"You seem to be in a good mood, Prince Luka."
The vampire prince had been busy with palace affairs, papers on his desk were piling up. He had been staring at a distance with the corner of his lips almost reaching his ears. He was reminiscing great memories he had acquired lately, and that became his motivation to do his duties as the future ruler of the kingdom.
The valet stood tall, facing the prince. With a slight bow, he witnessed how the prince had been way over his head lately. His workload efficiency had decreased dramatically in just a short period. Previously, he would manage to read and sign a foot tall of documents in half a day. Almost two weeks had already passed but he barely even finished his duties.
This wasn't even much of a problem. The prince is uniquely strict and productive, no ruler has been like him for several decades. It was his first time seeing the prince acting like a strange man, not being his usual self.
"Prince Luka," the valet repeated his words as he tried to get his attention. "It seemed like you are in a good mood lately."
Prince Luka, who had been smiling from ear to ear, snapped himself back to reality and turned his head to the left where the valet was.
"I have always been in a good mood, Valet Roy," Prince Luka responded as his attention went back to the papers in front of his eyes.
Instead of focusing on reading the documents he was supposed to sign, he reminisced the moments he had together with the woman who had caught his attention for a long time. The way how Hena's face flushed out of embarrassment as she tried to avert her gaze away from him made him crack a smile. Her skin that was so smooth and silky, the way how her plump lips would form into a shy smile.
He had never felt this way to a certain woman.
His position as the prince of the East Kingdom made him seem like a good prospect of marriage to young, rich, and noble vampires in the whole place.
Rumors had started to spread. Although the vampire prince had already acquired a human wife, female noble vampires won't stop themselves from getting involved with him. A vampire like him was allowed to have several partners.
Royal vampires have this extraordinary sense, enormous strength and hypnotism. He had always been powerful. The fact that he couldn't hypnotize the princess of the North Kingdom made it even more challenging for him. Royal nobles will have to find a human partner to sustain their power, but she didn't have to. He didn't know whether it was because their families had already agreed to form their alliance through their marriage or it was because she had this extraordinary beauty and personality that caught him off guard, but she was the best woman for him.
Vampires only drinks blood from humans, but they can survive without doing so. But he couldn't help but wanting to own her as a whole. Noble vampires prefer to usually save slaves from neighboring kingdom and marry them with their consent. When they reach 23, they have to choose to become a vampire who drinks blood from humans and treat them as their partners) or not. Normal vampires are not allowed to have a human mate.
As vampires, they can have multiple partners depending on their choices, but having more partners was far from his choice.
"I just noticed how the arrival of the princess of the North Kingdom has made an impact on you drastically, my lord." He said with a smile, "I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing for you and the kingdom."
Prince Luka abruptly stopped in his tracks, blinking his red eyes as he fixed his gaze towards Roy. He narrowed his eyes at him, "What do you mean by that?"
"I didn't want to mention this but…" he trailed off, "There has been a backlog of papers ever since you have expressed your fancy towards your future wife, my lord."
He cracked a smile and said, "This is the first time that I'm hearing this news."
"It's because you have never been this unproductive all your life, my lord."
Prince Luka was now left in a daze. He couldn't believe the valet's words at all. Him? Being late of deadlines and lowering his productive rate? This had never happened to him!
"Where is my wife?" he asked.
"Lady Hena? She's having a tea session with—"
"Ah," Prince Luka put back the documents into its original place and continued. "She must be busy trying to fit in to the palace."
"Yes, that's right, my lord. She appeared to be very bored with her palace life as she even tried to do the laundry all by herself."
The corner of the prince's lips curled. He found her future wife extremely adorable that he wanted to go and see her loveable face.
Abruptly standing, Prince Luka announced, "I need a break."
Without any other words, he grabbed his surcoat and wore it on his body. If the valet's words were true, then he had to snap himself back to reality. All he had to do was go to where the tea session room was. His legs guided him where it was and found the door. He was about to open it when she heard laughters coming from the room.
Using his extreme senses, he could hear Hena's voice and another person's voice. It was the royal knight, whom he considers as his best friend.
Mark.
"Since when did you come here?" Hena asked a follow up question. "I'm curious."
He was silent for a moment and didn't reply.
"Is it inappropriate for me to ask?"
"No, not at all." He shook his head in response. "It's just that I was a little bit surprised when you asked."
"Why? Is it supposed to be a secret?"
The two of them together. Feelings of jealousy had started to creep into him. All of a sudden, he didn't want to come in and disturb the two. Being a controlling freak had never settled well for him. Of course, he would be more than happy if his wife was having a happy and healthy conversation with anyone.
Prince Luka turned around and found himself walking back towards his chambers.