4 Chapter 3: Found You

"Psst. Miya wake up! We're already here." Odette whispered enough for Miya to hear and shook her shoulder a bit.

Miya slowly opened her eyes. Kadita and Odette's face is the only thing she can see because they're too close to her.

"Uhmm, can you please move?" Miya awkwardly said before pushing them lightly away from her. Kadita shrugged before getting off the carriage, leaving Miya and Odette alone.

Odette pulled Miya up from her seat until they got out of the carriage. "Come on! This party doesn't last forever. Estes is a qualified killjoy that can stop and ruin this party any second. Just enjoy yourself!" Odette encouraged her.

Miya smiled. "Okay. But where is Kadita? She was just here a moment ago."

Odette giggled. "She probably went on meeting her mate. I noticed her exchanging a bunch of letters with someone and I found out that the person she is exchanging with is her mate."

She felt happy for her friends. Finding your mate is like finding diamonds in the Land of Dawn. Usually, your mate appears when you turn 20 years old. But in Miya's case, no sign of any mate. Estes never allowed her to leave the castle when she turned 20 up until now.

Miya only knows that Estes loves her as his little sister, but little did she know it is much deeper than that.

Miya frowned. If Kadita found her mate, why does she act like 'her boyfriend just broke up with her'? "Then why is Kadita acting up all bitter when we talk about the mate bond when she already found her mate? I should be the one acting like that."

Odette scoffed. "Hey don't wish about you being all bitter-ish and stuff like that, I can't even imagine it now. How about give focus on finding your mate tonight instead of thinking about where Kadita is? I'm sure she's somewhere here in the sea of people."

Miya frowned. "Was that a pun?"

Odette shrugged. "I don't know. Anyway, I'll be going. I heard that the prince of the Baroque family is also here at the party."

Miya raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms. Doesn't Odette has a mate already? Why does she care about that Prince?

"Who's that? I thought you found your mate? You even married him!"

Odette laughed. "Sorry, I forgot to mention it to you. Well, my mate is the prince of the Baroque family and he's not just any 'prince' prince. He's the prince of gods. I know it's hard to understand and you don't need to understand everything I just said. What matters is we both love each other. I'm going now~!" Odette waved goodbye while dancing happily away from Miya until she can't see her because of the crowd.

Miya scratched the back of her head. 'What am I going to do now?' She thought to herself.

She was hoping that maybe she can see someone familiar to her but everybody's wearing a mask that is covering half of their faces.

Miya was about to seat on the near bench when someone bumped at her and nearly fell to the floor but just in time, someone caught her by hugging her waist that got them super close to each other.

The mysterious man looked at her straight in the eye and apologized. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there. Oh! Allow me."

He helped her stand up straight then looked at her again and smiled. "I'm really sorry about that. Is there anything that I can do to make it up to you, Princess?"

Once again, their eyes met. Miya felt her eyes glowed. The same thing happened to him. She looked away and felt her cheeks blushed.

'It's him...' She thought.

Miya faced the guy to avoid more awkwardness and forced herself to smile. "It's fine, Prince..?"

The man smirked then shook his head. "How I wish to be a prince but I'm not one. You can call me Dracula."

Miya creased her forehead and took a step away from him. "I think you're mistaken too. I am not a princess, and are you kidding with me right now??"

'What if that guy is not the same creature like us? What if he's a vampire and came to the party to take all of our blood?? He did mention his name is Dracula right? Do vampires even exist?' Miya thought.

The unknown man frowned. "I know what you're thinking. I am definitely not a vampire and they don't even exist. At least in our world."

He presented his hand, wanting to have a handshake with her. "Alucard."

Her mouth shaped into an 'o' when she realized why he just called himself 'Dracula'.

She took his hand and smiled. "Miya."

Even though half of his face is blocked, she is sure that underneath that mask is a very handsome face.

She nearly rolls her eyes from the thought of it. 'Handsome my foot.'

"Miya. What a beautiful name." Alucard grinned that almost made Miya melt. Her heart is pounding fast, beating abnormally for the first time. She never felt this before. This is new for her.

She remained silent so as Alucard. Trying to find a topic to talk about. Miya bit her lower lip, her hands sweating.

'Does he know?' Miya thought.

Base on his reaction, he just seemed like bumped into a stranger. He remained calm unlike her, whose heart keeps on skipping a beat and feels like a bunch of horses running on it. Her mind seems to go crazy and almost lost control of it. Is this how mates normally react when they find each other?

"So, what does a 'not-really-a-princess' want to do? You're alone and was about to sit down on a bench while everyone is enjoying the party. Come on, let's go dance." He showed his hand again for her to hold.

The thought of holding his hand again made her crazy. Miya was about to refuse but Alucard pulled her and walked through the sea of people. Holding hands.

"I don't take no for an answer." He smirked. Miya felt her face grew hotter when Alucard intertwined their fingers and held her hand tight as if he doesn't want to let go of her.

'Please don't turn in my direction.' She even crossed her fingers and tried to hide her face. The mask isn't that big to cover her red-as-a-tomato cheeks from him.

Earlier she did not have enough time to admire her mate's soft-looking blonde hair and beautiful also sexy body. While staring at his back, she bit her lower lip and wondered if he has abs.

"Do you want to see it?" Alucard faced her and devilishly smirked.

Miya's eyes widened. "What??"

"You're wondering if I have abs ri—?" Miya cut his words off before he can finish his sentence.

"Are you reading my mind??"

They both stopped walking and Alucard laughed at her. "No. I can't read people's mind but you just admitted that you're really thinking about my abs. So tell me, would you like to touch it?" Alucard asked using his bedroom voice.

He was about to take her hand when Miya slapped his hand away and glared at him. "Pervert!" She yelled.

Miya yelled too loud to the point the people stopped from what they're doing, even the music stopped and can barely hear anything.

Everyone was looking at their direction. She even saw Kadita and Odette mouthing her 'what's going on?'

Miya remained calm and gently nudged Alucard, asking him to do something. Besides, he's the reason why she yelled that caught everybody's attention.

Alucard faked a laughed and held Miya's waist that made her heartbeat abnormal again. Miya looked at Alucard raising her eyebrows. Now, what is he going to do?

"Sorry, everyone. My girlfriend's too noisy. She just missed me a lot and can't wait to kiss me. There's no problem, you can all go back to what were you doing earlier. Again, I'm sorry." Alucard bowed down a bit and slightly pinched Miya to bow down too but Miya's mind was too clouded and can't process what just Alucard said.

Everybody just shrugged and went back to what they were doing as if nothing happened but Miya is still frozen and seems like unable to move on.

'Girlfriend?!'

She was about to complain at him when Alucard hugged her tight and felt a kiss on her forehead.

"I waited for you for years and finally you showed up to me, Miya. My dear mate..."