บท 23: Sugar Bullets!
And most importantly, who was she?
Hazel could not help but give her another look! The girl has beautiful red eyes and golden hair. She had fair and blemish free skin that could make anyone envy her.
Her figure was accentuated by that black dress that was hugging her body perfectly. It was such a sexy yet modest one that no one could take their eyes away from her.
She was so beautiful that even Hazel was having a tough time looking away, but her haunting eyes were telling that she was also a pure blooded vampire and not an ally.
Her sharp eyes reminded her of the anger that always be in the eyes of Scarlet.
"Oh, I apologize that I forgot to introduce you to your new family." Rafael said in a perfunctory tone as he noticed her unwavering gaze on Diana.
"You have already met aunt Scarlet, she is the younger sister of my late father
She has two kids, Damien and Diana. They both are your sister and brother from today. And that is my uncle, sir Anthony." Damien just snorted and avoided her while Diana nodded her head as she took another sip of her wine that made Hazel wonder how much they usually drank as she had seen them hardly taking a bite of their dishes.
They were just taking glass after glass of other wine as if it was water that was also empty stomach.
The man also nodded perfunctorily and she did the same.
How easily had he called these bunch of blood thirty beasts as her new family. Could he even feel any warmth between any of them?
But she ignored these small matters as Edward, the council man, was still sitting there keeping an eye on everything.
"Rafael, I am thirsty now!" the girl complained in a coquettish voice that even felt strange. Could vampires also behave that way also with your own brother?
"Oh! I forgot!" He looked at the maids who bowed their heads and stood behind each of the guests sitting there even behind the councilman and forwarded their hands.
Without caring much about their comfort, they all pulled their hands further close to their bodies and opened their mouths.
Their fangs came out and dug the soft skins of the maids and soon she could see their Adam apple moving up and down.
"......" the piece of cake that she had just eaten was stuck in her mouth as she was having a hard time in having her meal while everyone on the table was drinking blood straight from the bodies of the maids. Her eyes snapped towards the faces of the maids but she did not find any discomfort there.
Yet she could not let go of the nauseating feeling forming in the pit of her stomach. She did not eat anything else as she sat there rooted to her place.
After a few more minutes, they let go of the hands of the maids, who bowed their heads and left the room. And soon their 0places was taken by another batch of maids.
"What happened, is the food not up to your liking or is it an ordinary meal too like last night?" asked Damien as he enjoyed her pale face.
She raised her head and realized that she was holding the fork so tightly that her knuckles had turned white. She must be looking scared by the scene she had just seen.
Coughing a bit, she shook her head, "no! I have already had my meal. So, I am not hungry anymore!" she dabbed her lips with the tissue from the table and took a breath of relief when her voice came better than she had expected.
"Well, then shall we discuss the events of today?" asked Edward and she raised a brow.
Is there some kind of interview or meeting she had to attend after coming to their empire.
She did not know much, but there should be further proceedings like that. Right?!
As if reading her thoughts, the man chuckled but shook his head,
"There is nothing like a meeting with the council. But since you have complained that you did not have a good wedding, I talked to the council.
They had accepted that you would have a grand reception here. It will help you in making contacts and settling here!" replied the man with a warm smile on his face. But she knew that the council would not care about her happiness or her comfort.
They were only interested in her living so that the bridge between humans and vampire did not collapse. After all, it was made on her backbone only.
"Diana is here to help you with your etiquettes and help you in recognizing a few higher nobles. She would also help you in choosing a dress and other accessories.
And Damien would check your dance lessons and your knowledge about the empire.
While Lady Scarlet is always here to help you." he was speaking like they are too amiable and loving and cared about her too much to volunteer themselves for serving her.
"In fact, Diana had even offered to be your lady in waiting. Such a nice girl she is, that she volunteered herself for everything you need!" The thought only left goosebumps on her skin rather than feeling reassured.
"Oh, that is so wonderful that the whole family is here to serve me. I suddenly feel too blessed to have such a loving and caring family.
So, Diana, you want to be the one serving me when I work as an empress?" Hazel intentionally changed the word lady in waiting to the one serving her to irk the girl and see her real face but the girl only smiled beautifully.
She looked more beautiful when she smiled that way, but Hazel shook her head as she did not want to get blinded by it.
"Yes, it would be my honor to help the future ruler in serving the empire!"
'Sugar bullets!!!!!!'
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