Of course Mila wouldn't just leave without arming herself, especially when she was picked up in an unusual way and had to face the elders.

After Alena left, the five guards took Mila away from the door, from where she had come before, heading in the opposite direction.

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At this time, Mila still hadn't found anything suspicious and she hoped these five people wouldn't do anything stupid, because if that happened, then Mila would not hesitate.

And since her memory came back, of course, Mila remembered everything again and these five people should know who they were dealing with.

Mila might be a princess, but she didn't look like that at all. Her soul was much tougher than just being a princess or a noble's born.

"Is it still far away?" Mila asked and her voice echoed through the dark passages of this secret way. They had walked for about twenty minutes, but Mila still didn't see any change in her surroundings. "How long are we going to walk like this?"

No answer.

The five secret guards kept their mouths shut, not letting Mila find out more about them or answer any of her questions.

It sucks… Mila cursed in her heart.

Hopefully what Alena said was true and she just needed to go out of this palace, then Mila would gladly not come back again.

The first thing Mila would do was go and find Aaric, after which they would decide what to do next.

Too bad, while Mila was in the middle of her own plan, one of the guards behind Mila proved that her initial instincts were right, as he moved with the intention to attack Mila when they reached a dead end in the dark corridor.

However, what they didn't expect was; Milla was not anyone that they could beat easily. They should have asked further what kind of princess this one was.

Because as soon as Mila felt one of them draw a sharp dagger out behind her back, she moved quickly to dodge the sudden attack.

Mila jumped to her left side and caught the wrist of the guard and quickly twisted his hand, making the sharp edge of the dagger point to the man's own chest, then without the slightest hesitation Mila pushed the dagger through his chest.

After the dagger penetrated deep enough into the guard's body and made him groan in pain, Mila kicked him away and prepared for the next attack.

"I don't think we can find a way out this way," Mila said as she grabbed her own dagger from her ankle.

Okay, it's time to fight back if that's what they want.

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Liam felt restless in his sleep, he felt that something was wrong and somehow worried about Mila.

He felt it was not right to leave the girl alone in her room.

And even though the tiredness seemed to drain all of his energy, Liam still forced himself to get out of bed and head for Mila's room. At least seeing her with his own eyes, would make him feel better.

"I thought you were asleep," Andreas said when he saw Liam come out of his room. As usual, he was standing guard at the king's door. "You have only been in for less than two hours." There was no way Liam just slept for such a short time. Andreas remembered well the last time he saw the king resting.

"Don't you feel something is wrong?" Liam asked, ignoring Andreas' concerns and posting a question of his own.

"Hmm?" Andreas frowned. "No, all is well." Andreas didn't know where the question came from, but while he was on guard, he didn't hear any sound from the direction of Mila's room, which means that's a good sign, right?

But, the answer did not slow down Liam's steps. Instead, he rushed to Mila's room and ignored the respectful greetings from the two guards who were guarding in front of the princess' bedroom.

The elders were able to step over the line because of the matter just now and they seemed very determined to remove Mila from her position as the future queen.

Ever since the case with Anna, the elders had become more arrogant with the decisions they made and had more control over this kingdom than Liam.

Only because Liam felt guilty and also indebted regarding the matter about Anna that they kept Anna's case closed and tricked everyone by saying that the future queen had died at the hands of humans, instead of telling the truth to protect Mila, that Liam felt his power was limited.

But not this time, they should have listened to what Liam said, he was a king and it was their duty to obey his words.

Liam opened the door to Mila's room himself and quickly realized that the girl was no longer inside.

The room was empty and the bed looked like it hadn't been slept in at all.

"Where is she?" Liam asked, looking around the room with his wild, fierce eyes.

Two guards guarding in front of Mila's room stammered, they couldn't believe that the princess had disappeared. "We didn't see anyone going in or out of this room."

The two of them immediately looked around the spacious room, including Andreas, who ran toward the balcony and shouted at the guard who was on guard just below the balcony.

However, the answer he received was the same, neither of them knew where Mila had gone, nor had they seen any strange things over the past few hours.

Meanwhile, Liam didn't have to check the whole room to know that Mila was no longer inside. Her scent faded and could only be smelled faintly. As a vampire from the royal family, of course Liam's abilities far exceeded the average normal vampire's, especially against people who were very familiar to him.

"Your Majesty," Andreas approached Liam to report what he had found. "No one has seen anyone going in or out in the last few hours."

Liam didn't heed what Andreas said, because he had walked over to a painting and stood there for a while.

"Your majesty?" Andreas asked in a low voice and raised his hand to signal for the other guards not to make a sound. "You found something?"

Liam traced the edges of the painting with his fingers as he stared straight ahead.

There was something bothering him about the painting, especially when Mila's scent ended there. Not only the girl's scent, but also the faint scent of two other vampires, which Liam didn't recognize.

"Take this painting down," Liam ordered. He then took a few steps back to let his men do the work.

The painting was enormous, towering high, twice Liam's height. Therefore it took at least two people to take it down, unless you wanted to destroy it.

And it was also the same painting, where Mila disappeared with two other guards, the secret door leading to the secret passage…

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Mila slashed the dagger in her hand into the neck of the third guard and forced herself to face the remaining two.

Her breath caught and echoed in the middle of this gloomy corridor, but her eyes stared intently at her opponents. She wouldn't stop until the five of them were dead.

Because at the moment, the options were so limited for her; if she didn't kill them, they would kill her.

No more questions coming out of Mila's lips because it would just be a waste of time.

The five guards would not open their mouths even if they saw death right before their eyes.

"You bastard, how dare you attack me," Mila grumbled in annoyance, a ghastly smile on her lips, while her hand gripped the dagger tightly as the two remaining guards stepped forward with galloping steps as their emotionless eyes stared at Mila.

The two vampires were indeed much larger and taller than Mila, but they were not commensurate with Mila's swift movements, as the girl was able to dodge their aggressive attacks efficiently while making counterattacks at the same time.

Seeing that the fight was about to end quickly, one of them resorted to a cunning trick by throwing white powder at Mila which blinded her for a moment…

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"Soul possessor?" Danny muttered when he heard his daughter's explanation.

Claire and Danny stood on the outside of the iron bars that confined a seven- year- old girl and stared at the child with probing eyes.

"Yes, she is a soul possessor. A non-human being that coexists with the vampires." Claire then opened the prison door and stepped inside followed by her father. "I read about their species in an ancient book I found some time ago."

"Is it safe for us to be here?" Danny looked at the girl who was still sitting in a huddled position in the corner of the room. Even though the little girl looked harmless, since she was an astral being, of course they had to be more vigilant.

Mainly because there were no chains or anything to put her under control.

"It does not matter. In the book I read, when a soul-possessor possessed another creature, its power would be on par with the creature that it possessed." Claire then walked over to the little girl and grabbed her hair so she could look into her eyes. "So, what can the soul possessor in this child's body do?" she asked mockingly.

"FUCK!" Suddenly the little girl cursed and at once, she didn't look like a seven year old child anymore.

On the other hand, seeing the anger of the soul possessor, Claire laughed loudly.