Eiana had many questions in her mind but she at first decided to hear out the main reason. She was stupid to not listen the full conversation of her father and brothers.
So she didn't say anything and waited for him to speak.
Darius was silent before speaking, " Princess, do you know about the dragons? "
Eiana frowned at the question and said, "Yes. According to some myths and books dragons did exist near the kingdom of Veleris thousands of years ago. But with time, they ceased to exist. "
Darius nodded and said, "Then let me tell you, Princess. The tales of dragons are not fake. They are as real as the existence of humans and vampires. But for many years, probably thousands of years, they didn't show up. It is only now that they came to Veleris. "
Eiana gasped hearing this. "The dragons came to Veleris? They will the Vampires not become more powerful now, that the dragons have also aligned with them? " She asked in horror.
But Eiana saw him shake his head and say, "Unfortunately no, Milady. They have not come to Veleris to be friendly or align with the vampires. But they are causing chaos there. Killing thousand of people there. " And hearing this Eiana was once again shocked.
She thought for a while and said in a small voice, " But... that's a good thing, right? They are Vampires and they are dangerous creature. So they deserved.... " But while speaking her voice went down and down. Though she hated those creatures, still her heart was so against her saying this. She was feeling guilty.
Darius chuckled and said, "So deserve to die? " Hearing this, Eiana looked down and pursed her lips. And Darius continued, " Yes, they are vampires, and they drink blood, but do they deserve to die for this reason? They humans also kill thousands of animals everyday and eat them. In that sense, humans are also no less than Vampires. "
Hearing him, Eiana looked at him with a start but could find any words to retort. She heard him continue, "Princess, though they are blood suckers or the creature of night, at tgey end of the day, they still have a family, they are still parents, children, elders like humans. No one deserves that. "
Eiana looked at the ground and nodded. She did understand the point. Looking at her face, which looked like a small girl admitting her mistakes, Darius just felt of pulling her into his arms and pinching her cheeks. ' You are not wrong, love. You are just lost. I am merrily just repeating your words. '
After quite some time, Eiana raised her head and asked, "But what does the Vampire King wants? "
"He wants to marry you. " Darius replied without skipping a heartbeat.
"But Why? " Eiana countered.
This time he took some time to explain. "Because the vampires alone will not be able to fight against the dragons. They need the support of humans. The vampires have only one kingdom in the continent, and the rest of the kingdoms are the human's.
The kingdom of Cenia, being the most powerful one, the Vampire Kingdom will of course choose the Princess of this kingdom to marry. He has proposed to sign a truce ,if the marriage takes place that Veleris and Cenia will always help each other when ever needed and will always maintain a friendly relation with each other. And also any of the beings will not hurt the other kingdom's being.
If this alliance takes place, the other kingdoms will also realize, how deep the trouble is in Veleris that the King of Cenia is ready to give away his daughter and they will help atleast for their safety. "
Eiana nodded at his words and then asked, "And what if I still don't want to marry? "
Darius stared at her and thought, 'Then I will have no other option but to kidnap you love.'
" Then... nothing much. Just that, His Majesty, his highness, and the kingdom of Cenia, will have no face left because their princess ran away from her wedding.
The truce will not be signed and it won't benefit anyone.
Not many other kingdoms would want to join their hands with Veleris, and maybe resulting them to lose against the dragons.
And once Veleris is finished, the dragons would come to other parts of the continents, and will cause chaos and destruction on the humans.
And even if Veleris is able to successfully against the dragons, there are bound to be many causalities. And the relationship between the two kingdoms will be sour forever. And maybe the future after this won't be so pleasant to hear. "
As Darius, the blackmail master was in his full form, Eiana's forehead already started to sweat. She was now realizing that her choice to run away was so wrong.
As much as these sounds crazy to ears, it does sounds treatable too. If by any chance any of it comes true then it will be so wrong! And she would never, ever want to the reason of such destruction.