The sun shone brightly allowing its ray to kiss Selena's face as the morning air caressed her sleeping face making her wake up to squint her eyes . She used her hands to block the light rays to see Maria standing beside the opened curtains with a bright smile.
"It is time to wake up, Mistress. You must not be late to greet our guest." Maria said as she entered the bathroom to prepare the bath.
Selena laid back with a groan. " Don't sound so annoyed, Mistress. I did tell you to get enough sleep for today." Maria remarked as she got out and helped her mistress to bath.
The mansion was buzzling with noise and excitement for the arrival of the nobles from different countries. Some of the maids were dressed up to attract some of the nobles.
Xavier glanced at the nobles who were getting out of their carriage with distain, " I hate the crowd." he said as he turned to leave the room. He hated welcoming them to his house but for his wedding, he had to bear with it.
The sound of finger nails hitting the table impatiently was heard when Maria was combing her mistress's hair. She loved the softness of her hair and how it smelled like roses. But she loved her unique hair color the most and she felt preveliged to be her attendant.
"Why are they so many? Do I really have to meet all of them?" Selena said. She really hated being around people.
"All done!" Maria exclaimed as she gave a mirror to Selena, startling her. Selena's hair had been done into a high bun on her head with two strands of wavy hair at the side. " You never seize to amaze me, Maria." she praised her as she admired her handy work.
Selena was happy that Maria was always with her to the extent that she ordered that, Maria was the only one tasked to look after her. Hearing her mistress praise her, she bowed with a smile.
After Maria was done, Selena walked to the mirror to admire her work. "Damn, she could be a fashion designer." she whispered to herself. Selena wore a red gown which hugged her upper body but was loose at the lower part. A black fur had been used to design the neckline of her dress. But she felt like something was missing. She walked to her dressing table and took the necklace that Xavier had given her. "Perfect." she smiled as she wore it.
"Mistress that is a beautiful necklace." Maria remarked making Selena chuckle. "Lets get going then." she replied as they left the room.
"Lord Xavier, how nice to meet you. I've missed you so dearly."said a high pitched voice making Mickel's ears hurt. "Here we go again." he said to himself as he made his way from there, clearly not ready to join the scene. Xavier turned to the vampiress who called his name. "Genniet, it has been long indeed." he replied with a polite smile making the young vampiress blush.
She interlocked her hands with his as she kept talking non stop. They reached a secluded area and Xavier having enough,removed his hands,"I'm getting married, Genniet.Please try to not repeat this mistake infront of my wife." he remarked as he turned to leave. The young vampiress felt her face heat up due to embarrassment. She held Xavier hands and said with teary eyes,"You gave me these feelings. Don't you remember? When you kissed me . Don't you remember you how passionate you were that night? Now you are denying me because you are getting married." Genniet said through her gritted teeth. " Who said most aristocrats do not have the warmth of mistresses. Even if you are married, we can be together." she continued. Xavier yanked her hair and bared his fangs, obviously angry,"Get this through that empty shell you call a brain. If my fiancee gets angry or decides to leave me, I will rib this burden you call a head from your shoulders. Stay away from Selena." he released her hair, turned and left. "I will kill you. Xavier belongs to me. Only me." she said with clenched hands.
Selena was walking to the garden to get some peace and quiet form the noise in the mansion. She had sent Maria on an errand earlier. Her footsteps came to a halt when she saw her second favorite place. She smiled and run into the rose garden. She sat on the swing under the tree and started pushing herself. She failed to notice a certain someone there, "What might a lady like you be doing here alone." the deep voice of a man suddenly questioned, startling her. She turned and saw a man with silver hair and golden eyes, clade in all white. He looked so bright and handsome. 'Is he trying to compete with the sun?' she thought as she struggled to look at him. The man came closer and kneeled infront of her, gently kissing her hand. " You are most beautiful woman here." he said with visible admiration. Selena removed her hand, rubbing it on her dress,"I think you might have been mistaken because I am..." . " Ah you might be a witch. Are you the witch queen's daughter? You don't look like a vampire neither do you look like a wolf. You certainly aren't human with that hair of yours so I guess you are a witch." she was shocked that he was able to make all that up. However she didn't let it show on her face rather her face reeked of confusion and annoyance.
" You must be mistaken because I am a human. I am the future wife of the Duke." she replied trying to clear the confusion. "Haha and I am the Emperor." the sarcasim in his voice did not go unnoticed by Selena. She stood up and left him there laughing on his own knowing well that what she says won't convince him. " Why do you look like her. I just hope you aren't the crimson witch because then I'll have to kill you." he said as his smile vanished and his golden eyes glowed. " You are too beautiful." he said but this time with a huge smile on his handsome face.
" Whoa! So this is the duke's mansion." said the excited voice of Grezelda as she got down and admired her surroundings. " Don't stare too much." her father scolded as they made their way into the mansion. They were directed into the dining hall by the butler. Henry was accompanied by his wife, glanced around the mansion trying to catch a glimpse of her. Patrick, the youngest was just hoping to see his favorite cousin fine and alright.
Far away for the mansion, a man wearing a cloak was seated on the silver throne, blankly staring at the shadow creature infront of him. "Please tell me that you've made some progress in search of her." he asked as his eyes bored into the shadow creature. After some minutes of silence, an agonizing scream was heard from the creature as it evaporated. He roared in anger making other creatures hide in fear. His eyes became pitch black as he turned. "Find that bitch and bring her here. Now!" he ordered making more shadow creatures run to search for her.
His anger caused fire from his body which burnt the cloak and revealing his red hair. " I will kill you. Bitch. How dare you make a fool out of me." he fumed as larva started to flow on the ground. He returned back to his throne to calm his anger.