How could Mila calm down when Liam was being like this? She felt like kicking this man away from her, to make the king regret for treating her so badly and causing unnecessary confusion.

A**hole king!

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But, since when did he become such a jerk? Mila growled dangerously, as if threatening the man who was pressing her down to get off of her body, but of course Liam didn't budge and tightened his grip on Mila's hand instead, making it harder for her to move.

"OKAY!" Mila exclaimed angrily, her patience running out very quickly, but it looked like she still had to hold herself back from clawing Liam's face. "I will calm down, now tell me!"

Mila tried to muster up some forbearance not to attack Liam while refraining from fighting back, because after all, it was a difficult thing to do. Mila's instinct to defend herself and fight was so strong that she had to tame her wild instincts.

"Don't fight me," Liam said, his tone sounding like pleading, but unfortunately, amid Mila's unstoppable anger, she couldn't hear him properly.

"I am trying, okay?! This is difficult!" she growled. "You are asking me to calm down while all I want is to claw your face right now!"

Liam sighed heavily and looked at Mila's scrunched up face and closed eyes, it seemed this girl needed a lot of concentration, just to restrain herself.

It took Mila a few more minutes before her body finally relaxed a bit and Liam was able to loosen the grip on her hands.

It was only then that Mila opened her eyes. She looked at Liam coldly, as if to say; what are you waiting for?

Liam frowned. "Maybe you will not believe this and even hate me."

"Don't worry Liam, I already hate you, there is no way I can hate you more than this," Mila replied very curtly and impatiently.

Liam could only sigh out loud when he heard how Mila answered him.

Wasn't it too much for Mila to always be rude, as if she didn't care about the other person at all?

But maybe, if Liam were in Mila's shoes right now, he would also behave the same and wouldn't have the patience for anything long- winded. It's meaningless after all.

"But, before you start whatever you are going to say," Mila said in the same cold tone. "Can't you just stay away from me? This position is so annoying and makes me feel tempted to fight you to death." Mila then pushed Liam away from her body and sat on the far side of the bed.

Liam didn't try to approach Mila anymore, because he understood that this girl needed space.

"Then what are you going to say?" Mila asked impatiently, because Liam didn't speak.

"Actually, there's one thing you don't know about you, Mila…" Liam started, but then he stopped again, and this frustrated Mila.

Mila doesn't like being kept in suspense where you need to pause every now and then from saying what you are supposed to say. That's really annoying.

"Tell me the truth Liam, you are driving me crazy," Mila grumbled and rolled her eyes. How could a king be so indecisive and often look confused like him?

Mila couldn't stop thinking about it….

And in the end, Liam started what he should have told Mila a long time ago. Maybe he shouldn't even be hiding this.

However, disclosing this secret was not as easy as turning his palm, there were many things to consider and there were also consequences that he must bear.

All of this was no longer just a matter of good and bad or right and wrong, but went much deeper than that.

"Mila, actually…" Liam stared at Mila. "The previous king and queen had no sons, but two daughters."

Mila frowned. "What does it mean?"

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Mila was changing clothes, while Liam was standing behind her, his back to her.

However, Mila didn't care if Liam peeked at her changing clothes or not, as her visible nakedness was the last thing she was worried about given what information Liam had just dumped on her.

What did Liam mean by saying that she was the biological daughter of the previous king and queen? All the information Mila got felt illogical and hard to believe.

How could they not admit she and her sister as their children just because they were both girls?

Mila knew that their people highly valued ​​patriarchy, but if they threw away their own flesh and blood, wasn't that something that was beyond reason and couldn't be tolerated anymore?

"They replaced Anna with me, because the previous king and queen really wanted their first born to succeed the kingdom. However, their first child turned out to be a girl and amid the pressure of the elders and the expectations of all vampires, they developed a view that Anna was a disgrace, therefore, they exchanged Anna for me."

Those were Liam's words as he began his long and very unexpected explanatory speech.

Mila then listened to him with a rambling mind, because it all sounded like a fairy tale and it took her more than a few minutes to digest it all.

To convince herself that it was true.

Liam told her the reason why he was betrothed to Anna, because they still couldn't let go of their daughters.

And with Liam married to Anna, then things would return to the right path. They could get their daughters back and put them where they deserve.

"Then what do you want from me?" Mila asked after she had gotten past her shock and digested what Liam had said better.

"I want you to help me take down the seven elders," Liam replied straightforwardly. Mila could even see the sincerity in his eyes.

"Why do you want to take them down?" Mila squinted her eyes, she felt that there was still something Liam hadn't told her.

"Because like Anna, the king and queen didn't die in battle, they were killed by our own people."

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In the great hall were several vampires, representatives of each family. In total, there are twenty- three vampire families that exist till date, while other vampire families have moved to other places to escape war and live by hiding among humans and living like them, or have been killed in the wars with humans.

The twenty- three vampire families have important positions after the seven elders, because their opinions were indispensable in case of a voting, if this kingdom was at a stalemate.

Such was the case now. Liam took the desperate step of bringing Mila's matter to a vote with the nobles of the twenty- three families.

Meanwhile, other vampires, who are not of royal ancestry would get the last name Apple, which meant, they were at the bottom of the caste system of these vampires, and were usually manual laborers or warriors of war, who have no important status.

When Mila and Liam walked into the great hall, Mila could feel almost all pairs of eyes were on her but couldn't guess whether they liked what he was about to say or not, or how they would respond when they found out about Mila's appointment as queen.

Mila might face a negative and anarchic reaction, and she knew that anything was possible, considering how vehemently the elders were against Mila's appointment as queen.

Subconsciously, Mila took Liam's hand and held it, as if searching for the strength within this man so that she could step up and be able to face what would come their way.

On the other hand, Liam gripped Mila's hand tightly when he realized how panicked the girl was, especially after what information Liam had just conveyed to her, of course it would not be easy for this girl to deal with such an uncertain situation.

Liam led Mila up to the thrones for the king and queen, after which he waved his hand to signal that the people present could return to their seats.

The hall was very large, with several benches systematically arranged inside where seven of them were on the left and right of the thrones for the king and queen, which were occupied by the elders.

Mila glanced to her left, where she and Elena were only separated by two people. Instantly Mila's blood started boiling with anger.

Since Elena was the only woman in the line of elders, of course her body shape could be easily recognized by Mila and this brought a surge of emotions that were difficult to control.

It's still clear in Mila's memory how this demonic woman tried to corner her and almost killed her if it were not for Liam, who came in time.

Mila couldn't see what kind of expression Elena was sporting now, but it seemed she didn't need a reason to hate the elder.

It's just that the timing is not right, there are other things that are far more important that Mila has to do.

Mila's gray eyes stared straight ahead at the twenty-three representatives of the noble vampire families who were waiting in confusion as to what Liam would say.

Liam then helped Mila to sit down while he stood facing them all.

On Liam's left and right, the elders looked restless, nor did they know what made Liam suddenly gather the nobles. However, they hid all of that perfectly, so that those who saw them could only see their cold expressions as usual.

Mila sat comfortably, but her heart felt uneasy. This was something big and, as Liam said, it would change her life.