"Hmmm… Emperor Lich had already asked everyone to get everything done during the day before he would cast a spell on the castle. But why are we still moving during the night?" Lenora asked.
"Queen Mother refused the edict saying that it might harm the usual endeavors of Vampires," the maid replied.
"Hmmm," Lenora nodded.
The maid's behavior was rather off today she realized. She stopped suddenly and turned to look straight into the maid's eyes. Her pupils dilated. Soon, the maid was being compelled.
"Who are you working for?" she asked her fingers around her neck.
"King Zaros," the maid replied in a monotone voice, her eyes staring dead straight, glassy...
"What were you intending to do?" she pressed. "To inject Boswellia into your body," The maid replied.
Lenora wanted to compel her and kill her right then and there. But if she did that… she would be exposed that she could compel vampires too.
Everyone knew that Vampires could compel humans, but they cannot compel vampires. They can compel anyone but. Only the original Vampires could compel vampires. Lenora wasn't an original but still, she could do it. Even she was shocked when she learned of this ability. She didn't expect she would have this. But after that fateful night, unlike other Vampires she could walk in the sun and can compel other vampires. She let herself experience the hardships because if she let it be known and rise into a high profile, she would catch the eye of the Azazel Laroch. She didn't know why… but she has an unknown fear towards him despite not ever meeting him before. She even forgot that Azazel was the one who passed the judgment. She'd only found out from her maids.
Lenora knew there was something about him. If not, why would she be so intrigued about a particular person? Placing the topic of him aside, she took deep breaths to calm herself. It was a known fact that vampires didn't have beating hearts. Very few Vampires were even stuck with beating hearts after their transformation. Those people would be either killed or left in the sun. As it was believed that they were weak.
One of the major changes that occurred to her after the accident two years ago was that she could walk in sunlight and had a beating heart. When the former king confided her to the shabby wing, she took it as an opportunity to hide. If anybody found out, then she would be done for.
Lenora could only try her best to hide her abilities from everyone, at least from Vampires. One of the reasons she agreed to marry the werewolf was because if werewolves pledged their loyalty they would try their best to hide the secret or to keep their word till their deaths. Lenora may not meet the Werewolf's expectations but she could pledge her loyalty to them in return.
She shook her head, shaking the thoughts from her overloaded mind.
"You will forget everything that happened between us," Lenora says to the maid.
"I forgot everything that happened between us," she repeated, staring dazed at the ceiling. Lenora released her and shoved her back.
"And you will inform me of every plan Zaros has against me from now on," Lenora said.
"I will inform My lady of every plan Zaros has against My lady," she says.
"That's good. You woke up with a sore neck this morning," Lenora said, breaking off the connection after the last syllable.
"I woke up with a sore neck," the maid echoed, blinking profusely and looking around in confusion.
"Now, let's go," Lenora said as she walked ahead, the maid following her perplexed.
Lenora was in deep thought. She never thought her little brother would turn out to be this cruel. Adding Boswellia in her food? What was he planning to do? She was his sister. She could roughly guess who were friends and who was foe but him? It was certainly unexpected.
She felt a pain in her heart. Beads of sweat started to form on her forehead. And accompanied by the dungeon creepiness and the smell of blood made her heart race with excitement. The initial pain she felt earlier disappeared. Her eyes shined red due to the smell of blood. Her fangs protruded out exposing her long and sharp canines.
Lenora could hear her heartbeat. And the maid who was a low-level maid, even she could hear it. Her eyes widened when she heard Lenora's heartbeat. She wondered if she was turned into a human. The thought itself made her feel shocked. She turned around flashing her red eyes.