I woke up to the sound of chirruping birds. Opening my eyes, I yawned and sat up. I raised my hands above my head and stretched my arms. What a beautiful morning. That was until I was splashed with water. When I looked down, I realized it was not just water but muddy water. There were even worms crawling.

My face scrunched up in disgust. I looked up at the culprit leaning against the wall near the door. He had a bored look on his face. I clenched my jaw and tried to look calm. It was hard to as I felt one worm on my arm. I suppressed a squeal in my throat.

“Good morning Queen,” he muttered sarcastically. His green eyes leveled with mine. His creator was Blood Devil so his eyes are also green. That’s a feature we three share.

“Good Morning,” I replied not saying another word. My whole attention was focused on the creature crawling on my upper arm. I wanted to get rid of it before the thing got under the sleeve of my nightgown.

“I don’t know what type of vampire are you,” Vladimir started and I wanted to seriously do something to his pretty face.

I didn’t reply to him because the worm had already made its way under the sleeve of nightgown. Keeping my face cool was going to be a very difficult task.

“Sleeping all night. I can call you a disgrace to vampires.” He continued taunting me. My eyes narrowed at his words. Before I could say something smart back to him, the presence of worm became more noticeable as it moved to the sensitive part of my arm. The squealed that left my mouth made him smirk. He knew the worm was making me uncomfortable. He knew it.

Then without giving me another glance he walked outside. The look on his face was one of triumph. I jumped out of my bed and threw away my clothes. That left me in my underclothes. I grimaced at my now ruined bed. Cursing Vladimir inside my head, I stomped towards the bathroom angrily.

That man always makes me angry. He frightens me at the same time. He frustrates me to a point that I want to hurt him real bad. But I can’t do that else he will kill me. These all emotions sum up to an intense hatred. The hatred that is meant to reside inside and not to come out at any cost. Vladimir is dear to BD. He is the first vampire BD made. Second is Sera Winters. That’s me.

It’s an honor to be transformed into a vampire by BD. I’m glad I’m graced with it. And Vladimir should have his share of praise too. As much as I hate him, I can’t deny he is extremely good at whatever he does. He is an amazing fighter. Much better than me. And I’m one of the best fighters in the kingdom.

But I doubt he can be better than BD.

I sighed. My eyes long to see him again. I bathed thoroughly, still filling those worms crawling up on me.

I dressed in a shirt and a pair of dark skinny jeans. I pulled a gray vest over my dark shirt and stepped out of my room. I looked left and right in the corridor. Something I always do. I made my way towards the kitchen. Only a few humans and I ate food. Rest fed on blood from slaves. I was glad I was still eating food and not drinking blood.

Maybe my royal blood genes are responsible for it. But they will also be responsible for my death once BD realizes that I am the heir. Especially when he comes to know that I lied to me, he will roast me alive. But something in my gut tells me he won’t do that to me. Sure he will get angry but he won’t kill me, right?

“The disgrace to vampires is having human breakfast. What a disgrace!” The taunting voice of Vladimir greeted me as usual. I closed my eyes and counted to ten. I don’t know why he hates me so much. The stupid man has nothing better to do so he always has fun teasing me.

“And what are you doing here? Having cravings in the morning?” I asked him calmly. I can never let him know how much he irritates me.

“You are the one who has weird cravings,” he eyed my food with disgust. “BD has summoned both of us. Don’t waste time now. Finish your food quick and come to his study in five minutes. Not a second more.” He ordered me and then made his way out of the kitchen casually. I glared at his back and then went back to eat my toasted bagels.

I had a quick breakfast and rushed to the office. Vladimir was already standing outside the door which told me that I was not late.

“Save by a second.” Vladimir muttered and I smiled sarcastically at him. He gave me a cold look and entered without knocking. I followed behind him.

Blood Devil’s study looked ancient. He was sitting on a leather chair and his eyes were on a paper in his hands. There was a large mahogany desk. Everything on it was in place. There was even an ink pot and feather. But most importantly there was another ink pot with design of phoenix and a fountain pen with similar designs. I knew for sure that it had cost him a fortune. The thing looked really beautiful. If I looked beyond its beauty, there would be a stack of dollars that would be enough to buy me a car.

I am a vampire. I won’t need a car. But I sure want a car.

A disgrace to vampires. I could hear Vladimir’s voice in my head. He has always called me that. I gave him a sideways glace. He was not looking at me. When I looked back at Blood Devil, his green eyes were focused on me. I almost shuddered at the intensity of his gaze.

“Your highness,” he greeted and followed his suit. BD didn’t move his gaze from mine. He didn’t even look at Vladimir. I could feel irritation radiating from Vladimir.

I was scared. Did he know about my lie? If he did then I was dead. He was going to chop me into little pieces. He would give me a very painful death.

“I need you two to do a job for me,” he started in his typical style. Straight to work. “I’ve got an information implying the royal blood heir might be in the territory of the Blue Moon pack.” I sighed in relief.

