6 Aran Vlad.

Victoria turned back to watch the funeral procession. The clergy asked people to lower the casket in the grave as he prayed. The family members all had tears in her eyes. The Vlad princess spotted a timid-looking girl standing behind the family. So, she slid beside her. She aimed to make acquaintance with her future business partner.

The girl glanced at her side to see who just came to stand beside her because she was almost an outcast in the Pablo family. When she saw Victoria Vlad smiling at her faintly she nodded out of politeness. Victoria took off her sunglasses and reveal her gem-like beautiful eyes. The girl was surprised and shocked. She did not know that in this world such a beautiful person would exist.

She let out a whisper in her daze, "Are you a fairy?"

Victoria covered her mouth, she found that the girl in front of her was a funny and adorable character. She calmed down and spoke in a whisper, "I am a vampire."

The Pablo family girl thought that Victoria was joking with her and smiled. She said, "Can you make me one, too?"

Victoria was surprised, raised her eyebrow, and asked, "Why do you want to be one?"

The girl replied, "I heard that vampires are strong-minded. I do not want to be a puppet of the Pablo Family. So, by the way, I am Natasha." she extended her hand towards Victoria.

Vlad Princess shook her hand and gazed into the girl's eyes. Suddenly her eyes flickered with red color as she said, "You are strong, just stayed low-profile. Deal with the Pablo family if they try to suppress you." as the words dropped her eyes became normal again.

The timid girl stood there in a daze and then her persona changed. She stood straight and held her head high. Victoria simply hypnotized her or to say charmed her into believing that she was strong and not afraid of anyone in the Pablo household. The blood princess smiled amusingly in anticipation.

The funeral proceeded, a lady in her forties was greeting the guests who were presenting their condolences as they were leaving. The timid girl, raised her eyebrow when the family members ignored her, it was her position to greet the guests as the next head of the family. Since these people tried to overshadow her she decided to reply the brick with the stone.

She glanced at Victoria and said, "Ms. Vlad, please excuse me for a bit. I will look for you after I have settled the internal ruckus." her tone was calm and stable. This made Victoria herself feel surprised. She nodded and smiled expressing her understanding.

The girl then stepped up on the portable podium placed at the site where the padre gave his sermons. She tapped on the mic twice to gather everyone's attention.

"DUB, DUB, may I have your attention please, ladies and gentleman?"

Her voice made the guest stop and look at the podium. The lady and the boy who were greeting the guests with tearful eyes suddenly stopped. They glared at the girl in hatred, making her gestures to get down.

The girl simply smirked and said, "I thank you all to stand together with the family at this moment of grief. Before he left the world, Mr. Carlos Pablo, named me, Alexia Pablo, daughter of late Mariah Pablo, his younger sister to be the heir of the family."

Her words were like an explosion. Echoing in the ears of the guests. Some looked back at the Pablo family members and when they saw shock and disbelief written over their faces. They all knew something was going on. Alexia Pablo continued, "My Uncle was very kind to me. He knew that an orphan does not have any status in the rich households and thus scared for my future after his demise he gave it all to me. Now, I would like to invite, Mr. Anton Jeager, the family counsel to read the will of my uncle to everyone present. I hope that you all hold witness to this."

By the time she ended her eyes were red, she stepped back from the podium staggeringly, as if overwhelmed by grief. The lawyer, Anton Jeager was an honest man, the family members did try to buy him off with the money but only to be old that all their accounts are now sealed until the will is implemented. The will was made in such a manner that if the family tried to manipulate the heir and transfer it back to themselves, all the wealth will be donated to charities.

As the lawyer took the mic and read the will. A blonde man walked up to Victoria silently. He spoke, "My dear Vici, using your charm for entertainment again?"

Victoria snapped back to look at the man who just spoke, she sighed, "Aran, what are you doing here?" although her voice was not as cold as it was when she was dealing with Drac, no hint of emotion was displayed either.

The blonde man was another of her half-brothers, he was 135 years old. His origins were similar to Drac but his strength and character were not. This man was like a snake in the shadows. All the dirty work of the family was left for him to do. He hated Victoria, not because she was the heir or anything, but because he could not have her. Yes, the fatal flaw in his character, women.

Countless mortals and vampire females have been ruined by him. Whenever he saw a beautiful lady he would use any moves to get her to his bed. From barely legal(18) to Cougars. He did them all. When he saw Victoria for the first time on her 16th birthday. He wanted to have her in his palm, but the blood seal of Oleksiy Vlad bonded him not to.

Don't think of him as a perverted scum. He had a set of rules. The rules were, Women are toys, one toy should only be played with once only, after being played discard the toy for poor children, if you cannot have a toy at any cost, then break it so that others cannot have it as well.

He was an immortal vampire, to him this whole world was a toy and he was sneaky as hell. Victoria was aware of his character and thus kept a distance between themselves ever since she met him.

Aran chuckled and said, "Nothing, I was asked to come back to the city by father. Only your mother was at home, and she does not like me. So to find out what happened I had to track you. So tell me what happened so bad that Drac was turned into a bloody mush to fertilize the roses?"

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