In the stream

Raziel had just closed his eyes to sleep when he heard a knock on the door. From the way the person knocked, he could tell that it wasn't a servant. It could only be one person; the entitled princess. Would he have to deal with her every night? He then pretended to be asleep, hoping she would leave.

The knock came again, followed by a bang, sending the door flying open.

What the hell?!"

He still pretended to be asleep, his breath even.

But the princess didn't care. She came and slapped his legs in a way that sent him jumping up.

"Raziel!" She called, eyes blazing with fury. "First you brought the human slave into your room, I didn't complain. Then you went out with her. Don't you have any shame? I understand that she's your mistress, but you should at least chosen someone with class. How could you even sleep with a human? You are the esteemed vampire prince..."

She kept on speaking, while Raziel kept staring at her, wondering what he would do to her. Chasing her out would not be enough this time.

Her gaze then softened. "I'm sorry if I offended you my prince. I offer to stay with you tonight. Here. In your bed." She then smiled shyly, thinking of all the things that could happen. "I also plan to show you my dance moves. This way I could be more useful to you."

Raziel was stunned. Dance moves? Useful? How do they relate? Does she realize that by marrying him, she would become Queen one day? What would her dance do for him?

He then stood up. "You can lie on the bed."

"Really?" She asked with twinkles in her eyes.

"Mm."

She then went ahead to lie down, making space for him. At least his general was not so useless. His advice was working.

"Lie on your stomach." Raziel said to her and she happily turned over, her kind filled with expectations.

She noticed that Raziel walked to somewhere in the room, searching for something, but she waited patiently. Now he was giving her his time, she would not ruin it with her impatience. He even wanted to give her more than she asked for. She hoped that he would get her pregnant.

When Raziel came back to the bed, he took both her hands from behind. Her heart fluttered. Then she felt a metal on her wrist. What was he doing? She wanted to ask, but she tried her best to remain silent.

Only when Raziel got up that she turned her face to look at him.

"What did you do?"

"I cuffed you." He answered. That was when she began to feel the restriction on her hands. She tried to move them, but they would not move more than two inches apart.

"What does this mean Raziel?" She asked angrily.

"It's teaching you a lesson. And I am Prince Raziel to you, is that understood?"

When she didn't answer, he took her cuffed hands and chained it to the bed. She continued trying to break free.

"Those chains were maid to hold vampires of our likes. You are wasting your time. Enjoy your night princess." He said, before leaving the room and locking it from outside. He knew they would help her, as she was already screaming, but he hoped she would get one or two wounds from her struggles.

*****

Early the next morning, Luciana woke up from a slap to her face. She wondered who it could be. Rebecca would not slap her.

"You filthy human!" She heard an angry female voice. Evelyn. What was wrong with the princess? She wasn't the cause of her problems. "Come with me."

Another day, another beating. It kind of reminded her of Lady Rowena's inn.

Luciana got up with a yawn, stretching her bones.

Evelyn clicked her tongue in irritation. "You are so lazy. I will show you how slaves are treated today. Maybe you will not have the time to hang around with the prince."

"Are you not a princess?" Luciana asked as she rubbed her eyes. She didn't sleep throughout the night, and she was only just trying to catch some now.

"Isn't it obvious? You dumb slave."

"Then you should still be sleeping."

Evelyn felt insulted. She wanted to tear the slave apart, but she didn't want to get herself dirty. She was going to punish her anyway.

"Come with me." She ordered.

Luciana stood up and followed the troublesome woman.

Evelyn went to the place some maids were washing, and she asked them to drop the clothes.

"The slave will do them."

The maids bowed and scurried away.

Luciana looked through the heap of clothes, knowing that it was impossible to finish washing them. The maids that were supposed to wash them were more than ten.

"In how many days would you want the work done your highness?" Luciana asked, staring at the princess.

Evelyn only got angrier. How could the maid look her in the eyes? She even dare speak back to her. And just like that, Luciana received two slaps from her.

"I want them all dry before noon."

"But that is not possible." The filthy human slave she had just slapped spoke again instead of her to cry, and she was still speaking with a straight face.

"In fact, you are not washing them here, go to the stream and do that."

"Where is the stream?" Luciana inquired.

"How dare you ask me that?" Evelyn fumed.

"I only asked to know, so that I can carry out your order your highness." Luciana said, looking her in the eyes. Evelyn felt insulted, and just like that, Luciana received a slap from her.

"You should remember who you are talking to. I see that your little fling with Prince Raziel had made you to forget your place. Now go."

Luciana almost rolled her eyes. "I would need help in carrying the clothes your highness."

Evelyn couldn't believe that the human slave she had just slapped was still talking to her instead of crying. She felt so irritated.

"I will have you whipped by the guards when you are done. Maybe that will teach you some manners." She said before leaving.

Luciana then placed as much clothes as she could carry inside a bag, before asking for directions to the stream. Thankfully it was not too far from the castle.

She went there carrying the clothes, that was not even up to one-tenth of the whole clothes. But there was nothing she could do. These were already too much, and her eyes were still heavy from sleep.

She then began to wash. She wondered who owned the clothes. She then noticed that most were for the soldiers. She also saw a few feminine fabrics, that looked to only belong to someone of nobility. She guessed they were for the evil princess.

After washing for about an hour, she felt tired, and began to feel sleepy. She tried to resist it, but she couldn't.

After a little more struggle, she decided to sleep for a while. After all, she usually didn't sleep for long.

She rummaged through the clothes, before bringing out a skirt with very many layers. Was it not too heavy?

She spread it on the grass close to the stream, before laying on it. Soon, sleep arrested her.

Soon, Evelyn came to check on the human slave, probably to look for a reason to punish her. When she met her lying down there, sleeping with her skirt, she saw red.

She immediately rushed over there and grab Luciana by the neck, making her wake up in shock. She then dragged her to the stream and immersed her head in the water, holding her down so she would drown and die.

Luciana struggled against her hold, but the strength of a human could not be compared to that of a vampire.

Evelyn immersed her deeply, until the human began to swallow water. She was a human slave, nobody would ask about her.