There was a knock on the door. I opened it to see my father's head of security Ivan standing there looking impeding as I remember. He had a smile which didn't make him look less frightening. He gave me a bow and declared that the auditorium has been prepared for the lecture I was about to give which would enlighten the people of what is going on. He asked me to see if it required any improvements.
I walked in to see my cousin Oleg was barking orders to set a screen on either side of the podium for dynamic effect. He was also my fiance until he got married to Tasha and went insane and murdered her. She was caught having an affair with one of the guards. He said she didn't appreciate him enough which was the reason behind this betrayal. He asked for my hand again last night and I told him no. I was already a widow. I was married to my teacher Yura and he died to protect Queen Esmeralda the previous queen. I was mourning his death and have yet to figure out what I wanted. Oleg was only interested in marrying me because I was still innocent. If I had consummated the union he would happily ignore me. He was helping with the arrangement of the auditorium because he was feeling guilty. Mother made it clear that I will not be moved to the civilian population so she left me with Oleg.
"Have you forgotten that all of your daughters died before their second birthday? We have tried to give you daughters and gave you sons instead. Your favorite died giving birth to Sophia and we promised her that we will never put her in harm's way. And now because of a witch, you are casting her away. I forbid it. We forbid it. We will never forgive you if you do this. I don't care about the crown or anyone else says. Are you listening? That is a child and what you propose is cruelty. Where is Oleg? You are to keep her safe in your Palace till we make arrangements for her safety, do you understand? You can go on your stupid hunting trips when she is safe."
My brother's friends kidnapped me from his Palace so he was trying to make up for it.
It was perfect so I quickly changed to face the people and give the truth to set them free. I walked in and everyone gave a respectful round of applause. I started my lecture by explaining that these violent vampires are a result of a serum that is going around. It was manufactured by Ivar a prince of the Kuznetsov family who wants to sit on the throne. He realized that the only way he can acquire the throne is to create misery. He and his Nyssa daughter has been doing this for the past two hundred years disturbing the peace. I showed them the recorded confession. That wasn't all he also confessed to framing Max's mother and father leading to their execution. I proved that the rebellion was being misled by people who were hungry for the crown and people were twisting the truth to stoke the fire of hate. They were shocked at the length of betrayal. The people thanked our family for shining the light. The hunt began for the criminals responsible for all despair.
I was asked to take the position of the crown princess but my best friend was already it. The Zorya family requested that Antonia be a chance to prove that she will be a better queen. She can be brave sometimes but she is also a basket case. We were given the task of convincing the rebellion to make peace. I got in my car and drove to a cafe where I arranged a meeting with them. They complied without drama. I managed to convince them they were being duped by Ivar. I showed them the other half of the confession that I left out of the lecture. They were livid that they were being used. The group split into two groups one believing what I said, the other believing this is a conspiracy. They investigated the matter well and thoroughly and brought us Ivar and Nyssa as an olive branch. The entire time I was completing the task alone but Antonia had our friends and others to help her. When I completed every task given so they had to comply with the seer's vision. I was declared crown princess. I am still required to marry someone to rule my people. I asked to make a motion but it was denied. I had to bend the knee.
There I was watching my charges roaming around in the courtyard. I was approached by a group of strangers. They were curious to know about my next move of not hunting dhampirs. I was going to invite them to make them our bodyguards. We were severely allergic to the sun so having daylight guardians would be a good idea. I explained that it was how we originally lived but King Herald was caught doing a heinous crime. He was punished for it but before he was removed from the throne he changed the rule and had all the dhampirs were killed. I was simply placing the natural order of things. They will not be treated as second-class citizens. But given their due respect. This spread like wildfire and the ones in the dungeons were the first to be released. They looked at me with curiosity but they appreciated me very much. These were children and the government decided that imprisonment was ok since they were dhampirs. Some people were already hunting dhampir kids but now they had to stop hunting and move them here. I made the palace their sanctuary. These children were to be raised with care. I found out that one of their mothers was murdered before they were dragged here, I made sure the perpetrators were punished. This decree earned the trust of those kids. And they swore their allegiance to protect me. The others were apprehensive about having these guys so I appointed them to be guardians for royalty only. Which had others worried but they said nothing.