Chapter 16

Koryn felt a little bit conscious as she could hear muffled voices talking beside her, but opening her eyes turned out to be a hard task. She forced her eyelid open but it felt like we was making no effort because there was no improvement.

She tried to open her mouth to utter some words, her lips moved slightly but no words came out.

She could hear a feminine voice asking. “Why do you think the lord brought her back?”

“I don’t know. No one understands what he thinks” Another voice said dismissively.

That was what she heard before she passed out again…

By the time she gained consciousness it was already dark.

She opened her eyes slowly and glanced around, she was in a medieval looking room.

It was brightly lit, with magenta curtains. A moisturizing table with a beautiful mirror.

A beautiful chandelier was hanging on the ceiling as it enhanced the beauty of the room, there were beautiful luminous candles at the side as well.

She groaned as she got up slowly, she felt a searing pain on her left shoulder, it was an injury she incurred from a vampire. Then she took a look at it, it was wrapped up nicely with bandages.

She wondered why they even bothered to bandage her wound when she would be healed in a couple of hours and they were enemies.

She managed to stand up from the bed while dragging her heavy body to the balcony and she looked out. It was already dark and she wondered what happened while she passed out.

“What are you thinking about little wolf?”

She heard a low voice whispering close to her ear and she turned around swiftly in shock.

The masculine figure was much more taller than her, she craned her neck to take a proper look. She took a step back as her heart dropped when she discovered who he was.

He was the vampire who led the attack in the garden earlier.

Alexavian’s eyes trailed on her as she took a step back, it seems like she has figured out who he was.

“Why am I here? Why did you save me?” She asked apprehensively. She could vaguely remember someone standing before her few moments before she passed out.

Alexavian smiled at her scared look “Because you begged”. He said bluntly.

Koryn’s lips twitched slightly, yes she begged but they were enemies and he wasn’t obliged to help her.

“And I like them” Alexavian said slowly as he took a step forward.

Koryn another step backward and asked “What?”. She was confused. He liked what?

“Your eyes, they look like gemstones” Alexavian answered as he stared intently at her.

Koryn held his gaze as she heard his words. She withdrew her gaze as she observed him again “

He looked pale yet not sick. His raven hair were combed forward, and his dark obsidian eyes held some strange glint. He looked petty handsome.

Then she remembered , he was the werewolf they saw outside the packhouse, or rather they thought he was a werewolf.

“Like what you see?” Alexavian asked as she was staring at him intently without blinking.

“What were you doing in Wolfendon” Koryn asked as she ignored his question.

“Oh that? I was just passing by”. Alexavian mused. Seems like the shadows he saw that were staring at him from the third floor was her and someone else. He knew someone was staring at them that day.

Koryn squinted , how could he be passing by the packhouse? He couldn’t even be bothered to think of a suitable excuse.

Alexavian covered up the space between them and Koryn held her breath, he was too close. “Don’t even bother trying to escape little wolf, you won’t get far” Alexavian smiled as she starred into his eyes. Her eyes were tantalizing.

“Are you locking me up?” Koryn asked. She wouldn’t allow him to lock her up if that’s what he planned to do.

“No, you might heal quickly but you still have some amount of smoke that you inhaled in your lungs”. Alexavian looked as if he was wronged.

Koryn nodded slowly, seems like she misunderstood.

“The maids will bring your dinner shortly” Alexavian decided to withdraw, he doesn’t want his prey to get scared and decides to run away.

“Thank you” Koryn almost whispered. She never knew that there would be a day where she would feel indebted to a vampire.

Alexavian nodded and walked out of the room.

Koryn looked at his tall frame as he walked out gracefully and sighed as she walked towards the bed and sat down.

Then she remembered something, they might still be looking for her at home, she forgot to ask the vampire for a cellphone. She had to inform them that she is okay.

She got up from the bed and looked at her dress. She was wearing a long white flowery dress, it seems like the feminine voices she heard earlier were maids who were dressing her up.

Koryn walked out of the room, the hallway was duly lit and empty, there was no one on the hallway.

She took another step down the hallway when she heard a calm voice behind her “Are you looking for something miss?”

She jumped up in fright as she turned back to look at the owner of the voice. It seems like they love appearing behind someone in Viserryan, it was scary. “I am looking for the lord of this manor… sir” Koryn said skeptically as she placed her hand on her chest to calm her heart.

