She was astounded with his words. Suddenly she was feeling very hungry. There was no pain but a painful realization occurs. The man who saved her life was a vampire- a cruel devil. She had thought him as a kind, generous and brave man. She felt something in her heart as all her thoughts were nothing but a lie. She was false about the man as he was not human. Her mind struck her as the maid once said that he was a savior and also she saw all the humans alive with her own eyes. Then she thought if he saved many it's possible that he killed most of them and keep some for household chores so he can rule over them. This was exactly the thing for which the two evil powers were fighting. She was dumbstruck with the thought that why didn't he kill her till now? Maybe he wanted more servants.
Obviously there was no other way to save her life. Hence, before he spoke further she herself started;
"Please don't kill me. I want to live. I will do whatever you want me to do. I will always listen to you. Also I can take a good care of you. I am good at all the activities. Please…please be merciful."
He sounds irritated as he said;
"Stop pleading. I won't carry you here to kill. It is as simple as you want to live and I can save you but I want something in return. It is a deal and if you don't want it you can go out on the streets to fight on your own which is simply a way of committing suicide. The choice is yours. I am not forcing you. All the mortals you see in this villa accepted the deal and who denied went out. No one of them survived. What fools they were! You are looking as wise but I don't judge a book by its cover. So, what's your decision? Let's make it simple….You can just tell me your name if you decide to stay…..and if not you are free to move."
For some time many doubts or thoughts encircled her mind. Her mind refuses to believe in a stranger or not to mention a vampire. But her heart was against the mind and it asks her to trust every word of this man. Suddenly all the flashes of her memory started to show the different vampires she saw in streets while running- that vampire woman or man-their attacks. Every thought of them surrounded her soul and she felt like she was in front of one of them. She had goose bumps out of fear. She thought quite well but found no other way to survive. Her life was precious and she doesn't want to lose it.
"Elena", she whispered in a low tone.
As he was unable to hear her he asked her to repeat the words in loud voice. She shivers once more and said;
"My name is Elena, merciful lord."
He looked at her beautiful eyes steadily as she shivered under his gaze. He proceeds;
"Elena, how pretty your name is! Quite easy for tongue to pronounce. So, Elena you will stay here till the chaos end. And your work is very simple. I'll tell you when you finish the food on this tray."
He points out the tray the maid laid on the table commandeering.
She nodded but didn't move. So, he once again ordered her to eat. She at once started to eat and finish whole as she was suddenly very hungry.
"Want more?" - He said as she looked disappointed. She denied. He assures her to worry not as he feed her blood and hunger was common after that.
You have to learn to eat more. You need to intake food in half an hour intervals to be my feedbag. He concerned.
"Feedbag?" –She questioned.
"Yes. Human blood is a source of energy for vampires. And I need your blood every time I got tired and lose my energy by this hunt.
In spite of being an immortal I am helping mortals out there. You humans can't do anything for your people."
She hesitates and doesn't utter a single word. He ordered his servants to take care of her very well. Also he commands a maid to show her room where she was going to spend the night. He asks her to make the room tidy to keep her safe. Sharp objects should not be there as he doesn't want her to lose blood through any wound.
The maid took her along upstairs to a lavish room with a royal bed at the center and a side table with a lamp beside. There was a royal couch in front of bed. There was a large window at side wall closed to avoid the noises with beautiful light blue curtains. She was stunned at first then slowly entered with her eyes wide open. The maid went out after telling her to call her in need. After that she sat on bed and got lost in her thoughts and dilemma. In a short while.....
She slept.
After sometime the sound of footsteps coming inside from the door of room disturbed her sleep. She slowly opened her eyes to see her knight looking at her with affection in his eyes as he was admiring her sleepiness. She returned the same gesture unknowingly as she was again became a captive of his mysterious yet charming eyes. Both looked at each other with a sense of longing as if they met after decades, as they knew each other from thousands of years, like two bodies one soul. He took some steps forward and her breath stops with each and every step. He caresses her hair and she got lost somewhere deep in him. The man started studying her and when she lost all the senses, paralyzed to feel, to listen anything he quickly descend his fangs, his eyes turned red and he said in harsh tone;
"I want your blood, Elena."
He tightly grips her both arms and started shaking her. She was choking i.e., lost her breath. Suddenly shakes became more forceful and she stuck with something startled awake from her sleep, panting heavily. He was looking at her with concern and tried to calm her down by caressing her hair as she directly collides with his chest as awaken. She catches her breath for some time on his chest. Then slowly pulls away realized that she was dreaming and he made her awake.
"Are you alright?" - He asks with concern in his voice.
She nodded still looking towards him as horror filled her veins. Her eyes made him clear that it was a not a bad but horrifying dream. He gave some water to her. After returning to normal she assures him that if he came to the room for her blood he can have it, pulling her sleeves from shoulder to arm. But as he got closer she started panicking. She was feeling nothing but an ache in her heart. He noticed her movements and stopped.
