CHAPTER 9:

My body went incredibly still.

Maybe it was just a figment of my imagination.

But it was way too detailed to come from my head. 

"and where do you think you're going little one?" his voice was incredibly deep.

Slowly, I turned around and kept my head down, finding interest in my shoes.

I didn't see where he came out from but I was way too scared to know.

I could hear the sound of his shoes as he made his way towards me.

"is my table going to set itself?" he pushed a strand of hair over my shoulder.

As calmly as I could, I made my way to his dinning and arranged everything for him while he sat and watched me.

For me to finish everything with my shaky hands and not dropping anything was a miracle.

When I was done, I stood a few feet behind him and watched him eat.

I knew if I stayed in front of him, something deep down would've tempted me to look at him and we all know that won't end well.

The only sound that could be heard was the cutlery and the plates.

If he'd stopped eating, I would feel like my breathing was too loud.

He was taking his sweet time to eat and when he was done, he gulped down the metallic liquid like it was nothing.

It always irritated me when I saw them drink blood.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when he cleared his throat.

Indicating that it was time for me to clean it up.

'don't break anything, don't break anything, don't break anything' I sang in my head.

"what is your name human?" he suddenly said and it startled me so much that I almost dropped his chalice.

"L-Lyra your ma-majesty" fear was laced in my voice.

I wanted to get out of here as fast as I could.

"look me in the eye human!" he was suddenly holding my upper arm.

I had no choice but to look at him.

I used the brief moment to soak his features.

He had black hair like that of mid-night, pink heart-shaped lips, a jawline and pointed nose and his eyes.

He had beautiful mint green emeralds.

There was power radiating off him.

He's also well-built to an extent.

Though he's the strongest vampire around, I'm guessing he still does exercises that make him this buff.

Yes, he's scary but he was also beautiful.

"that's a good girl" he gently let go of my arm.

This was an odd encounter.

I don't think he could treat any of his slaves like this.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I almost got lost in his beautiful eyes.

Few strands of his black hair fell on his face and it gave him a boyish look.

It made him look so innocent.

Like he wasn't the most feared person in this part of the world or atleast this part of the world.

"the plates Lyra" my inner voice said and I quietly took the tray but I could feel him boring holes into my body as I left.

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After last night's encounter with the king, I made sure I was extra careful around him.

I made sure I didn't think or bother about anything involving him.

Just to clean up and leave without saying another word.

This evening, he was eating and as usual, I was waiting for his command.

As I was about to take the plates away, he said:

"drop those plates and come here" this was the moment I've been dreading since I came to this castle.

My brain was yelling at me to move forward but my legs and every part of my body had the will to live.

If I don't do something quick, I might not live to regret it.

With the little strength I could muster up, I took small steps towards him until we were few feet away.

"is that the best you can do?" he rested his chin on his knuckles.

How close does he want us to be?

I willed myself to move forward until my knees were slightly brushing his.

When he moved closer, I could almost feel his breath fan my hair.

"you're really tiny. I wouldn't want to hurt you so soon now, would I?" he chuckled and it made my insides turn.

"there are two ways to do this: the easy way or the hard way?" his voice was incredibly low.

His cold hand trailed from my cheek bones down my chin and finally landing on my shoulder.

My body shivered at his touch and not exactly in a good way.

He yanked off the shoulder of my dress and a small whimper left me.

Next, his majesty pushed away the strands of hair on my shoulder and pulled me closer than I could imagine.

When he began leaning closer and his hot breath fanned my shoulder.

I squeezed my eyes shut and braced for impact.

"try not to scream" was all I heard before I felt his fangs pierced through my skins.

I bit down my lip as hard as I could to muffle the scream.

The pain was becoming unbearable especially when he began to bite down harder and his fangs went deeper into my neck.

Tears began to sting my eyes and deep down I knew blinking them away won't work so easily.

To make matters worse there was a deep rumble that vibrated from his chest.

I'm guessing he's having a good time.

The pain was becoming too much to bear and I was trembling underneath his iron grip.

"your highness I beg of you. Please s-stop!" my voice was small and like a whimper.

Although I broke a rule, I didn't care.

I couldn't bare it any longer.

I could feel every gulp he took and every ounce of blood that left and I grew weaker and weaker.

He didn't stop.

If anything, he kept on going further and deeper taking more than I could give him.

Why did I even bother begging?

He was the king and there's not much I could do to stop him.

Just as my legs were about to give out, he pulled his fangs out of me and licked my neck clean.

"unfortunately, this session has come to an end" he brushed his thumb my shoulder.

With the great amount of blood, I'd lost, I would be surprised if I made it back to my room without totally breaking down.

"slaves are meant to return to their quarters by now" he got up and walked away from me and began looking through the window.

"don't worry about the plates, I'll ask another slave to clean it up. Go to your quarters now" I wanted to insist on taking the plates back but it wouldn't be wise to argue with a king.

With that, I took a bow and weakly found my way back to the quarters.

My legs felt like noodles and it was a miracle I made it back without collapsing.

Nadia was already asleep and I think it would be best if I joined her.

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