Blake was happy that the date with the girls was happening inside the palace and not him going to meet them.
He has been giving each of them a flower from his garden since his father wanted him to be more romantic with them.
He smiled blankly whenever any of the girls told him about their happy moments and sighed whenever they told him about their bad past which Blake found meaningless.
it's either about how their favorite dress got torn or how they could not get the stuff they needed the most or how they couldn't go on a trip to the favorite place they always dream of and so on, their happy moments were just worst.
this was Blake's last date for the day and he can't wait for it to end soon, the girl was the worst out of all the other girls that came for the date, she always has meaningless things to say which keeps upsetting Blake.
Her name was Brigitta and she was the daughter to the leader of the red demise coven, who have been friends with my father for years.
"you know, the first time I saw you at your introduction ceremony, I knew we were meant for each other," Brigitta told him, fluttering her eyes while giving him a lopsided smile, she kept on trying to touch Blake, but he wasn't giving her that chance and kept throwing her hand away, giving a fake smile so he won't look rude.
"you know my dad and yours are very good friends, making us the right partner for each other, especially when we love each other," Blake rolled his eyes, she was so full of herself.
"I never told you that I love you,"
"you don't have to let me know, I can see it through your eyes," she fluttered her eyelashes, causing Blake to laugh, as he started to find her dramatic.
"I dumbed so many suitors in the past before because I don't consider them worthy of me, it only you that I considered worthy,"
"I'm grateful you saw me fit,"
"you should be, after all not everybody has such an opportunity," she was starting to annoy Blake, who just kept staring at her with a straight face.
I'm so precious that my dad gives me what I want, he never wants to see me cry, I hope you can do the same," she asked Blake who kept looking at her with a straight face and no response.
"my dad gave fifty human slaves to me, I got tired of them offering me nothing but blood and sex so I had them all killed, my dad promised to give me more before the week runs out" Brigitta continued to brag, hitting her plate that had less food on it with her fork, she didn't seem to notice Blakes astonished face after what she said,
"you know...,"
"I'm sorry, but I have to end our date now," Blake cut in, to stop her from saying anything else.
"Why," she asked in a sobbing tone.
"I have a meeting to attend," he made an excuse, attempting to get up,
"you can skip it, besides your dad knows about our date so he won't do anything if you don't attend," the more she talked got Blake more irritated, he stood up to leave but she stopped him holding his hand tight, releasing it after seeing how his eyes turned completely dark.
he closed his eyes, trying to calm himself from doing anything that might lead to worse.
the girl must have noticed his sudden change of behavior and immediately let go of him.
"don't you ever think of stopping me again, when I said no I mean no,"
"but what if I don't accept your no," she still try to make a move on Blake not minding if he was angry or not, that was the last straw Blake was going to take from her.
Guards," Blake shouted at the frightened guards, who rushed towards him, bowing their heads low.
"Find a way to get her home," he ordered, leaving before they could respond, he went back to his room getting on top of his bed feeling exhausted from all the dates he had to attend, he did even know when he fell asleep.
the knock on his door woke him up it was in the middle of the night, he wondered who it could be.
who's there
I'm sorry for disturbing my prince but the king request your presence
any reason
I don't know my prince he hasn't given me one
he wondered why his father could be calling him at such time of an hour he has gone to all the dates his father had set up for him and couldn't find any reason for his dad to call him again
he reluctantly got up from his bed feeling annoyed that his father was pestering him
he put on his shirt and loosed pants walking out of his room, as a guard who
gave him the message directed him to where his dad was staying.
They arrived at the chamber his father was staying, the guard open the door, revealing his father who had an angry look on his face he was also holding a letter.
"Greeting your Majesty," Blake greeted his father taking a seat beside his father.
"What this," his father bellowed, throwing the letter he was holding towards him.
It was a letter from Brigitta's Father, he was demanding an apology from me with the claim that I had slapped and degraded Brigitta.
"Dad, out of all the things I can do, you actually believe I could do this one?" Blake asked, passing the letter back to him.
"why won't I believe it, you were against getting married from day one," his father snapped back at him.
"It's obviously some cooked-up lie, a father and daughter put together because they are obsessed with being part of our kingdom, he knows there is benefit if his small kingdom allied with us,"
"We also have benefit, if I and the Emperor of red demise coven dies, both kingdoms get to be yours, which will only make all vampire's coven united and able to defeat more mystic that tries to claim power," Blake hated how his father always make this a point, he hated how all the vampire used this as a point of view.
"But Dad we have already proven our power, what more to prove again,"
"with this attitude, how do I believe you won't bring down the whole vampire coven, I'm training you to be a fearless King, not a weakling,"
"But Dad, I'm only trying to make you see a point,"
"and the only point I'm going to be seeing is you going back on a date with her,"
"y...you mean Brigitta, no way I'm not going to do that again,"
"oh...yes you will and that decision is final," he told Blake, who angrily walk out of him.