Lady Serena exhaled when she heard her granddaughter's question. She believed in Amira, however, that didn't mean that she wasn't worried about her granddaughter.
"All I meant is that, you need to be extra careful."She gave her granddaughter a small squeeze on her hand.
"There we go again."A long exhausted sigh escaped from Amira's lips."I already assured you that I'll always be careful grandma."Amira said with a small smile on her lips.
Amira couldn't blame her grandma for reminding her to be careful every single day because she knows that the old lady is afraid to loose her in the same way she lost her son.
Lady Serena nodded her head when she heard her granddaughter's words, that was all that she needed, an assurance.
"You need to get some rest."The old lady informed Amira who smiled faintly at her. The young miss gritted her teeth as she stood up from the wooden seat when the pain on her arm reminded her that she was hurt.
Amira lay on the bed and the old lady covered her with warm sheets. She bent over and planted a kiss on Amira's head and ruffled her hair messily.
Lady Serena was about to walk away when Amira grabbed her hand,she turned around to look at her granddaughter with a deep frown on her features.
"Can you sleep with me, grandma?"She asked with gentle eyes and moved to the left side of the bed as she created space for her grandma.
"Okay if that's what you want."Lady Serena said with a smile on her lips. She heaved a sigh and joined Amira under the warm sheets.
It was hard to say no to Amira because Lady Serena's heart softened when she looked into those brown hazel eyes which reminded her more of her son.
The young miss snuggled close to her grandma. Amira missed the old days when she used to share the bed with the old lady and that's why she decided to ask her grandma to spend the night with her.
_______
Meanwhile in the castle, inside a big room which had a king-sized bed and most of the things were moulded using gold, a man stood at the window.
The strong wind blew his shoulder length dark hair and the dim light from the moon shone on his handsome face.
Prince Zebulon looked into the distance as he didn't look at anything in particular. His mind was miles away from his body.
He closed his eyes slightly and a sigh escaped his lips. Prince Zebulon saw those brown hazel eyes and the haunting gentle smile when he closed his eyes.
The corner of his lips curved into a smile just like the smile that was plastered on the girl's lips. However, it was hard for his dark piercing eyes to change into gentleness.
The sweet smile disappeared from his features when Zeb heard steps from a far.One advantage of being a vampire is that you can hear footsteps from a far.
"Your highness."Prince Zebulon was still smiling when he heard his right-hand man's voice calling him as he approached.
A sigh of frustration escaped Zeb's lips. He hates someone distracting him when he's thinking about the girl.
Zeb turned around slowly to look at his right-hand man who bowed in respect. The smile that was playing on Zeb's lips was nowhere to be seen and it was replaced with a serious face.
"I think I saw her,"Prince Zebulon said with a serious voice. Malachi's eyes widened when he heard the Prince's words.
__________
Seconds changed into minutes, minutes into hours and hours into days.
Days passed by pretty fast since Amira was busy every single passing day, training.Lady Serena couldn't stop complaining because she thought that Amira was working too hard and she was afraid that she might get sick or something.
The wound on Amira's hand was nowhere to be seen as her grandma did a great job of taking good care of it.
Leonard on the other hand came every single day after coming back from the castle to train Amira.
"Good morning."The old lady greeted her granddaughter as soon as she walked inside the kitchen. She walked to her and planted a kiss on her hair.
"Good morning grandma," Amira said with a smile on her face.
"Breakfast is ready grandma."Amira turned around and looked at the old lady with a smile on her face.
"I fried some eggs, cereal and cooked some cookies."She shrugged her shoulders slightly. Amira had woken up early in the morning to prepare breakfast because the old lady has been doing most of the cooking for the past few days since Amira has been busy training.
Lady Serena helped her granddaughter to carry some of the dishes to the dining room. Amira poured the tea rich in herbs into two mugs.
"Great timing!"Amira almost jumped when Leonard emerged from the door which was open.
Amira turned her head to look at her grandma who shook her head slightly,disagreeing with the young man's behaviour.
"Don't you know how to knock, young man?"Lady Serena asked with a raised brow. She picked up the mug of tea from the wooden table and took a long sip.
"I thought there was no need to knock since the door was open grandma," Leon said as he walked towards the dining table.
"It doesn't matter if the door is closed or not. You need to knock."Lady Serena paused and heaved a sigh.
"I taught the two of you good manners."The old lady shifted her eyes from Leonard to Amira who was sipping on her tea calmly.
"Sorry about that grandma."Leonard said jokingly which made Lady Serena roll her eyes a little.
"I will knock the next time I promise."He looked at the old lady with puppy eyes which made Amira raise her eyebrows as a small smile flashed on her lips.
Leonard joined the two Individuals for breakfast. They talked a little and laughed more as they reminded each other about memorable old memories.
_______
"Since the competition is tomorrow, I think it would be better if you don't tire yourself from training too much," Leonard told Amira as they walked out of the wooden house.
"I need some more training Leonard," Amira said nervously as she turned her head to look at Leon who shook his head in denial.
"You have been training intensively for the past week, Amira."He paused and heaved a sigh.
"I know you can win the competition using whatever you have learned," Leon said with a smile on his lips and Amira nodded nervously.
Leon's smile broadened, even more, when an idea popped into his head.
"What about we go to our peace spot?"He asked with a raised eyebrow.