Being a king is not easy. But being a vampire king is even harder. Zayn has been the king for only a month and yet , it feels like he has done nothing despite working non stop . His father in his last days was either too furious or weak to do anything. He was too busy in his own worries and greed to do any work.

This has given a lot of people power to do things that they shouldn’t have . and Viscount Darcy was one among them. Zayn stopped looking through the records and looked up at Louis, his royal Secretary.

“Louis.”

Louis immediately stood up from his seat where he was working on this year's budget and walked in front of Zayn.

“Yes, your majesty”

"Viscount Darcy has killed over 10 humans in last 20 days. Even though most of these documents shows that the deaths were due to various reasons. Its not hard to understand that they are lying. Has he lost control?” Zayn asked . His hand collecting the papers that held record of Slaves that served the Viscount Darcy's family.

“There have been rumors in the capital, but he has close relation with the previous king and so there is not much information out there.” Louis replied while keeping his head low.

“Interesting . His son has been traveling to the western nations from last 2 years , right ? " Zayn asked .

"Yes . Viscount Darcy says he is doing some research but there is no further information. "

"So it's just his wife and him in their mansion right now ,right? Let’s give him a visit then shall we ? Zayn stood up from his seat , “I would like to know how he is doing after losing the pillar that supported his madness.”

Zayn walked towards the door as Louis followed behind him. As they started walking down the hallways , the guards and maids bowed down 90 degrees, moving out of the way .They met  Liam , Zayn's advisor walking towards them just as they were about to reach the entrance of the garden. Liam bowed down once before stepping aside and following Zayn .

“ Liam , collect all the information that you can about the Lords that visited the previous king in his last months. How is the work going?” Zayn walked out in the garden and stopped for a second to gaze at the full moon before continuing his journey to the stable.

“Almost all the slave centers are closed . We are doing it quietly and no one is yet aware about this. we have also got a lead about the traffickers that took people outside our nation but there are more gangs involved in this than we initially thought. I will submit all the reports by tomorrow morning” Liam explained as he went inside  untied Ruby and walked her out of the stable.

Zayn climbed on Ruby and patted  her neck softly as the horse grunted in satisfaction. Ruby had soft black fur and dark black eyes. On the first glance she could scare anyone. But on the inside she was a soft baby. Louis walked out of stable dressed in his black cloak , his face covered with a black scarf . he offered Zayn the same as he walked back in to get his horse. The trips outside the palace were a common occurrence now and Louis and Liam both were prepared for these now.

Zayn quickly got dressed himself .

“We will be back before midnight. Send few soldiers to Viscount Darcy’s mansion” Zayn instructed to Liam as Louis climbed on his own grey horse, before taking off behind Zayn.

They reached the mansion in record time , as the village was almost empty apart from few people . It was rare to see humans out at night until they had something too important to do. More like until it was Life and death situation. They stopped their horses a little far from the mansion gate . There were deep woods on both side of the gravel path that lead to the mansion.

“ I’ll pay him a private visit . you can handle the guards. No killing until its absolutely necessary. And no noises. Gather them all in the living room , I'll meet them after I finish my work.” Zayn whispered as he tied Ruby to a nearby tree while Louis did the same. Louis gave a firm nod before taking out his Sword from his sheath and walking deeper inside the woods.

Zayn untied his scarf and took off his cloak before closing his eyes and extending his powers in to the mansion , trying to locate Viscount Darcy , it took 10 seconds to find the insanely fast heartbeat . A smirk graced on Zayn’s lips as he vanished in thin air , chasing the thrill of hunting his new prey.

Viscount Darcy was busy in finishing the letter as his hands started shaking again leading to the ink being  smeared on the paper. He cursed under his breath before throwing the glass pen aside .  The candles burning inside his study all went out all at once. Leaving the darkness behind.

" Not having a gentle evening , I see . " Zayn said as he sat on the sofa with a relaxed posture while Viscount Darcy got startled .

" P-Pri- " he stuttered before Zayn Cut him off " King . I am No longer the prince, I think your memory is getting weaker due to the distress and sadness. "

His fist clenched but he bowed his head and stood up from his chair. " I apologise, majesty . "

" I got the news that a lot of your servants died recently. Is there anything that you would like to share ?" Zayn asked while looking around.

Viscount Darcy clenched his hands behind his back as they started shaking , his lips pursed as a thin layer of sweat covered his pale skin.  " No. They were just unfortunate accidents ."

"Unfortunate accidents? Then one more would not be a big deal . " Zayn smirked , Viscount Darcy's eyes widened but before he could do anything his own hand was wrapped around his Dagger laying on the table and in the blink of an eye he pointed the dagger at his own heart.

" W-What ?!" Viscount Darcy tried to bring down the knife or move any part of his body except his eyes that landed on Zayn.

" Lies won't lead you anywhere. No vampires are Allowed to lose control . Anybody who has lost themselves to Blood lust would be thrown out.  I announced this as soon as I took the throne last month. " Zayn walked towards his prey, his steps light and slow. " It's unfortunate that You learned this hard way" Zayn smiled as he paused just a step away .

Viscount Darcy stabbed his own heart over and over again , even after  he started gurgling blood ,even after his eyes popped out , even after his own body was just a heap on the ground. Finally his hand dropped after 20 stabs, the knife still inside his heart.

"How unfortunate." Zayn said he kicked the body one time before walking out of the room.