Back to the Palace

Back to the Palace
Aiza's POV: 

“Get off of me.” I sneered as the bloody vampire hissed still not moving off of me. His cold body made me shiver and I wiggled my body to throw him off but it's of no use. He is too heavy to affect my fragile attempts. 

“What are you doing near our territory! Who sent you here!” He demanded, i rolled my eyes at him. I don't have any strength for his inquiry and whatever magic shit he was doing a minute ago waned and i don't feel anything other than annoyance. 

“No one sent me and i didn't know it was your territory. Get off of me before I do something.” I growled, my patience slipping away. His icy blue eyes narrowed and his forehead crinkled in a frown. 

“Not before I make you submit and drink your blood.” He threatened, i sighed as i chanted a spell and pushed him off and in one push he fled towards the tree and his body collide with the tree's trunk making him fall on the ground with a thud. 

“Don't underestimate a woman, you jerk. I told you that i don't know it's your territory and no one sent me here, i wandered here.” I turned around left him on the ground looking at me with amusement shining in his cold eyes. 

Lora snickered inside my head and complimented me on how I stood up against the arrogant vampire. 

As soon as the castle came in sight, i stopped walking and looked at it with dread. I don't want to return but there are so many questions i need answers to. 

All i know is to find the purpose of my life and why i have these powers and what exactly I need to do and protect. 

Reluctantly I walked inside the palace and straight to my room. Emily is sitting on the bed, her face troubled and she is biting her nails and tapping her foot on the floor nervously. 

“Em?” I called, her body stiffened and she jumped off of the bed and ran towards me, her eye filled with tears as she hugged me so tightly that an oomph left my lips. 

“Where were you, Aiza? I was so worried about you, i thought something bad has happened to you.” She is blabbering as she hugged me,sobbing like a child. 

“I am so sorry, Em. I should have told you where I was going but everything happened so suddenly. I didn't know I was not in the palace.” I sobbed with her. 

“I am sorry, please forgive me.” I hugged her back, her familiar scent calming me. She is not just my bestfriend but she is my sister too. 

“Don't apologise, what happened,Aiza?” She asked, as she wiped my tears and make me sit on the bed. 

“Veronica is pregnant.” I didn't see her eyes as I told her the news. I felt the familiar pain which I felt when I heard from her, not a bit of it reduced. 

“I know, everyone knows in the palace. The king has announced that he is having an heir.” My stomach dropped and my heart clenched painfully. Tears threatened to fall from my eyes and I wanted to sob but I didn't let it affect me anymore. 

“Great, I just lost it when I heard the news and Quentin followed me demanding what has happened and all and I just lost it, Lora took me into the forest so I won't harm anyone and when I woke up it's already late.” I told her what had happened and what Lora showed to me. I emptied everything from my chest and by the time I finished we were both laying on the bed beside each other. 

“Vampires are very dangerous Predators, you are lucky that he didn't suck you dry.” Emily said, shuddering. 

“Yeah, he was trying to hypnotize me, it worked the first time but after that I pushed him away.” I sat upright and she followed me. 

“What are you going to do now?” Emily asked, her voice turned into concern. I don't have any idea where to start. 

“I don't know, first I need to have control on my magic. I can't just lash out whenever I get upset or angry.” I answered, I need my powers to be in check. 

“Emily? I can't find Aiza anywhere.” Damien barged into the room panting and he froze when he saw me. His worry filled eyes softened as soon as they fell on me. 

“Thank goddess you are alive.” He walked into the room and sat on the other bed. 

“I am sorry, Damien, for troubling you both. I just don't know, I was angry, hurt and sad.” I told him, my heart pinched painfully at the reminder. It's like my head doesn't want to forget about it. 

“Our king is the one who sent me out to look for you. He was worried.” I scoffed at his words. Quentin is not worried about me. He is busy celebrating his happiness. 

Why would he send Damien to look for me? To torment me? To make me hurt even more? 

I won't let him play with me, I won't give him the power to hurt me anymore. 

“He was just doing his king’s duty. There is no concern for me.” I said, my tone sounds indifferent. 

“Aiza! Let's go and have dinner.” Emily pulled me up as we both left our room. My stomach growled loudly and suddenly I am too damn hungry to think about anything else. 

“Where did you disappear to!” Someone asked, my head snapped towards the voice. She is sitting on the opposite side of the dining table. Her eyes are glaring at me. 

She is one of the maids of Veronica and she seems to have so much arrogance due to her being the favoured one to her. 

“It's none of your business where we go and we don't.” Emily answered instead of me. The maid sneered at us before going back to her dinner. 

Emily and I snickered at her reaction before stuffing our faces with some mouth-watering chicken. Laughing with her feels like old times when we used to laugh and talk without any care in the world. 

Sitting here with her feels normal even for a short amount of time. I don't know what's in store for tomorrow but I don't want this normalcy to end.