Erica's POV

For 5 good months and some weeks. I've been laying outside the castle. I would have considered myself dead if not for Linda and Rosa.

Wait, Linda and Rosa.
Shit I've got to apologies.

It's been a week since we stayed distant and It's all my fault.

I got up from the grass and started to search for them in the hallways of the castle.

"Erica." Linda quickly called out after she spotted me.

"I'm so sorry, Instead we are sorry." Rosa pleaded.

"No no no, girls. Please. I should be the one apologising. I called you unforgiving names because I hate your species. I could have replied with a No than to cause such a tantrum between we three." I also pleaded.

"We understood what you were passing through. We shouldn't have said that." Linda told me with happy eyes.

I was feeling happy we were settling this.

"And I shouldn't have also called my friends those names." I told them as they stared at me with happy eyes.

"Finally, you consider us as your good friend," Linda said hugging me and so as Rosa.

"I'm happy we could be together once again." Rosa told me happily.

I'm also glad. Really glad.

"I apologies for disturbing this reunion. But I want to borrow my friend for a while."A small voice came as we three snapped our heads towards the right.

It was Emma.
She wore a short gown and a low flat shoe.
She was definitely looking cute.

"Princess Emma nice to meet you." Linda and Rosa acknowledged her presence.

"Thanks. Erica please lets head outside." She pleaded with puppy eyes.

Linda and Rosa stared in shock on how Emma was being very nice to me.

I looked at the both and whispered. "I'll explain everything later." I told them and smiled.

They stared at me and back at Emma, not feeling comfortable the way she glued to me.

"I'll be fine." I told them and left for the garden with Emma.

"We being together will get me in trouble." I told her as I search for Steven in case he might catch me.

"He's in his room with Nika, it will take him hours before he steps out." She notifies me squeezing her face in disgust.
"They are doing the disgusting." She told me spatting her tongue in irritation as I smiled at such cute act.

"Okay but can you keep on the look out for him." I told her still being unsecured.

"No worries, I will. Lets play." She persuaded as we sat on the grass playing rock, paper and scissor.

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"I won you!" Emma exclaimed happily.

"Yeah... " I replied feeling defeated.

"Emma may I know who is this?" I heard a voice ask which shook me to my spine.

"Oh grandmother she's my friend that I was talking about yesterday." Emma told the old woman.

I don't think she's that old in age, she seems like she's in her 60's.
She had light brown hair with grey hair growing with it, bright blue eyes and an aura which makes you feel relaxed.

"Wow! She's really pretty." The old woman commented like it was her first time seeing a treasure.

"I know right?" Emma added.

I got up and greeted. "Good afternoon ma'am."

"Oh please dear, do call me Ma'am Lucy." She told me as I nodded in reply.

Suddenly she gradually walked around me, like she was checking me out.

"What is a pretty woman like you dressed in a man's outfit?" Ma'am Lucy asked as I stared at her not being able to utter any word.

"She chooses to dress like this granny." Emma answered.

"No this is completely wrong. A woman must be addressed as a woman please. Young lady by tomorrow you're changing all this."
"For the love of God, you're just too beautiful." Ma'am Lucy kept saying.

I couldn't find words to object her request. I'm more comfortable wearing pants and dressing as a man. How can I tell her that?

"I love your red hair." She said touching it with care.

This is so weird.

Why isn't she arrogant towards me?

"Emma where did you get this beautiful vampire lady from?" Ma'am Lucy asked still caressing my hair.

"Granny no, she ain't a vampire she's human." Emma corrected.

Ma'am Lucy's face because rigid.

"You must be joking. How can a human be as pretty as a vampire herself. She's too beautiful to be called a human." Ma'am Lucy objected.

"No she's human."

"Unacceptable. What are you doing with a human, weren't you thought that humans are our enemies, " ma'am Lucy said, disregarding me.

I knew it if her grandson hates my kind why not she.

