Jasper walked up to Charles seeing that the girl and Clarice had left for the day. A small smirk formed on his lip before looking at Charles with a serious expression.
Charles extended his hand to the circular table that was present in the glass room. Jasper took a seat as Charles did the same with the maid bringing a cup of blood tea with a slight mixture of alcohol.
Jasper took a sip of his tea before saying "So you brought me here today to see the disaster that took place in your kingdom? I'm not one to bring war to the people yet here you are wasting my time with something that doesn't concern me"
Charles glared at him with a fake smile as Jasper did the same "Hmm but you're the best swordsman I know that can kill and torture people as I am nothing more than a lord sitting on his throne with all the power I can imagine"
Jasper laughed at the idiotic man his tone was bitter and harsh"Yet you come to me to bring you an army and I come here to build truths with you. Kingdoms are falling apart and going to war with each other. Do you know how serious this matter is? Instead of sitting on a throne why not go outside and enjoy the fresh air" he sipped more of his tea as Charles rose from his chai. He slammed his hand on the table until his butler Ruben came in the room.
Ruben bowed his head "Excuse me Lord Charles and Jasper but dinner is ready to be served. "
Charles cleared his throat as he walked away from the table making his way out the door as Jasper sat there sipping what was left of his tea before getting up.
"I will be taking my leave for the day Ruben, please inform Charles that I won't be staying for dinner"
Ruben bowed his head once more "Of course lord Jasper I will do that right away"
Jasper walked out of the room as Ruben did the same following behind the man closely until he headed in another direction leaving the lord of snow pondering in his thoughts about war but the painter he had seen caught his eye.
Meanwhile, Nicole and Clarice laughed at each other as they painted in the garden. Noah sat at the table watching them both closely. The pure blood despised humans even though he had to marry one, he hated Clarice every inch of his being. Ever since she brought Nicole to stay with them Clarice has been giving more attention to her than her husband.
Nicole took a glance at Noah seeing him look at them in disgust with a clenched fist which was visible for their eyes to see. Clarice didn't pay it any mind as she was focusing on painting.
Leaning her head forward to Clarice ear she says" Clarice your husband is staring at us with such anger I'm a bit concerned."
Clarice whispered "Noah is a weird creature, I know he loves me deep down inside but he has so much hatred in his heart. To be honest I'm worried myself, I want to leave but I can't" closing her eyes deeply only to open them filled with sadness "Maybe we can both get out of here together I can some money from him and we can get out by tonight but I need to plan this further "
Nicole nodded in agreement, she didn't understand why the man hated them to their very core maybe because they were humans and nothing more to it. He was trained to despise their kind it was their nature and that's all they ever knew was to hate. She still doesn't know how she hasn't gotten killed yet with all the vampires she has painted in the past.
Noah gets up from his seat and walks back inside as Clarice and Nicole continue painting until it starts to get dark causing them to go inside the mansion.
Feeling a bit sweaty from being outside for half of the day she decided to take a bath feeling the warm water over her body and closed her eyes as it soothed her mind. She wasn't able to get to her other clients based on what time she had to arrive at lord Charles's castle. The travel was a bit long with everything that had happened recently. To see Lord Jasper in the flesh was the first time for her, he seemed so cold. For a man to be all about war and chaos he seemed like he wouldn't be one to do such a thing based on his appearance. If they plan on leaving tonight as Clarice had planned then maybe they could go somewhere far away from the kingdom.
Finishing up with her bath she put on the clothes she set aside for herself. Sitting on the bed combing her curly hair she heard a small yell coming outside of her room.
What came with the screaming was the sound of shattered glass. Rising from the bed she ran out of the room to see where the sound was coming from the found Noah with pitch-black eyes as Clarice held her stomach in pain. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth as he held a dagger covered in Clarice's blood.
Nicole's eyes widened causing her to fall to her knees with tears streaming down her face.
"you monster, If you want to hurt someone hurt me! She doesn't deserve this" Nicole screamed as she gritted her teeth in anger, tears falling down her cheek as she cried loudly.
Clarice shook her head as she ran to Nicole standing between the both of them.
"Noah, please! This isn't you, we can help you. I can help you my dearest husband please!"
He licked the blade dripping in blood causing him to smile widely his eyes filled with insanity " You think I was going to let her run away with you! You've only been here for a few days and you plan to take her away from me. I'm the Duke Lilith kingdom, if I can't have her no one can. You best run human, I'm going to count down to ten and you better to get out of this kingdom once I finish."
Nicole got up quickly her eyes stayed on him as she ran causing him to count from ten. Zipping corner to corner trying to find her way out she saw the door leading out of the mansion. She grabs the door knob swinging it open causing her to run out as she heard the sound of a gun causing her to turn her head to find Noah aiming a wheellock pistol at her. Clarice screamed at him to stop though he didn't care to listen to his human wife scolding him.
Luckily one of the bullets missed her but who knows where the next bullet might end up next. The safest thing for her to do was head to continue the dirt path leading up to the forest as more shots rang out.
All she could do was run as her friend the only person that was left in her tribe was now stuck in an endless loop with a man who didn't love her but tortured her for his own pleasure.
Tears streamed down her face as she ran with the moisture of tears and hard breathing making it hard to breathe. Her vision began to blur as she ran for what seemed like miles on end until her body finally gave out causing her to slip and fall on a rock. Hitting her head on muddy dirt losing consciousness.