Blue Moon pack? Why does the name sounds so familiar? Wait! Isn’t it Kyle’s pack?

“Alpha Kyle will be present there for your arrival. You both leave in an hour. Pack all the things you want to carry. Talon will take you to the territory of the pack.” He told us. Talon is the BD’s driver. Even though the vampire doesn’t need car, he likes to have it.

Reluctantly, we both had to agree. I didn’t have the nerve to protest. I remember Kyle so clearly. He was the same Alpha who helped in training Moonstone pack. And he was also the same Alpha who told me that he liked me.

Now I have to go to that pack.

Face that Alpha.

Stay there for god knows how long.

It will be really awkward. I just hope he had found his mate. The situation won’t be difficult for me to handle then. The awkwardness will not be there.

BD dismissed us and we made our way to our rooms. My room was across Vladimir’s. We both were important vampires because we were the only vampires turned by BD. Also, we were among the best.

That’s why he is giving us this job of finding royal blood heirs. If he is giving this job to us then it must be really important. I wish it was no and BD was not very adamant to find the heir. I want to talk him out of it but I don’t have the courage. Also, he makes me really nervous. He is intimidating and so handsome. I can only think of kissing him.

For some reason, ever since I’ve woken up, my thoughts are really in riots. Very sinful images of BD and me are flashing in my brain. His kissing, biting and sucking my neck. It feels so real but it is not. I know I’ve never been in that place. I’ve always felt this infatuation with BD but it was never as strong as it is now.

I froze and stepped aside when I saw a mass of black barreling towards me. The dark red hair flipped as the girl ran past me. My hair flew as the air whizzed. With annoyance, I looked at the guilty person. She was seconds away from crashing to the wall but came to a halt.

It didn’t take me long to recognize her- Celia something.

She is one of the maids working around. And she thinks she is going to marry Blood Devil one day. Wishful thinking. There are several vampires who think that they can have Blood Devil and become the queen of the vampire kingdom. No one was happy when I came to vampire kingdom. I mean no female vampire. I was the only vampire Blood Devil ever turned. This made them extremely jealous. But they had to be polite to me because Blood Devil demanded so. But still there were some who didn’t hesitate at showing their dislike towards me. Celia is one of them.

“Look who’s back,” she sneered at me. Her blood red painted lips curled in displeasure at me. Like any normal female vampire, she was very beautiful. She was, in fact, a very beautiful vampire. At one point, she was Blood Devil’s mistress. I don’t know when though. It was before I came. The thought makes me sick in the stomach.

“Thanks for the warm welcome.” I retorted sarcastically.

When she first bullied me, I never said anything back and tolerated her jabs. But not now. Before I went back to the pack, I used to hide from her. But not now. Now I feel more powerful than before. Maybe the knowledge that there’s something different in my blood is doing this. Making me all confident. And rejecting Daniel has also made me more confident of myself. I can’t let anyone run over me. Shea had done it once. I won’t let anyone else do it again.

She smirked and her dark grey eyes glinted cruelly at me.

“You know, I took care of Blood Devil when you were not here.” She told me and I narrowed my eyes at her. “I spent almost every day and night with him. You kept him starved for a whole year. I quenched his thirst in two months when you were away.”

I didn’t like to think about it. There was a pain in my chest that erupted when she spoke. Her words stabbed right to my heart. Uncomfortable feeling settled in my chest. The last time I had felt it was when Daniel had told me that I was not his mate. I’m feeling it again now. As if it was some sort of rejection?

But she can be lying. I’ve never seen Blood Devil with any other female species like that since I came here. Sure Celia and Blood Devil had a past but that didn’t mean he would go back to her. Right? He didn’t do it.

Even if he did, who am I to be upset? He’s not my mate or anything. Then why does it hurt? It’s not supposed to hurt. I’ve faced heartbreak once. I don’t want it again. Yet my stupid, stupid heart is playing games with me yet again.

But I refuse to believe Celia. I don’t want to believe her. She is just lying. She has said several things to me in past, especially relaying her personal meeting with Blood Devil in past. They hadn’t hurt so bad back then. But now, I feel like my heart is shattering.

I know what it is. I’ve gone through this face once. My heart is in a real danger.

“She’s not lying,” Vladimir said. I had almost forgotten that he was almost standing there. I glared at him as he spoke those words. My heart clenched inside my chest. But I replaced it by anger for the vampire standing in front of me.

I have always hated Vladimir. He had always mistreated me. If it wasn’t for the Blood Devil, he might have killed me a long time ago.

“Whatever,” I spat. “It’s not like I care.”

“Right,” Vladimir said sarcastically.

I clenched my jaw and stomped away from them. My anger was spiking. If I had stood there any second longer, I could have snapped both of their necks. At least Celia’s. Vladimir would have put a tough fight and might have snapped my neck instead.

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