I quickly moved backwards to avoid trouble.
I wanted to apologies but my mouth was sealed.

"Granny not you too. She's very nice. I like her, she isn't like others." Emma tried convincing.

"No Emma. Emma No."

"Humans are stupid, wicked, useless and they are all slaves to us, they are weak and you've got nothing to do with any of them." Ma'am Lucy told her with a stern face.

"Granny please she's very nice." Emma pleaded.

"Go inside Emma." Her grandmother ordered.

"Granny... " Emma tried to object but kept quiet and left.

"Pesky human what's your name?" She asked.

"Erica."

"Good, stay away from my grand child, if she's in any form of pain or she's hurt I'll come after you." Ma'am Lucy warned deadly.
"Have I made myself clear." She almost yelled.

"Yes... Yes." I quickly added as she left.

This woman was nice when she laid her eyes on me but once I was declared a human she became pure ridged.

What did humans do to her to make her hate our kind?
Something is wrong.

I sat back on the ground as my eyes because watery.
I'm tired of all this discrimination.

I felt so low esteemed.
I'll be lying if I said I didn't feel sad that ma'am Lucy didn't like me regardless my humanity.

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I took my bucket and broom to the guards domain to clean.

When 2 guards walked up to me.

"Erica." The guy named Christian called.

"Hey." I replied with a smile.

"Good afternoon." The guy named Greg greeted.

"Same to yuh. Anything wrong?" I asked.

"Nothing, we are having a free weekend this Saturday, try telling Rosa and Linda to join us." Christian told me.

"Is that allowed?"

"Yes." Greg answered.

"Come on Erica, all staffs and servant have a free time, you know. At least once in 6 months." Christian elaborated.

"Alright, I'll tell them."

"Beautiful, thanks Erica." Greg appreciated shaking my hands so as Christian.

Christian and Greg are pretty close to Linda and Rosa. They hang out with each other often.

After cleaning, I entered into the kitchen to see the girls with a frown.

"Girls why the frown?" I asked with a smile.

"Can you imagine. King Steven is getting married to lady Nika." Sonia told me with distaste in her voice.

"Wow! I didn't know king Steven will think of getting married this soon?" I replied in more of a question than a statement.

"It's absurd." Another maiden disregard the idea.

"Why. It's perfect. By the way that's why she's answering lady Nika." I told them the obvious.

"She isn't perfect for king Steven, she's a wrong wife material more like a gold digger." Sonia told me.

"I guess we live with it," I said dishing out my meal to eat.

Why should I be bothered?
I smiled within, if nemesis wants to deal with him, it should go on.
I'll love to see him cry.

"Alright, I'm heading to Princess Emma's room to drop her lunch." One of the kitchen maiden told us.

"Alright go on." We all replied with a smile as she left.

After some seconds.

"Oh my, Erica please go give her a cup. She forgot it." Sonia reminded as I got up to go give her the cup living through the kitchen door.

After walking through some hallways I sighted the kitchen maid, I was about to call for her attention, But I restrained seeing her with Nika.

"My lady but I'm the one who is always assigned to serve princess Emma her dishes." The kitchen maiden told her.

"Do not object my orders ever again. I'll be serving Emma her lunch from now on. So hand it over." Nika told her as the maiden handed the tray of food to her.

"You may leave." As the maiden did.

Nika took another hallway to Emma's room.
I could have followed her but damn I don't want to get unnecessary shouts from her so I returned back to the kitchen hiding the cup behind a vase.

"You gave it to her?" Sonia enquired.

"Yeah... Yeah." I told her eating my food.

Something feels off.
Why was Nika so determined to serve Emma her lunch?

She's up to something and I can feel it.
Nevertheless, it ain't my business.

If I make it my business I'll end up dying and I don't want that soon.

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What is Nika up to?

Who disliked Nika from the beginning?

Choose between Rome and Parish
Where would you like to travel to?

I choose Parish.