She assumed that the vampire who saved her was the lord of the manor because she overheard the maids earlier.

“My name is Jules miss” Jules said hastily. He couldn’t afford being called sir by her.

“Follow me” Jules walked past her to lead the way.

Behind him, Koryn nodded and said “You can call me Koryn too not miss”. It felt awkward to be called miss by him.

Jules hesitated before he said “Ok”.

Koryn smiled and nodded behind him, even if he couldn’t see her movements.

They walked down to the last door on the hallway and they stopped. Jules knocked on the door and waited for a reply.

“Come in”. A voice ushered them in from inside.

As they walked in, Koryn looked around. It was a study, she thought they were heading to his room.

The study had a big table where Alexavian sat working on some documents.

Her gaze focused on Alexavian, he looked calm and innocent as he focused on the documents. There was always something about men who are focused on books, she dared not make a sound as if she would disturb the beautiful moment.

“What’s the matter Jules” Alexavian asked without lifting his gaze from the document he was reading through.

“My lord” Jules called out to get his attention from the document.

Alexavian frowned slightly and glanced at Jules when he saw a white dress behind him. He made a gesture for Jules to move aside. Jules swiftly moved aside and Koryn was in his full view.

“Is there anything wrong?” Alexavian asked softly. The maids were about to bring her dinner, there was no reason for her to look for him.

Jules felt as if he was in the wrong castle. He had never heard Alexavian spoken to anyone that softly before, not even to his brother.

“Please I need a cellphone to contact my family”. Koryn said, she felt as if his dark eyes were soul stirring.

“Oh that? I don’t have one?”. Koryn was jolted out of his reverie as she looked at him as if he was alien. How could he not have a cellphone in this day and time He looks rich enough to have one.

Then she remembered how Viserryan looks like, a phone might really be scarce here.

Alexavian looked at her reaction and smiled widely, she was so cute. “I know someone who has one”.

Jules looked at Alexavian’s wide smiled and he was shocked again. Does anyone knows who this impostor is? His lord is missing.

Alexavian got up from his chair and he glanced at her feet “Why are you walking barefoot?” He frowned.

Koryn looked at her feet and clenched them together awkwardly. There wasn’t any footwear in the room.

“Tell the maids to bring a female footwear”. Alexavian instructed Jules as he took long strides towards Koryn and lifted her up with his hands behind her shoulders and her knees.

Koryn was surprised as he suddenly lifted he up, she quickly wrapped her arms around his neck to make herself more stable.

Alexavian smile slightly at her reflex action and walked out of the study.

Jules shook his head. He couldn’t handle anymore surprises from Alexavian.

Alexavian walked down the hallway and stopped at the door that was after her room.

Alexavian dropped her gently on the ground and knocked on the door but there was no answer. He listened in and he could hear noises from the room. It seems like Andreus was quite preoccupied.

He twisted the door knob and he discovered that it was not locked and he walked in.

Koryn walked in behind him and was astounded. The interior of the room was like a modern day room, unlike the one she stayed in that had a medieval interior.

She heard two male voices arguing loudly and she turned to check out what they were arguing about.

Two young men were seated on the ground, crossed legged. They were playing a video game and they occasionally argued with each other at the top of their voice.

Someone caught her eyes, it was too striking to miss. The red-haired man was seated with another dark haired man. He would occasionally raised his hand to hit the black-haired man on the shoulder while cursing.

“This will make it my fourth victory in a row” he black haired man said smugly. No one could defeat him in this game.

“Don’t be all smug, I will surely beat you in the next round” The red-haired man said optimistically.

“You have been saying that for a while now”. The black-haired man taunted. THey have been playing for hours.

“Shut the fuck up”. The red-haired man cursed.

Koryn was stunned, how was this possible? She called out the name that was at the tip of her tongue “Xylon”.

Xylon hurriedly looked back without even thinking about the game and he quickly stood up as he stared at Koryn in surprise.

“Hey, you lost again”. Andreus said while laughing loudly. He glanced at Xylon and saw that he was standing up, looking at the direction of the door.

He turned to look at the door and was surprised to see his brother standing “Brother what are you doing here?” He asked uneasily. He was totally screwed.