Elina's P.O.V

A week ago, I received a letter from the council offering a job as an assistant manager at the Royal mansion of Veneton. At first, Uncle Aaron and Aunt Rachel hesitated to allow me to work but then they allowed me when I said that I just wanted to explore the city. The truth was, I wanted to help them with their financial crisis but if I said so, they wouldn't accept my help. According to the conditions written in the job document, I had to stay in the mansion and was only allowed to visit my relatives during vacations.

The day to leave Iris and head for Veneton arrived so fast. I had packed some of my clothes and money which I had saved from my pocket money. I am thankful I collected it instead of spending them. Usually, I am not the 'collecting type' of a person. I just spend all of my money buying stupid things which I just use once or spend it on eatables.

I carried my luggage and headed down the stairs. I walked over to Aunt Rachel who was standing at the porch.

"So you're leaving us alone? Your uncle has become old. Who will talk to me when you're gone?" Aunt Rachel said in a choked voice, tears beginning to form in her eyes.

Aunt Rachel was an emotional person. She loved me like her own daughter. I feel privileged to have her in my life. If I didn't say anything she would surely start crying and I didn't want that.

"I am young enough!" came the haighty voice of Uncle Aron as he walked towards where I aunt Rachel stood at the porch, "But we will surely miss you, Elina."

I mouthed 'I will miss you too'. I am gonna miss them so much. I just wish I could stay here but no, I have to go. For Uncle and Aunt. I can't be a burden on them. I had to contribute my part and be a helpful neice.

I heard the sound of the carriage man call for me to sit in the carriage so that we can leave for Veneton. It's already time to go.

Uncle and Aunt wished me Luck and said me to take care of myself. I hugged both of them and headed towards the carriage. As I was sat in the carriage, I thought about all the moments spent with my Uncle and Aunt.

It was a long journey from Iris to Veneton. It took a whole day to reach Veneton.

Iris and Veneton were the two main empires. Veneton was ruled by a Vampire Lord whereas Iris was ruled by the Werewolf Queen. Both the cities had a cold war with each other because of the conflict between the Vampires and the Werewolves. I had lived in Iris for almost 19 years but I have never known anything about our queen, there were no pictures of the Queen in newspapers. The Werewolf queen didn't like to be famous, I guess. Many of the people in Iris, didn't even know how their own queen looked like.

When I arrived at the Royal Mansion, it was already evening. When we entered the mansion gates, I couldn't believe my own eyes at the beauty of the mansion. It was a very big castle-like mansion. The mansion was built on a large ground, beautiful garden surrounding it. It was Manificently beautiful. It looked kind of a fairytale palace.

As I stepped inside the castle, I could see big portraits of sceneries and unfamiliar people hanged on the neatly polished wooden walls.

The interior was somewhat gothic which made it look intriguing. The mansion had a large hallway. I couldn't find out where I had to go for the interview. I saw a man passing by, the man had black hair and dark brown eyes which looked more like black. I walked over to him,
"Could you please tell me the way to the interview room?"

He inquired whether I was the girl assigned by the council and when I said I was, he behaved like he had just got the shock of the life.

"Oh no! I totally forgot. Olivia's gonna kill me" he squeezed his eyes shut and started hitting his head with his balled fist.

This guy was insane or funny, I guess. He was being so hysterical as if someone was going to murder him.

A woman with light brown hair and light brown eyes came and stood beside the funny man, facing me.
"Milady, you have to take a right and enter the second door and there you will be giving your interview," the woman informed me. Then she turned her head towards the man.
"And you Stefan, how could you forget this?"

"You know Olivia, I do alot of work. So I just forgot to attend her" Stephen- yeah that was his name said facing the woman named Olivia.

"You and work! Can you tell me what work you did in this whole week?" Olivia asked Stephen with a glare.

"Well, leave it. Don't you think we should introduce ourselves to this beautiful lady" he scratched his head and pointed at me. It was funny looking at Stephen who was rattled and trying to change the topic.

All this while I was stood over there and looked at both of them. I was curious to know who they were and now they were going to introduce themselves, so I heard them attentively.

The black-haired man introduced himself first. His name was Stephen Davies. He was the small brother of Veneton Lord. So, basically he was the prince.