"Okay, so you are scared of me till now. We can't do it like this. You accepted the deal unwillingly unlike others. Let's talk some more.... I knew that you are charmed by my personality, and paralyzed by my eyes. You lost your thoughts while diving into its depths. What! Don't look at me like this… this is so common for me. We have a special power of attracting our preys or you can say mortals. You can't help it. That's one of vampire abilities." He took a pause then saw her amazed….
"But what is in you? You are not a supernatural. You are a simple woman of human birth. Then why I am not able to control myself? Why I always lost myself while taking a sight of you? It's not natural. I never felt like that before even when I was alive…." he started thinking.
"Alive?" She said in an instinct. When he drifts his eyes upon her she suddenly looked away.
He consoles her for not being feared as she was free to talk. Then he stopped talking by giving her free chance to ask him anything and clarify all her doubts.
She hesitantly started;
"What's your life as a human? And how much time back?" She wanted to know about her life.
"200 years back…. hmmm… .quite a big deal but still in memories. I was a prince in my life." He replied.
"200 years", she gasped.
"Yes, I was a sole prince of Cassibarrian Island. Though a small place but happy and prosperous under my father's rule. My childhood was best part of my life. I used to play whole day inside our beautiful castle. And this house was also once a castle owned by my father here. I developed it as per requirements of new era. Even today you can see most of the items here shared glimpses of royalty." He told her.
"A prince, indeed. Your look justifies it. Well...why are you still addressing yourself a prince? I mean don't you get crowned as a king in your lifetime?" She again questioned.
Instead of decreasing, her doubts were increasing. But as he decided to clear all her doubts he resumed;
"Thanks for the compliment. You can call it my bad luck that I never got the chance to be addressed as a king. My father wants to retire so he arranges a grand coronation ceremony for me with all pomp and show. But the day of extreme happiness proved to be the most dreadful night ever. In the ceremony, our enemies attacked the castle with a big army and succeed by killing all of us. My father, mother, all the citizens and guests from far away kingdoms were brutally killed before my eyes. They all died. But a vampire man saved me by turning me into one of them. But I didn't regret it. I take it as an opportunity to take revenge and I only catch my breath after smashing them all."
"You didn't mention your wife or kids? I mean you are a prince as well as charming and dignified. You surely got married to a beautiful princess, right? How was your love?" She said with a hint of possessiveness in her voice.
He smirked;
"Indeed. I surely got married to a beautiful princess if I don't die at such a young age. You don't need to worry as I die at a young age of 26 and hence never married." –he taunted.
He passed a smile to her as shifts her eyes from him to floor below.
"Anything else?" -He continued….
"You were saying something about me before… " She gave a hint.
"See, I am totally out of energy. If you got your nerves calm can I have my food now? I didn't have much from you before as it was your first time. I am in terrible need. Can I?" -he asked.
Disappointedly, she nodded. As he pierced her skin with his fangs she felt the same pain and once more tighten her grip over his arms. Her nails dipped into his skin leaving scratches. After quenching his thirst he twirls his fingers over his bite marks and healed them. He looked at the scratches and then towards her and she became nervous. He healed his scratches too. As he was about to leave she quickly speak;
"You are looking disappointed. I….. I mean to say that people just wish for a long life so, how does you feel of being an immortal?"
"I am not disappointed and your blood. Oh! I never have much sweeter food than this. It's so tasty. As I said before there is something special about you". He ignored.
"I am not asking about my blood. It's about your immortal life. Didn't you feel happy about it?" She pointed once again.
"I have never been confronted like this before. Yes! I am disappointed. But not so much. Once I was not able to understand what to do with such a big life. And then I gave my life a purpose of defending mortals, of using my endless life and powers to make this world a better place. "He explained.
"You never have done anything brutal with humans except your enemies?" She enquired.
"This is not possible being part of a negative clan. A vampire's powers are not divine it is devilish. When one gains this power at first his mind changes. This power holds control over as you don't know how to control it. When this powers overcame me I was too like any other who suck the whole blood making a man dead, for so many years."
"Now, I think you owe me a truth after knowing so much of me. Tell me about your dream." He demanded.
She hesitantly told him all about the dream but not about her feelings when he was looking at her in it. He immediately understood that her inner feelings of fear made the dream. He told her that it was all in her mind. She should relax and forget the dream. He left the room taking a sight of her once more and she rewarded him with a smile.
She got filled with extreme joy as all the insecurities of her disappeared. She was feeling safe now. Her happiness lose all the limits. She feels like she was flying in the sky.
But suddenly a thought struck her mind that if our feelings made the dreams as he said why she was mesmerized and lost her senses when he was in front of her in that dream? The sights of her romantic moment with him passed through her mind once more. She was asking the same question to herself again and again for a long time.
As you see affections are developing into a special sense... hmmm….. but what will be the result of this? What will be the end of it? As you all know this feelings are against the rule of nature so What plans does destiny have in store for Elena and her knight? To figure out wait for the chapter five...….
Happy reading!!!!