rectangular bookshelf in the other corner. So vampires read, huh?

          "You need not be formal towards me. Sophia, get us breakfast for two," she faced her handmaiden. The hand-maiden who was wearing common black clothes immediately went away.

         "Dobana is a peaceful city full of humans," she said.

I nodded.

            "Bella told me that you are aware of our true identities," she boldly declared.

"I do," I responded.

"I appreciate your courage for still being here," she complimented me causing me to smile. If only she knew that I was just here for my selfish reason and that I planned to run away then she wouldn't be praising me.

             "Catherine is my name, I happen to come from Dobana as well," Hearing that made me confused but I was silent cause I was hungry.

              "Oh," I managed to mutter before her hand-maiden showed up with trays of cakes, cookies, chicken sandwiches, pancakes, water, and red wine. The red wine could be blood, I'm not sure.

         "Sophia, you may go now,"
she commanded. Sophia left quickly after she curtsied.

I had at least two sandwiches, a chocolate sponge cake, and some oatmeal cookies, and drank enough water while Her Majesty the Queen only took a glass of the red liquid.

           "Is that blood?" I boldly asked.

               "Yes, it is blood and it's obviously my food," she confirmed my doubts.

         "So, you're from Dobana." Now that I'd eaten, I was curious to know more about her.

She started, "two hundred years ago, Dobana was attacked by a few vampires. They fed from us, they killed a lot of humans."

               "Wow, I wasn't aware. It wasn't mentioned in our History books," I said, feeling surprised. Queen Catherine was a human then how did she become a vampire?

                  "Obviously, they wiped it out of their history. Thank the gods for making me cross paths with Damian, the king. I hated the fact that he was a monster and my hatred for him grew more when he initiated me to become a vampire but I was mistaken," she paused. She continued with a blush, "see, my life turned out to be perfect."

Yeah, her life turned out perfect but her perfect was different from my type of perfect. I would never settle for the life that she's living.

"Hmm, you're like two centuries old?" I asked, almost cringing at the thought that she was freaking old.

                  "Two hundred and twenty-eight years old to be precise," she told me, causing me to gasp. She didn't look her age at all.

                 "Vampires do not age, my husband is about three centuries old, Sylaq is one hundred and sixty-five years, and Bella is one hundred and sixty years old," she explained to me.

Sylaq looked like he was twenty-one years but wow, this is unbelievable but I maintained my composure.

              "I'm only twenty-one years old," I let out a snigger.

Queen Catherine told me that she liked me because we came from Dobana. She also expressed that she loved my attitude. That made me happy, I wanted to be on her good side so that she wouldn't kill me.

She shocked me when she said, "things could be much easier if you agree to transform into a vampire."

No fucking way! I bit my tongue.

                 "Your majesty, no offense but I'm happy and content as a human. I will not be initiated for any reason," my voice was firm.

               "I will not force you, it's up to you but if you change your mind then you know where to find me," she drank some water.

I knew that I'd never change my mind at least not in a million fucking years.  She inquired about my past so I told her about Steve and how I killed him.

               "You're stronger than I thought," she looked very pleased.

I'm not strong, I'm a coward for running away. Upon noticing my curious glances at the shelf, she handed me three books to read. 

Later, I went back to my room and I was amused to see Sylaq sitting on the chairs, legs crossed.

                 "Hey, how's Jenny?" I asked him, closing the door with one hand. Then I walked to the table and placed the books carefully on the table. I hadn't checked their titles but I knew the first one was Evie's Diaries.

"She's out of danger," he answered. "Hmm, so, you're now curious about us.", he said, casting a surprised glance at the books.

"Oh, it's good that she's okay now, and for the record, I'm actually very interested in you guys," I didn't want to say demon but I still regarded them as such.

I'm glad that his mate didn't die because that would have made him miserable.

             "You really love her, huh?" I asked him.

              "Nope," he said without thinking twice about it.

"Why are you standing?"

              "I'm tired of sitting, sleeping, and being bored," I honestly said.

He held my gaze and said,  "want to go somewhere?"

           "Yes, please but I need to get new clothes," I said, twisting my fingers.

             "I see you got tired of wearing my clothes," he chuckled.

Not really but I needed to wear other dresses such as gowns

              "You could say that," I smirked.

"Really? But I've caught you sniffing uncountable times," he was the one smirking now.

Of course, he noticed. Ugh! My cheeks were flushed.

               "And I've also caught you staring at me lustfully," I sneered.

            "Oh but MRS. Steel, I do that openly. It's no secret that you drive me crazy," he stood up and I could feel his intense gaze burning me.

Such a pervert.

           "Well, you should be careful of how you look at me 'cause I may just burn you," I smirked, earning a sexy chuckle from him. He swiftly scooped me up in his arm and I hate myself for not pushing him away.

             "Oh but MRS. Steel, aren't you aware that you're already burning me with the flames of passion," he said almost in a whisper.

This crazy vampire always dazzled me with his words, I hate him for that.

              "You're too cheesy to be a vampire," I teased.

            "I can be wild too, should I remind you how wild I can be."

I became wet just thinking of that night, I wanted to feel that intense passion again, I really wanted him to touch me everywhere because his every touch awakened an indescribable excitement inside me.

But what the hell? I can't think of him like this. I only need him to think that I'm cool with this.

               "No, you don't have to remind me because I remember clearly," I said, earning a smile from him.

"I also remembered how I found out that you're a vampire," I frowned, nudging him to put me down.

"Ariella..."

                "No, don't say anything. You tricked me into marrying you and for all we know, you may have compelled me to marry you," I bold my face, unable to pretend to be happy anymore.

              "Compelled you? Do you really think so? I didn't hypnotize you to say yes. You agreed on your own free will," he looked disappointed.

              "Well, I don't trust you," I admitted.

                "What else is new? You know, I could have compelled you to be happy being here but I didn't. I know that you're only here cause being with a vampire is better than you being in jail, right?" He shocked me.

Oops! So he knew.

                 "I'm glad that you realized. Yes, I'm only forced to stay here, I hate this, I hate what you are. Fuck, I didn't plan this and I'm not settling for this dammed vampiric life," I let everything out.

                 "I'm sorry about how your life turned out but I can't change what I am. I am a vampire and I enjoy being one. You've been with me for eighteen days but I've never felt the need to feed from you and I will never feed from you. But of course, you still see me as a monster, a demon, don't you?" he groaned like a wounded animal but the hurt in his green eyes was visible but he could be faking it, right?

            "Sylaq Steel, you're not what I signed up for," I grimaced.

                  "MRS. Steel, that's too late because we're already married and I won't ever let you go. Till death fucking do us part, remember? You didn't sign up for me but you're better than I hoped for," he spoke intently, looking ever so serious.

I barked, "fuck you! I fucking hate you!"

I wanted to throw things at him but decided against it. The last time I did that someone died. Sure, Sylaq wouldn't die but I still didn't.

I wanted to cry but hell, I wasn't going to cry.

             "Hate me all you want but I'm still not letting you go,"  he breathed deeply.

How dare he say that? "You don't own me! I'm not your fucking property," I yelled with clenched fists and jaws.

Ariella, you can't accept this life. Remember that you're always in control and no crazy vampire will fucking change your life.

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