Erica's POV

    Right now, I was kneeling before Steven in his room.

"Why do you stupid human always like embarrassing me?"

Just look at who is talking here? I'm the one who always gets embarrassed or more like harassed.

"I don't want to see you ever again, near my sister. Because if I do, consider yourself in pain." He warned angrily.

"Now get up. Get a rag and a bucket of water. I want this hallway spotless." He told me with no care in the world if It's too much for I to do.

I stared at him for some seconds and got up to clean the royal main hallway. I cleaned the ground with a rag and when I was almost done someone kicked the bucket of water to the ground.

I looked up to see it was Lady Nika.
What did she do that for?

"Start again." She told me arrogantly and left with a satisfied smile.

Screw you and Steven.
Screw you both.

And I started to clean again.
When I was finally done I went into the kitchen to see the kitchen maidens preparing dinner.

"Hello girls." I greeted as they snapped their necks towards my direction.

"Oh my gosh. Erica we are so glad you're okay," one of them said with warm eyes.

Why do they care?

"Yes, we didn't see you for almost 5 days now." another said.

"We were all scared, we might loose you." Another maiden added.

So they all cared about me?

"Don't worry, we have fetched waters and fire woods, so you could rest." A maiden told me with a smile as she held my hands.

If I'm not Mistaken her name is Sonia and Indian lady.

"Please try to stay away from those stupid 3. Jessy, Nora and Bella are bad news, Instead they are the black sheep's amongst us." Sonia told me.

"No need to worry, I'll be fine."
"And thanks for helping me out. I don't know why you did so?" I spoke out with a little voice trying to understand, why they'll help a human like me.

"Because we are all friends. We like you so well, we don't really understand why but we truly want to be friends with you." Sonia told me as I stared at them with widen eyes.

"Really?" I skeptically asked.

"Yes." They all chorused.

Deep down my heart melted a little. This vampires, helped me, they care for me and now they all want to be my friends.

What did I exactly do to get all this nice treatment from this particular maidens? Suddenly they hugged me and I hugged them back still being shocked why I was doing so.

Are they being nice or are they all faking it?

I feel a bit happy to hear this but I'll keep my guards up.

"Vampires can't be trusted. They are lairs and well deceiving, never trust their skims." The words of my father rang in my head as I quickly broke the hug.

"Guys guys. I'll keep myself safe and out of trouble. No need to worry." I told them with a sweet smile as they also smiled at me.

"Alright get back to work." I told them as they did.

Once they were done cooking, I ate and went outside to sleep.

Everyone is being too nice to me suddenly. 5 months with them, I was expecting, arrogance, suffering, harassment, wickedness and so many rude comments from them all.

I was meant to be dead a long time ago but look at me now.
Everyone wants me safe. I'm wondering how Nora is doing right now. I hope she's safe where ever she is now.

This sudden connection with them is killing me.
What will my father say?
Will he be disappointed or proud?

If he was here with me, I would have gotten my answer.
His presence makes me brave, makes me happy.
My mother will give you encouraging words and she's there to make you feel safe and calm.
My sisters will make you laugh and you can never feel lonely.

But they are all gone.

Just look at King Steven. Enjoying his family.

Emma is there with him, Lady Nika is there to support him, his subjects are always by his side, he has everything while he left me with nothing.

The more I think of it, the more I want him dead.
But how, just how?

"Erica dear, are you crying?" I heard Linda who asked me a question.

I then realized that my eyes were shut tightly and tears dropping from it uncontrollably.

"Please stop crying, we know everything is hard on yuh," Rosa said with a sad soothing voice.

It baffles me, right from when I met this 2, why they care so much about me?

Do I worth it.
I'm their enemy and they are mine.

To please my family I can kill the both of them with out thinking twice.

"I ain't crying, something got into my eyes, so I shut it." I tried covering up.

Rosa rolled her eyes while Linda smiled. "You know we ain't buying that lie, right?"  Rosa asked with a goofy smile.