Then the brown-eyed woman introduced herself."I am Olivia Hughes and...." her words were interrupted by Stefan.
"And she is the Head of the Guards of our Kingdom and you need to be careful from her, she is very dangerous," he said making his eyes wide.

"Shut up, Stefan. You are scaring the girl with your owl's eyes"

"Owl's eyes? Do they have really beautiful eyes?" he asked curiously.

"Ofcourse.....not, have you never seen an owl?" Olivia said looking heavenwards. She was surely annoyed by Stephen. They both looked kind of adorable.

Hearing Olivia's name I remembered my sister 'Olivia' who was lost years ago and then declared dead by the council as they could not find her. Both of them had the same name but yet they were so different, one was dead and the other was the head of the guards.
'The head of the Guards' these words rang in my mind. A girl and the head, maybe she is really very brave or strong perhaps that she leads the whole army of Veneton filled with men.

"Milady, where are you lost?" I saw Stefan moving his hand in the air in front of my face.

"Oh sorry, I was just thinking something" then I began with my introduction. I told them my full name and that I was from Iris. When Stephen started talking too much, Olivia said him to shut up and let me do my work. She asked whether she should lead me to the office or I could go myself. I said I could go myself and headed towards the office.

All this while, I was trying to control my laughter but now I was far from them so a small laugh escaped my lips. They both are so funny and friendly. Stefan is a prince but he did not have any ego, strange. Anyways I will enjoy good company of them in the mansion.

I was lost in my thoughts that I didn't notice the person coming from the other side of the hallway and accidentally bumped into him.The person was holding papers which fell down on the ground. I started picking up the papers without looking at the him.

"I am really sorry, I didn't see you," I got up to give the papers. When I stood, I rubbed my eyes to check whether I wasn't hallucinating. It was the same man who I had attacked in the forest earlier. The man was wearing a black and white suit, he was well-dressed head to toe. I stared at the man's brown-red eyes who returned back the stare. Breaking the eye contact I spoke,

"You!" I said in a loud and surprised voice."Wait, are you following me?"

"No! I am not following you" he said quickly and shook his head vigorously.

"Then what the hell are you doing here?" I ask in a confronting tone.

I am never this kind of threatening person but he's really got into my nerves. He was going to put both of us in trouble. I think he intruded in the mansion like some sought of Robert thief. And when the Lord comes to know about it, he would kill him.

"Me....i" before he could speak I started pushing him towards the main door."What are you doing?" he asked confused.

"You intruded inside the mansion without any permission, like seriously!" I stated with an annoyed expression.

"But why do I need any permission to get into my own mansion?" he asked confused.

"Your mansion! Stop joking, it's the king's mansion."

"And I am the king" he stood straight in front of me.

He got to be kidding me. He won't go until he gets himself beheaded. He is mad! if someone hears him declaring himself as the king or the Lord himself hears then he will be beheaded.

"Do you know him, Elina? " I heard Stephen asking from afar. I turned around to see Stefan and Olivia heading towards me.

"Yes...no, actually he came to give me the papers. His work is done, he will go now" I said trying to save the person from getting punished. I didn't wanted save the man but I couldn't just see a person getting beheaded in front of me when I could save him.

"Papers? Evan, you know her?" Stefan said facing towards the man. Who is Evan and how does Stephen know him? He spoke like he knew the man since ages. I have to clear this out.

"Wait, you know him?" I asked confused.

"Ofcourse, he is my brother and the Lord of Veneton," Stefan said with a broad smile.

"W-what?!" I stood shocked, hearing the revelation.

Oh, no. What did I do? He was actually the king when I was assuming him as a mastermind thief. Shouldn't I hit my head somewhere? Firstly, I attacked him and then tried to get him out of his own mansion! Now I will have to face the consequences.

I saw the man named Evan - The Lord, chuckling slowly looking at my shocked face. I heard Evan whisper in my ears, "I told you" and wink at me. I flinched hearing him.Then he waved his hand to Stefan and Olivia and went from there. The man was weird.

"Congratulations! you got the job. Looks like Evan wants you on job. Now go and take rest and you will start your job from tomorrow " Olivia huged me with a huge smile.

I just stood there still in shock and nodded.

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