In a large hallway, a blonde woman walked gracefully with a black-haired teenager behind her, who struggled to calm the voices inside his head.
[kill her .. kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her ... kill her .. kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her ... kill her .. kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her ... Kill her]
Inside his head, a voice is screaming at him to grab the blonde vampire before him and tear her to pieces.
From the moment Bella said she would kill Luna, his mind was going crazy.
For the last 5 years, he never experienced feelings like rage or anger.
Why, you ask?
Because there was no reason for him to feel something like that.
After his accident, he never left his home. Literally, he never left his home even once.
For some reason, Iris and Derek never let him go outside.
Why did they ban him from leaving the house? He didn't know, and he didn't care.
As long as he is with his parents and Luna, he doesn't care about other things. Because of that, he never encountered any incident that made him feel rage or anger.
But now someone is threatening to kill the person he cares about, an uncontrollable rage welling up inside him.
"Shut up!" he barked towards the voice inside his mind. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, trying to calm his mind.
Bella saw the frustrated look on Zayn's face, but she didn't say anything about that and kept on walking.
Then she took a left turn and started to walk straight towards the place where the trial would happen.
But she saw two figures already walking ahead of them.
"Hey, Xalthor, is that you?" she asked, calling out to the figures ahead.
The man walking in front stopped and turned back to look at her. He appeared to be an old man, around 70 years old, with silver hair, a white beard, and red eyes.
But Zayn completely disregarded him and focused on the girl standing near him. The girl had green eyes, black hair, and a noble face.
Well, you must've already guessed who it is by now. Yup, she is Anna Roswell.
When he first saw her, even though she looked friendly, she carried herself with a noble demeanor and arrogance.
But now, all he could see was a little girl who had lost her hope.
"She is one of the new slaves. She speaks too much about how noble she is and how powerful her father is. Pitiful girl. She looks like she doesn't have any real life experience. That's why I thought it would be nice to let her join the trial and improve her experience," he said with a sadistic grin on his face.
"Hahaha, you never change, do you?" Bella laughed, understanding what he was trying to do.
"They say you'll die if you change suddenly," he replied, shrugging his shoulders.
Then a wide grin appeared on his face when he saw a boy with heavenly beauty beside her.
"What are you going to do with him?" he asked, pointing towards Zayn.
Bella slightly glanced at Zayn before answering him, "Nothing. He is my slave who is going to participate in the trial."
"Who are you trying to fool here? Are you telling me you are going to let him die?" Xalthor scoffed, warning her not to lie.
"Yes, it will be a waste, but I can't do anything about it," she said, maintaining a serious face as if there weren't any other reasons.
Seeing her trying to maintain her serious expression, he chuckled, "So you are saying you won't turn him into your mate after he dies?"
"Ye..!, Wait, what did you just say?" Her eyes widened in shock.
"Heh, you're not fooling anyone. You're planning to turn him into a vampire after he dies and make him your partner, right?" He said confidently.
"What?!" She gasped, her serious expression melting away as a hint of blush colored her pale cheeks.
"I know why..." Before he could continue teasing her, she burst out in anger.
"Shut up, you old jerk! Why the hell did you say that out loud? That's it, I'm going to kill you!" She roared angrily
Fuck! She lost it.
"I think the trial is about to start. See you later." He said as he swiftly picked up Anna like a sack and vanished.
"Don't run away, you bastard! Come back here!" She shouted, turning her head left and right to see where he had gone.
"Tsk," she clicked her tongue and glanced at Zayn to see his reaction.
But she didn't see any reaction on his face; he just stood there, devoid of emotion.
"Let's go," she said, moving forward, with him following behind.
After a while, unable to contain her curiosity, she decided to ask Zayn.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" she asked as they continued walking forward.
"About what, Master?" he tilted his head in confusion.
"Don't act like that. I know you heard everything about the vampire thing, so why didn't you ask about that?" she asked with a serious tone.
"Well, there's nothing to ask," he shrugged, as if it's not his concern.
But Bella thought that maybe he liked her, which is why he didn't say anything.
Well, who could resist her charm?
She stopped moving and turned towards him. "Oh! So you're okay with being my mate?" she beamed as her fingers trailed his cheek.
"No," he bluntly answered.
"What?" She frowned, taken aback by his response
"I will only become your partner after I die, right?" he asked, still not showing any emotions.
"Yes"
"Then there's nothing to worry about"
In his emotionless face, a slight grin appeared.
"Because, I won't die."
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A/N:
What do you all think about the chapter? Share your thoughts. And if you're wondering about the fight, it will begin in the next chapter. It's my first time writing an action scene, so let's see how it turns out.