Princess Joan woke up to disturbing feeling in her stomach. She quickly rushed to the restroom immediately she felt nauseous but she was unable to force anything out of her mouth.
"My lady are you alright?" She heard a family voice ask. It was the voice of her hand maiden Rose who had been with her since when she was eight years.
"I will be fine. I just need sometime alone" she replied with tiredness coating her voice.
She looked at the mess before her. There was blood everywhere as the events of last night came playing back to her.
Princess Joan is the elderest of the three daughters of King Atkinson the ruler of Olehzaki a large kingdom of vampires surrounded by other vampire kingdoms and werewolf kingdoms. The king wasn't blessed with a son even though he married two women for that singular purpose. Vampires originally are not design to procreate but through a supernatural loophole only exploited by powerful witches can a male vampire give birth to only three children. Some witches are friends with vampires while others are friends with werewolves.
The vampires and werewolf never see eye to eye as there as always been this old age rivalry between them for supremacy. The vampires were considered slaves to the sun but they have found a way to bypass that supernatural loophole through the help of witches loyal to them. While the werewolves were slaves to the moon.
There is also the human kingdoms which is the favorite hunting ground for all vampires. Some of the humans are also witches powerful enough to put a protective barrier around their kingdoms. While some human kingdoms are left to the mercy of invading vampires from time to time.
Princess Joan was one if those vampires who don't believe in feeding in human blood instead she feed on animals. Yesterday night she was forced by her father to feed on a human. Ever since that meal she had not been comfortable with herself. Throwing up blood at every slight opportunity.
"Princess Joan are you sure you are okay? " Rose ask again with concern in her voice.
"I will be fine. I just need to get this blood out of my system" Joan yelled back.
In no time she was out of the restroom totally cleaned up but still very weak.
"Are you okay?" Rose asked rushing to her to support her.
"Yes I am, I just need to feed" Joan replied sitting on a stool in frustration.
Rose quick rushed to get her some animal blood served in a cup.
It was always Joan practice to drink from a cup. She doesn't feed from the neck just like most vampires do. She was trained that way by her mother who she lost at the tender age of five. It was the only thing she could remember picking up from her mother.
Her mother Queen Martha was the first wife of king Atkinson. Joan couldn't reallt recall what happened to her mother all she knew was she woke up and never saw again. She had troubled the king about the whereabout of her father but he had declined giving her any response. What happened to her mother was still a mystery to her till date as the king had forbid anyone to ever speak of Queen Martha in the kingdom.
For the later part of her life she was raised by the second wife of the king, Queen Veronica who was married after the disappearance of Queen Martha. Queen Veronica always took every opportunity to show her that her own daughters are better than Joan. Queen Veronica gave birth to Becky and Vanessa in that order. Becky being two years older than Vanessa and being five years younger than Joan. Their mother made sure they ended up not being close to her.
so Joan' closest companion was Rose. Who the king brought to the palace when he noticed how lonly she had become. Joan from the very first day took Rose as a sister and not as hand maiden. In close chambers they would laugh and gist about but in open space Rose always gave her the respect as a princess.
"I hope that's not human blood Joan inquired suspiciously. I will never want to have them again" She added.
"No, my princess I won't lie to you. This is animal blood just as you like it" Rose replied.
Joan grabbed the cup, took a deep breath inorder to inhale the scent from the blood. It was a scent she was used to. She quickly gulped the blood down her throat. She instantly became refreshed as she ordered for normal food to be brought to her. She doesn't just drink animal blood she also took it at a moderate rate. Taking one cup per day.
As Rose prepares to deliver her orders for that morning male servant from the inner chamber of the king knocked on her door.
Joan quickly exchanged eye contact with Rose
"Are we expecting anyone so early? "She asked curiously.
"No my princess" was the reply from Rose.
"Who is there?" She asked authoritatively.
"My princess I am a messager from the king's chamber" a voice she recognizes replied her.
Rose quickly open the door revealing a young man on his knees.
"Rise Allen, what message do you have for me? " Joan requested
"The king of kings wishes to see you in his chambers as soon as possible" Allen replied without looking up at her.
"Why? Why does it sound like an emergency?" Joan queired.
"I really don't know my princess. All I can say is that some of our men came in this morning with a report for the king. Since then the king has been restless he has been dishing out instructions to everyone in the chamber. Mine was to come fetch you" Allen explained raising his head slightly at this point.
"Alright then I will be there in no time" Joan replied.
She suddenly became worried. She knows soldiers don't come early to the palace to make reports unless they had heavy news to convey.