The person who is famous in Zhonghai for being depicted as an 'Ice Queen' is a woman so cool and frosty that could freeze anyone's soul with but a stare. Yet she was currently holding her head with a blush so deep it could be confused for a red light in the middle of the night!
'Vlad! Vlad! I love you but I'll kill you!!!' She pulled her hair!
How could he give someone else to t-taste… That!
It was shameful enough for the prude and virgin to let her boyfriend taste her arousal… But her best friend!?
…
Mo Qianni whose body was shaking at this stage was more and more assured that she would be sleeping with the fish tonight! And eternally!
"Come on, R-Ruoxi… It's not that bad, I don't even remember the taste…" she scratched her brown silky hair and smiled wearily.
Alas.
"You're making it worse! Shut up for a bit!" How her face gained another shade of red was beyond Mo Qianni, the latter opted for simply shutting her mouth and letting her father come whatever it might be…
…
It took Lin Ruoxi a whole ten minutes to calm down… And when she calmed down, the first thing she did was to release a light growl and make a call on her phone!
But it was only then that she remembered he was abroad, the calls won't hit!
She stretched her arm ready to throw the phone into the river with Qianni opening her eyes widely!
But lowered it with greeted teeth shortly afterwards, it would be a shame to lose this phone number and to get it back would be a hassle…
…
The CEO could only keep staring at the river as her lover not only made her this ashamed, but he was probably screwing the Queen of England while she was this irritated!
…
"Have you calmed down, Ruoxi?"
"… Yes, I'll make sure he pays for this Qianni… Don't worry." The CEO steadied her breath and returned a smile to her friend.
"Aren't you upset with me?" Qianni then asked with apprehension.
"Why should I be upset with you? We're just two stupid girls that happened to fall for the same guy…" Ruoxi sighed and smiled self-deprecatingly.
"I love him too much to leave him but… You might be able to turn around Qianni." As upset as she was, the burning feeling in her heart hadn't diminished in the slightest, no, it was increasing by the second…
Like an accursed poison that threatened to erode her heart and mind until nothing was left.
"Do you really love him that much Ruoxi?" Mo Qianni was surprised, any other girl would have enough material to break up with their boyfriend for something like this… Yet she…
"Yes… I can't let him go." She truly didn't want this.
Having to compete with so many women for his attention, with each one of them being in a league of their own, but what could she do? She had thoroughly fallen, and the thought of surrendering and stopping meeting him... to stop developing their relationship, seemed more scary and ominous than fighting those women.
"The truth is Qianni, I'm not his first lover… I might not even be his mistress…" it was ridiculous, both the Queen and Alcina had come before her… Wasn't she fighting Tang Wan for third place?
No, none of them wanted the 'third' place or 'second' place.
And all that is not even mentioning the fact that he has powers… That makes him more of a treasure in her eyes.
Her words left Mo Qianni awestruck, "W-What do y-you mean Ruoxi? Not even his mistress!? What are you talking about!?" She took her friend's shoulders and shook them repeatedly.
"He had a relationship with two women before me… It's complicated, but they're not married. That woman from before, Alcina Dimitrescu, she's one of them, that's why we don't get along… Tang Wan is also fighting me and his relationship with her is the same as he has with me… And the worst one is the one he's with right now… Probably having sex with her as we speak." At that moment tears started undisguisedly running down her cheeks, deeply shaking her friend, who never thought to see her crying for a man.
She hugged her softly, "Ruoxi… W-Why are you still with him then?" She didn't understand, Ruoxi had always been a very determined and ambitious person, she couldn't imagine her being a 'mistress' let alone this arrangement!
"I-I just love him… Even more so after today. I guess perfection truly doesn't exist… He's so perfect, that he would be flawless if not for this matter." She hugged her friend back in search of comfort, even after accepting the reality of her situation, it still hit her to know that the person she loves is indeed not only her own.
Maybe she needed to tell someone, to be able to truly accept it.
