Luciana was surprised that the prince offered her his hand, but she took it. She couldn't find the strength to get up on her own. When they started walking, she couldn't resist asking him;
"Are you taking me to get my wounds treated again your highness?""What did I say about hurting yourself?" He answered her with a question of his own."I'd be punished." She answered like it was a normal thing. "Your highness, may I know where you are taking the girls?" She asked the important question that had been bothering her.Raziel shook his head. The punishment was not her problem at all. For someone who often inflicted injuries on herself, she might even be looking forward to it."I told you they are okay.""Why did you buy us your highness? Why do you like buying slaves?"He stopped walking and turned to her."Do I owe you an explanation?"Yes. "I was only curious to know your highness.""Your curiosity will land you in a lot of trouble your highness."She fell quiet. He said Annalise was safe, and she would appreciate where she was better. She really hoped it was true, but could she trust him? So he just bought them without having a negative ulterior motive? He was a vampire, and a prince too. People of nobility tend to look down on others. She couldn't believe it just yet. Maybe if she asked him another day, he would tell her.He took her to his quarters again. When they entered his room, they were shocked see someone else already there, sitting on the bed. Princess Evelyn.She stood up and strolled to him in her usual seductive steps."I have been waiting for you?" Her eyes then shifted to Luciana. "And who is this one?" She looked Luciana up and down the smell of her blood reaching her."Your highness." Luciana greeted with a slight bow of her head."A human slave. Can I have this one?" She pleaded with Raziel."You have maids appointed to you already. And Luciana is not a slave." Raziel said in a stern voice."I just want her blood."With a sigh, Raziel took Evelyn's hand, and they walked out of the room, just a few distance from the door."Wait here." Raziel said, before going back to the room and locking her outside.Luciana knew she wasn't supposed to laugh, but that was funny and she laughed a little."I am going to lock you in here for the rest of the day as your punishment." Raziel stated, and Luciana's eyes fell to the bed.He would lock her in here with the comfortable bed? Wasn't he doing her good?"And no. You will not be using my bed."Oh! That's true. It's improper for her to use his bed. Her eyes then widened slightly, remembering the last time they were here. She had sat on it without even thinking."Where do I get to sleep then?" She asked."Who said you'd be sleeping?"She just wanted to lie down as her body felt so tired. She wasn't looking forward to sleeping because she knew that the nightmares awaited her. She decided to use the ground.Raziel then left the room. By the time he came back with the physician, he met her on the ground with her eyes closed. From her breathing, he could tell that she had fallen asleep. She was too tired to keep herself awake.He noticed how her brows were furrowed as if she was distressed."... please... mama..." She muttered some more incoherent words.She closed her eyes tightly, and a tear fell from the corner of one. He wondered what she had gone through to be so disturbed.The physician crouched and took her wrist. "You said she does this to herself your highness?"Raziel nodded, and the physician frowned.At that moment, Luciana who was asleep reached for her wounded hand that the physician was still holding, and she began to peel the flesh off. He quickly stopped her."... use me... take... Freya..." Luciana continued to mutter."She had known so much grief." The physician stated, and Raziel's brows creased. He stared at her. She looked so much different when asleep than when she was awake. She always put on a brave face, even though her gaze were hollow. But now that she was asleep, she couldn't hide her broken self."Check other parts of her body when treating her." Raziel ordered.If she was used to punishment, it meant she was punished often, and it only meant that she would have wounds in other parts."Yes your highness."The physician kept his medicine bag on the floor, and requested for water. Prince Raziel looked for maid, and ordered her to do so. She came back with the water in no time.The moment he began to clean her wound, she sprang up with a loud gasp. She just dreamt of the part where Lord Kruger's men killed her mother with her father watching and wailing. Her breathing was unstable."Relax child." The physician said. He was old... and human? This was not the physician that treated her the last time. That one was a vampire. Why did he get a human for her? She didn't have the luxury to think as a terrible headache hit her. She groaned in pain. This was the first time Raziel saw her react to pain.The physician gently pushed her to lie down."Relax. You'd be fine." He whispered to her.Why was he comforting her? She tried to block it off. She didn't want any comfort. She turned to the other side away from the old man. The man seemed to understand, and he just focused on treating her.After he was done with her hand, he asked her to loosen her dress so he could see her back. Luciana did as she was told. She turned her back to him and loosened the dress. The old man gasped when he saw the scars on her back. They were mostly from whip marks and scratches.Raziel was stunned."Who did this?" He asked."What?" Luciana asked confused."The scars on your back." They were big and deep, some were almost purplish. That should cause her a lot of infections."Oh, that one? I get whipped often." She shrugged."Is that how people are treated there?" Raziel asked with a frown."Slaves are never treated kindly. Plus most people find me stubborn." She explained. Raziel only nodded, and she wondered what he had in mind.The physician carefully applied medicine on her back, gentle not to hurt her too much, but the girl wasn't flinching at all. He shook his head.She thanked the old man after he was done, and he left. She was left alone with Raziel."Does it hurt?" Raziel asked."It burns." She tied her dress back. "Your highness, I had been wanting to ask you something." She wasn't sure he would grant her request, but she decided to try. At least, he seemed more approachable at that moment."What is it?" Raziel asked."Would you let me use the town's laboratory?"So this was what was more important."Why?" Raziel asked curiously."I... I'm trying to experiment on something I studied." She explained."What are you experimenting on Luciana?"How was she going to tell him that she was making something that humans could use against vampires? He would not let her."I used to produce medicine." She lied."What kind?""For headaches."Raziel stared at her. So quick in thinking of a lie."Okay. I will take you there