"Yes I know." I replied defeated as they both sat down beside me.

"What are you both doing?" I asked being perplexed by their action.

They'll get punished for this.

"We are sleeping with you outside." Linda told me as she opened the folded blanket she was holding.

"You'll get severely punished for this." I told them.

"Whatever. We can't lay inside while you stay outside suffering from cold. We are laying with you, Yes or no." Rosa told me nevertheless.

I couldn't utter a word so I kept shut.
In the morning, I'll wake up quite early to avoid trouble.

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"Get up you 3. Sire seeks the human slave." A guards voice woke we three.

Shit I slept too comfortably.
They are in trouble because of me.

"We apologies but we will explain everything to Sire." Linda spoke with a stern voice.

"According to His Majesty, only the slave human he seeks for." The guard told us.

"Yes We get, yeesh. And don't call her that. Her name is Erica." Rosa replied in a nasty tone.

"Erica the king calls for you." He told me addressing me by my name.

I nodded as I followed him to the king's room.

Heavens why?
This room is worse than the donjon.
Why?

I cried within.

The guard knocked and left me in front of his door.

"Step in human." He ordered as I did closing the two door behind me.

"Kneel." He ordained as I willingly did.

"Why were you seen sleeping with the maidens of my castle?" He asked and I gave no reply.

"You're a slave and you are meant to be stay like that human. You've got no relationship with the servants and staffs in my castle." He told me with a rigid voice.

No emotion only pure wickedness.

"So answer my goddamn question, human." He yelled at me making me jump a little.

Day by day, his action and words affects me and I hate that.
Him using force to subject under him was working.

I raised my head to stare at him. "How long are you going to make me suffer?" I questioned not taking it anymore.

"Because that's what you are meant to face until you die." He told me with wicked eyes.

I shook my head. "No you are the one who will die." I told him already feeling angry.

He has done enough. I can't talk to anyone, mingle with anyone. I'm referred as a slave, I'm treated like one. I sleep under the cold so what else does this man want.

"What the fuck did you say?" He questioned angrily as he quickly got up from his king sized bed.

"You're the one who is meant to be dead." I told him boldly this time.

He swiftly held the collar of my shirt and raised me up in the air with no stress.

"Who the hell are you to tell me such shit?" He questioned still looking at me dead in the eyes.

"I'm Erica. The princess from Velthelment kingdom. The princess who you took her family away from her. And she has vowed to see you dead." I told him with a bitter tone.

"You stupid bitch." He yelled throwing me to the wall.
"Do I seem like an idiot to you, to tell me such shit. Why do you always find a way to be little me, bitch?" He asked angrily as his masculine chest raised in anger.

My back arched in pain because of the sudden contact with the wall.
Why are pure blood so damn strong?

He walked up to me and raised me through my collar once again.

"I'll like to see you try first if you survive this." He told me as his eyes turned blood red and his fang growing longer.

I'm going to die.
I can feel it.

In a seconds he bit the side of my neck roughly. My eyes shoot out in shock and pain. I was in so much pain. I opened my mouth to scream but nothing came out.

His bites were so painful. His bite seems like 12 people devouring me. He held me tight on both shoulders pressing me against on the wall.
I tried pushing him away but the more I did the more painful his bite gets.

I could feel my life slipping away.
It was sure I was going to die but suddenly he removed his sharp fang away from my neck holding his head in pain as I dropped to the floor hold my neck.

My vision became blurry.

"Fuck it Erica, what the hell did you drink?" He question angrily as he held his head with both hands in pain.

I don't understand. I didn't drink anything.

He sat on his bed with shut eyes holding his head in both hands.

"Get out." He yelled at me as I quickly crawled out his room holding my neck.

Stupid man. Always causing me pain.
Bet me, the earlier I think of a way to get rid of him the better for me.
Because he'll keep tormenting me until I die.

And I don't want that since I've got a goal now.

The King is going down. Either now Or later.

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Finally I'm done with this beautiful chapter.

The story Is getting more interesting 😁.