Mo Qianni stood rooted in place thinking, she could understand where Ruoxi was coming from, she herself was no different, even after knowing all this, her feelings hadn't changed at all…
No, actually, she was more interested now.
What does he have to make all those marvellous women with him in this kind of arrangement without protesting?
...
She gulped and let her thoughts settle in, "Then I can help you… If you're willing to share him with me… We can try to keep him here together the most we can… Even if we can't stop him from going with others, we can at least keep him with us for the longest possible."
…
That idea didn't sound foreign to Ruoxi in the slightest… That's what she had been thinking… In fact, she planned to meet Tang Wan, to propose her this…
Money wasn't an issue, but even with it, there was no way she and Tang Wan separated could match someone like Catherine who was the Queen of a Kingdom…
Let alone Alcina Dimitrescu, she didn't know why but her instincts told her that the woman was hiding something, she might be even more dangerous than Catherine…
"I have to think about it Qianni… Let's go to Yu Lei, we are late." She released her friend and looked through the car's window as they drove off.
She really needed to think about this, but the conclusion was logical… If she really is to share, she'd rather share with Qianni…
"By the way Ruoxi, who's the other woman?" Qianni asked, coming back to the conversation and remembering she didn't mention the other woman's identity.
"…UGH" Ruoxi rolled her eyes, not even wanting to mention the Queen yet.
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*WOOSH!!*
Alucard flew like a rocket with a laughing Catherine on his back, for a while she had been looking at everything with a curious expression and interest.
It was like flying in the fastest plane without anything covering you, the experience was just marvellous.
Alucard rotated his cultivation to create a barrier around them that would stop the airflow from coming in as otherwise, she wouldn't be able to enjoy it.
He had been tailing the plane for a while, it didn't take him long to find it.
"If you become strong enough you will be able to fly like this by yourself… It's not even that hard." He said, trying to motivate her to finally give that step and start working on her vampiric powers.
However, her response was only to bend down and kiss his cheek, "I prefer if you take me like this, Husband~"
At this point, calling her a lovestruck teenager was an understatement.
How many of her friends in the Royal community had their boyfriends or husbands carry them to fly like this?
NONE!
She could see how they flew at ridiculous speeds to the point the planes nearby seemed as if they were stationary!
She had to ask him to go slower so that she could enjoy the view better!
"Catherine…"
"Yes?"
"You are the one I like the most…"
"…" She felt happy to the point her heart was about to burst... But for some reason, the sentence sounded ominous.
"That's why I can't allow you to be weak… You must start consuming souls…" He said once again with a neutral expression.
"…" Catherine bit her lips and clenched her hands tightly, once again… Killing people.
The life of a Nosferatu evaded everything she had been taught by her parents or even her own beliefs.
Killing people, drinking their blood, eating their bodies…
Those were things she couldn't even conceive of doing.
Even yesterday when she ate his flesh as they made love… If not for the magnificent taste, she would have vomited right at that instant.
It was only then that she began to comprehend, she was not human anymore… Actions that would repulse her normally weren't that unquestionable any longer.
Instead, her mindset was slowly changing. Humans moved their bodies and wills at her whim with but a few of her words, even if a nuclear bomb fell on her head… It would not kill her.
Slowly but surely, humans were starting to become…
Unimportant.
Moreover, she can't bear to be separated from him, it is painful to be separated from him.
"I-I will do it… As long as you don't leave me. I'll try so… Please, don't leave me." She hugged him possessively. This was her new life, even now she had left her life as the Queen she had been for two decades, after saying her farewells to Rachel.
Now she's the Queen just in name, and her new name to the public is Caitlin Montgomery, the Queen's sister and the princess's aunt.
The count nodded with satisfaction, he knew it would end up being like this.
A person can't deny their own existence, and if they do, the world will move them until they do.
A Nosferatu is the apex of the food chain. And a Lion won't cohabitate with a deer under the same rule, let alone an ant...