tomorrow.""Thank you your highness." She said with a bow.He then opened the door, signifying that it was time for her to go.So he wasn't going to punish her again?Just when she stepped outside, she came face to face with the vampire princess. She had totally forgotten about her.Raziel walked passed the princess like he didn't notice she was standing there, and Luciana walked closely behind him, wondering what was going on between them. She didn't notice how the princess glared at her back.After they were out of sight, princess Evelyn grabbed the nearest maid there. She was human."Who is the wretch following my prince?" She asked the maid who had her head down."I... I don't know your highness."She then slapped the maid. "Useless! Follow her, and give me reports on her if you don't want to end up as meat to wild animals.""Yes your highness." The maid answer in a fearful voice, before she scurried out of there to gather information on Luciana.Just then, general Lorenzo entered, but when he spotted the princess, he quickly turned back, not wanting to deal with her. But luck was not on his side, as she already saw him;"Hey you! Where do you think you are going, come here!" She ordered.Having no choice, the general walked to her."Your highness." He bowed i
The maid princess Evelyn ordered to find out who Luciana came to her. The princess was busy enjoying a massage session from different servants that the king sent to her, when the stupid human maid came to interrupt."Who gave you the right to enter into my room?" Evelyn asked the lowly maid."But... but your highness... you sent me to find out..." Before the maid could complete what she was going to say, the princess zoomed to her, taking the maids attending to her unaware. Evelyn slapped the human with her vampire strength that she fell down and spat out blood. "That should teach you to learn your place." The maid held her stinging cheek, trying to hold back a sob. She was only doing what she was asked."And it took you a whole day to deliver? How very useless of you." Evelyn rolled her eyes. "Now report." She ordered."Your highness?" The maid called in surprise. She thought the princess didn't need her report anymore."My nex
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 wha
Luciana struggled to get out of the water, her lungs burning. She had been looking forward to her death, but she didn't think it would come in this manner. At least not in the hands of this person.Just when she had given up, she felt the hand holding her release her at once, before she heard a thud. Then she felt someone pull her out of the water. She heard faint voices, like someone was scolding another person, but she couldn't make out the words. Her eyes became blurry, before her vision gave away.Raziel was surprised at the scene he met. One of the castle's guards assigned to follow princess Evelyn was the one who told him what was going on, and he rushed over there. The guard had informed him that it was one of his girls, and he got there and saw that it was Luciana.Raziel quickly pulled the princess away from her, sending her landing somewhere he didn't care to note. He pulled the human girl out of the water, not sure if she was dead or alive, but
Not long after Luciana got back, she came outside, wanting to go to the laboratory. She then realized that the prince gave her a pendant that could permit her to use the laboratory, but no means to go there. She wondered if she could go on foot. It was far, and her body felt very weak. She decided to go anyway.She was only at the castle's gate when she heard the prince's voice."Luciana." He sounded surprised. He didn't expect that she would still be on her feet, looking for where to go after what she had experienced that day.Luciana turned to him. "Your highness.""Where are you going?""To the laboratory." She answered honestly.He shook his head. "After what you have gone through today?"Luciana remained silent. He walked up to her and looked her in the eyes. Her face held no expression, just blank. Her eyes made it obvious that she lacked sleep a lot, and he could tell she was tired from how she walked. Her eyes lo
Luciana tried her best to finish the food given to her, but she couldn't. She had even eaten about half of the portion given to her, which was very unlike her, just so she could use the laboratory. But she wondered if the prince would let her go with just that portion.After forcing herself a little more, she gave up and dropped the food. She decided to go to the inn to get her notes where she had things written."Where have you been?" Rebecca asked the human the moment she stepped her foot inside. She had her hands crossed across her chest and there was a smirk on her lips. She believed that the princess must have thought her a lesson. The human even looked rougher than she usually looked.Luciana rolled her eyes. The dog would never give up."I have been with the prince." Luciana replied with a smile that she was sure would sting her.Rebecca's smiled died down immediately, and it was replaced by a glower."Liar. The princess would not a
Luciana snuck some arrow into her new room to soak them in her vampire poison mixture, and left it there. She hoped to use it soon.Meanwhile it was a day to Raziel and Evelyn's wedding, and the princess had not spoken to him since she was released. She was still angry at him for how he treated her, but she was still willing to marry him.The servants were very busy in preparation for the wedding, while Evelyn was busy giving instructions to everyone. There were important guests from different range of nobilities, all wanting to attend the important event.Raziel was in his room as he was asked by his father to give his duties to Lorenzo. He lay on the bed, wanting to sleep the day away in peace. But his peace was short lived when the door opened and his father stepped in."Raziel we need to talk." What was it this time?"Have you seen your future bride?" The king asked."No father.""Did you ask of her?"
Evelyn's father stood up angrily from the seat, followed by his wife. Raziel's father also stood and they all went to the front, where the knight stood."Where is he? Where is that prince?" Evelyn's father yelled as his chest heaved up and down in anger, drawing the guests' attention to them."Where did he say he was going? What work does he have?" Raziel's father asked."I have no idea your majesty. He would not tell me.""Don't tell me he left already.""He did your majesty."The king was aware that most of the guests were supernaturals, and some of them could hear them, so he signalled for Evelyn's parents to calm down, but they weren't having it."This is an insult to my daughter, my family, my whole kingdom." The entire hall became tensed, and the guests started to murmur.Raziel's father turned to the knight."Gather your men, find the prince and bring him here.""Your majesty?" The knight tho