"Thank you," I am flattered with her words. But then I got some nerve to ask her a question that I never thought of asking but it just came out as natural.
The Queen then ordered and dismissed the meeting for the meantime and entertained us. Only few Vampires are now around and inside this room which I think are their high officials.
"Why did you take us here? And what is this place?" I inquired curiously as soon as my butt touches the softest sofa that I ever sat on in my entire life. They're giving us a VIP treat here.
"This is where most of the Royal blooded Vampires lived. This place is highly protected from the outside world and from the creatures like the Faxon clan." She responded in a slightly tone but too enough for me to hear it as the room is now filled with serenity.
"Sorry?" I cuts.
"Faxon clan, those Vampires chasing you earlier," Lady Cathalina replied.
I couldn't take my eyes off the Princess the way she's staring at me ferociously like we're having a bad blood. I don't know but she's the only one here who's making me feel like I don't belong to this place.
"Oh!" Is all I said. "Why are they after me then?" Of course I can't wait to hear the truth from them. "And what made this city, you and this clan different from them?" I throw bunch of questions actually. Anyways, as they said "There's really nothing wrong with asking" right?
I hear her chuckled but still in royal way. Nothing that she make will made her look cheap cause even the sound of her voice echoed like a tap of gently playing violin to my ears. She's so gorgeous.
"I'm not in the position to explain," She smiled at us.
Mela held my hand and also gave me a sweet and smiling face.
"If there's someone who can answer your question it is none other than my younger Sister, Queen Ivy." Immediately I felt relieved the moment I hear her say that. Then the Queen slowly marched down to the point where Mela and I are sitting.
"Welcome to the Vandeleur palace," I turned my head to the Queen and I was more surprised of how she look more gorgeous in a close-up. How can Vampires be so beautiful like this? How can they be too perfect with those pale skin and red eyes? Cause if it's me I know that I would look like a crazy living zombie.
Prettier than Lady Cathalina she looks and her golden long majestic gown is what made her look more stunning out of all the ladies inside this palace. Yes, we're surrounded by about a dozen of pretty ladies and they're all wearing tiaras.
I wonder if there's a male Vampire living here cause I never seen a single one since the moment I got here. And I also wonder how they looks, maybe they're jaw-dropping gorgeous too or maybe they look like the Vampire prince that I saw in my dream.
"We've been waiting for your arrival, your highness."Her words immediately snapped me back to reality. Wait? Did she just call me your highness? No freaking way! Cause I should be the one addressing her that way cause she's the royal Queen here and besides this is her home.
"No." I wagged my head. "Call me Persephone instead, your highness." I corrected.
"Such a sweet yet a powerful name. Your name truly represents you." She continue to walk forward until there's almost a meter of distance of us to her.
"I am Ivy, the Vandeleur's Queen and I am beyond grateful that your friend took you here for good cause, we've been looking for you for years. Every clan are looking for the chosen Werewolf Queen."
"But why? How can I be the chosen werewolf Queen when both my parents are human?"
"They're not, honey." She immediately cuts me out.
"Your Dad was the chosen one just like you. For the first time in the history of vampire and werewolf, a guy was born as a result of the true love of a vampire and a werewolf and that baby was your Dad. The werewolf rule the entire land of Holloway having them as the superior among all but then they didn't settle in that position for too long when your Dad fall in love with a human and that's your mom. The Vampire then all joined forces to take down the werewolf and kicked the King and the then Pregnant Queen in afraid that the baby will come out as a demon so your Dad in an unfortunate died defending the throne and protecting you from them. And since then our world has never seen any footprint of your mom and some werewolf who were able to survived." She lengthily narrated. Her words had me unconsciously tears for some reason. Now I finally understand why Mom chooses to hide me from the public. She's protecting and she did until her last breath.
"Then 15 years later, someone from the vampire clan got a scents of you. The exact scents of your Dad and so they started looking for you everywhere until each clan fought one another in the race of getting you first so the vampire was then divided into two; the Faxon and Vandeleur clan. And I'm lucky to be married to my husband and have this City. And since the day he passed, this city has been highly protected from the outside world and from the Faxons: who badly wanted to take over the city." She added which makes more sense and have my mind set for I got almost my questions answered-I guess.
"Then we ain't vampire and we shouldn't be here living with you," I pointed about Mela and I.
"Look at these amazing ladies in attendance. You can ask them one by one why you should be here and how badly we wanted to have you since then because we believed in the power, prosperity and peace that you can bring to us. You may be the last werewolf but the hope didn't stop there and we will do the best that we can to protect you for the hope and survival of our kind." Her words feels empowering. I feel valued. I'm so much flattered with it and I'm not actually used to so much importance and praised.
"In this exact hands of yours our future relies and a day will come when you're ready to face and see the future ahead of us. And we will be here to have you ready for that." I'm still speechless and wasn't able to utter a single word as a response to the lengthy words of her. I'm just simply in a state where I want to listen more rather than talk.
"Have some rest and please have yourself live like you're at home cause this place is already a home to you." She held my hands and in that moment a fast moving scene flashes on my mind. A guy…a handsome guy with his back before me. With sword on his right hand, blood stink all around and an uncountable dead people around us…"Daelan!" Unconsciously my mouth say it. I immediately pulled my hand off her and her giving me a sweet smile.
"That's the start, honey." She murmured and run a palm on my right cheek the way my mom do most of the time. "And I'm glad that you're starting to see future with my son. You're really meant to be here. Fate chooses you." She left me with those words that have me puzzled again then Lady Cathalina came.
Clearly I'm still in the midst of opening my mind to let everything sync in.
I'm still processing everything cause it just goes too fast and I'm still mourning for the lost of my Mom but here I am, with new problems to solve and with new identity and world to live in…will I really became that woman? The Queen as they all calls me. And who's Daelan? Why did I see him and why was I able to see future? Is it because I am a Werewolf Queen? Is it part of slowly becoming the real me? I'm confused, really.