It was been like that with Seras who had adamantly refused to partake in another human's blood... And it would certainly be so as well with Catherine.
Time is needed to change someone.
And people like them have all the time in the world.
…
The two flew silently after that with Catherine thinking deeply as the clouds hovered underneath her.
A few minutes later, they were right behind a plane with golden markings.
"I need you to become intangible Catherine." He then said to her as she certainly wasn't experienced enough to blink inside the plane.
"H-How do I do it?"
"It's one of your capabilities as a Nosferatu. Just like you charm people, you're absolutely sure they will follow your commands, and therefore, it triggers pheromones that leave your body. The same way, believe that you can go through anything, and your body will answer…" The powers of a Nosferatu were more based on instinct than skills.
They were 'born' with them, and therefore no one needed to teach them how to use them.
Catherine nodded, partly understanding and Alucard kept flying behind the plane for a while until eventually, he felt her body get slightly intangible.
"You're close."
"Umm", Catherine kept 'focusing' but it was truly hard to achieve, mainly because her omnipresence got in the way.
Eventually, she managed to do it decently enough to phase through the plane and Alucard did so.
…
Inside the plane, Jane was sitting comfortably with her slender legs crossed wondering if they would really come or if they would just meet her at the airport.
It didn't come as a surprise that the cup of champagne in her hands fell to the floor the moment she saw two 'ghosts' phase through the back of the plane!
!!!
"Oh, God! You're going to give me a heart attack one of these days!" She held her chest as Catherine giggled at her daughter's reaction as for the maids and butlers…
The maids fainted directly! and the butlers were scattered on the floor, scared!
Alucard smirked and put Catherine down before his eyes shone red and he 'ordered' the maids and butlers to be at ease.
He walked slowly under Jane's scrutinising gaze and sat in front of her before crossing his legs and manifesting his wine, this time though he drank some 'Masseto Toscana' the wine he had received from Tang Wan.
Jane stared at him deeply even as Catherine approached to sit beside her.
He looked… Handsome… with those clothes.
...
"Fufu~ You shouldn't stare at my husband like that dear~ I might think that you want to steal him from me~" Catherine giggled and sat beside her daughter, embracing her arm as Jane bit her lips.
"Hmph! Who wants to steal him from you… Besides, I have someone already." She threw him a furtive glance only to notice his lack of response irritated her…
But why would she expect a reaction from him anyway… It's her mother's partner…
"It would be best for you to remember that~", Catherine said with a giggle that doesn't sound very funny.
The two kept chatting regarding their company as Jane kept sending furtive glances his way that only made Catherine want to sigh.
'Girl, at least conceal your crush will you?'
With those glances, however, aside from her interest in him, Jane also noticed… That he seemed to be… Frozen?
He wasn't even sipping his wine…
His eyes also looked lifeless.
Those were things that would not be noticed by common folk, but she was very observant.
"Alucard?" She called him, with the pretext of asking him some personal questions.
"…"
"Dear?" Seeing that Alucard wasn't answering her daughter, Catherine interjected.
"Hmn? What's wrong Catherine?" Jane saw how his pink eyes regained their light and he turned around and asked, not before sipping some wine…
"Oh? Jane is calling you…"
"Is that so? I might have been just focused on the window, What's wrong Jane?"
Jane frowned deeply as her eyes locked on his, "No, I just wanted to know more about you… How did you become a Nosferatu?"
Something was very wrong with him, but she couldn't pinpoint what… Anyway, she had enough time to get to know him once they landed in China.
Upon hearing her question it was as if the whole plane became an ice hell!
Catherine gulped audibly, that was a memory she hadn't seen…
And Jane was even more frightened, did she step into a land mine? "Y-You don't have to answer if you don't want to…"
Alucard kept frowning for a while as his gaze shifted to the window once again, "The devil swindled me, and made me take his place… That's all I'll say." Sipping some more wine, the cold hell receded as Catherine and Jane's bodies shook.
'The Devil swindled him…?'
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