When it was dusk, my extremely exhausted self and the the malemaid found our way to the mansion. l smelt of cow dung and my face reddened in shame. I snuck inside the mansion, desperately wanting to avoid Lady Quinn but luck was not on my side or probably, she has been awaiting my arrival. She suddenly showed up in the dimmly lit kitchen and startled me. She laughed histerically at my disheveled state and made fun of me. She expressed her dissapointment at the male in the field for not taking advantage of me sexually and my heart broke. l dropped my strong facade and cried before her. She seemed to enjoy my cries as she laughed more and happily left the kitchen after satisfactorily enjoying my sad wail and sob. Grace helped me to clean up as she blamed herself for my state saying she failed to protect me. l had to assure her l was fine but l know l wasn't. My bones are not use to the harsh nature of the job and the weather. My skin was burnt from staying out all day under the burning sun. The kicks from the cows left marks on my stomach and legs. My limbs felt like they will break soon and my whole body felt like jelly. l couldn't walk or stand on my own and Grace had to support my weak body with hers. The torture was too much for me. l had never been subjected to such treatment since l was born but Lady Quinn is yet to be done with me. I could not prepare for the office the next day and Lord Quinn seems to have forgotten l exist at all. l would always inquire from Grace if he asks of me from any of the maids but her answer had always been the same. No!. l should have known. l am just a fool that is easy to be swayed and played by men. l had mentally fought myself over my vulnerability to Lord Quinn even though l suffer from pains in every part of my body. l could not sit on my own neither could l walk without support.
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l sat impatiently in the wagon with my heart thumping loudly in fear. I had gone to the office without Vanessa today since she decided to not show up in the early hours of the morning. Some days back, my parents had sent for me without prior notice and whenever they do that, the matter to be discussed is urgent. l had safely sent Vanessa home and had gone to visit them. By the time l would get home, it was dusk already and the maids had retired so l was unable to see Vanessa. l did not see her again for the next two days because she is usually not showing up in the morning for office neither is she there at dusk when l am back. l had always wanted to call for her but l decided against it thinking she might want to take the days off since we had been going to the office nonstop lately. l had planned to request for her unfailingly when l get home that very evening but something else occurred. A malemaid was sent to me from home by the maids.
"Lord Quinn, the head maid came the mansion today but we did not realise that she is already a wild animal. She killed some maids and was going to kill more when we lured her into a room and locked it. I was sent to inform you about this since Lady Quinn is not present and her whereabout is unknown" The malemaid said in one breath. l took in all he said but l was more perturbed by some of his words 'She killed some maids' Who are those maids? Is Vanessa among those maids?
"Who are the maids she killed?" l asked breathlessly as l ran out of the office and towards the wagon not minding the dumbfounded reaction of my workers
"Err..l don't know them, my Lord" The malemaid replied, trying to meet up with me
All l could think of was Vanessa as l sat in the wagon. l yelled at the malemaid driving the wagon to drive faster as l felt the urge to get down and use my inhuman speed to take myself home but it is against the rule of the two worlds and l don't want to cause chaos that will eventually disrupt the balance of the two worlds. l kept cursing under my breath and stomping my legs angrily on the wagon floor. l refused to imagine anything as l tried to keep images out of my head. l tried to think positively while my body drenched itself in its own sweat. l never knew l could be this worried about anything or anyone since the day l was born. My claws began to elongate as my body reacts to my uneasiness and fear thinking l am in need of it to fight or defend myself. l tried to hide it from the malemaid that is sitting opposite me while l closed my mouth short to hide my already protuded canines. Who the hell turned the head maid? Now she has gone wild and ravage. I just hope my Vanessa is fine if not, l...."damn" l screamed. l can't hold it in anymore. My claws are becoming painful with the need to kill to protect the one person l am attracted to. The malemaid is beginning to get scared at my behaviour so l snapped his head slightly to make him go unconscious. The wagon finally ceased moving and l hopped down in haste. l raced to the mansion and flunged the door open. The maids were all standing in group, their hair and cloth disheveled and scathered. l dashed to their midst and searched for a particular face but she wasn't there. l became frustrated as l don't want to open my mouth and bare my canines to the eyes. l also can't start snapping everyone's neck to make them unconscious it will only make them flee from me. l looked through the faces once again but l was not wrong the first time. She is not there! My eyes became more red as my other self is completely taking over. 'Where is my woman?!' l screamed to my subconscious but a certain maid replied as if she heard me
"Vanessa fainted when she saw the head maid's unusual features like extended nails and canines and the brutal scene of the murder. We laid her in her room and locked her in fearing that the head maid might see her. This is the key to her room" The maids rushed out, dangling a key to my face. l sighed and visibly relaxed. l closed my eyes and pushed my beastly features in.
"Where is the head maid?"
"She is locked in the store in the kitchen" The same maid replied. She seems to be the only one capable of talking as the other maids are obviously not in the right state of mind. l left the visitors room and made for the kitchen. l opened the store and there she was, the head maid, looking all beastly and bloody. She sensed l am not human and she began to cower in fear.
"Who turned you?"
"...." she said nothing and only bared her canines to me trying to threaten me. What a joke. l neared her and snapped her head hard enough to make her stay unconscious for a long time. l dragged her to the visitors room, earning loud gasps from the maids as they looked at me in wonder and fear. l dragged the head maid up the stairs and into my room then into the underground cave. l need to know who turned her because turned vampires can never search for blood to the extent of entering a building. They only stay in ambush and hunt passers-by. The head maid coming here only means one thing, whoever it was that turned her lured her to the mansion or commanded her to come to the mansion. Turned vampires are always obedient to the vampires that turned them and that is one of the reasons why some vampires go against the law to turn humans to vampire so that they can have puppets to carry out their bidings and dirty jobs. l tightly tied the turned vampire with strong silver chains do she won't escape and left the underground cave. No one knows about the cave. Not even Isabella.
l rushed back down the stairs only to meet the maids where l left them. l wonder how startled they were. l moved closer to them and said comforting words. l confirmed the rumours that humans are being slaughtered by wild animals lately and feigned shock regarding the head maid being a wild animal and how well she was able to hide it all this while until now. l told them that l took the head maid to my private garden to burn her since that is what is done to such animals like that in the outside world. The maids were devastated and broken at the news so l made them retire for the day. l desperately wanted to see Vanessa but on the other hand, l don't want to raise suspicion. Thank goodness she is well. That is the most important thing right now.