Chapter 48: Forty eight

Natalia.

My eyes were tied and so were my arms and legs. I didn’t understand where I was and how I got here, all I know is that I was seated in a room that smelled like lavender, my heartbeat wasn’t steady and fear was the only prominent thing in my heart right now.

“Bradox, FIRE!” I yelled in my mind, he tried his best to generate a fire but failed.

‘I can’t, they’ve blocked all our powers.’ He said, I took in a deep breath and began shouting.

“Get me out of here! Please!” I yelled loudly, but I didn’t get any response, I kept shouting and there was no answer, so I decided to give up.

“Bradox, is there any way we can transform?” I asked and he said no, I guess they had locked my dragon.

‘I don’t know what creatures those things are, but they stink.’ Bradox said, I wasn’t perceiving any smell, the only thing I could smell was lavender and it smelt amazing.

“What do you think they want with me? Did you hear anything they said?” I asked, I was sure he heard.

‘They want our fire!’ He said that sounded so weird, what do they want with my powers? And who are they?

“Do you have any idea who they might be?” I asked.

‘I’ve never seen those sorts of creatures before, so no!’ He said, he didn’t sound happy at all he sounded angry and I was certain it was because they had treated us like trash. They tied us up and took our powers, no royal dragon will ever tolerate that.

Suddenly, I began hearing footsteps and they got louder. My heart began to beat tremendously against my chest, I felt extremely scared, especially the fact that I didn’t know what creature I was going to meet.

“Is she in there?” I heard the voice of a male say, and another one responded yes. I could hear the door knob being twisted and the stomping of feet getting louder, I could feel the hair on my body rising.

“Princess Natalia, we meet again!” The masculine voice said, it sounded very soothing but dangerous.

“Who are you?” I asked calmly. Bradox groaned in my head, wanting me to say something rude.

“My name is Damien, Damien Vallord, The King of vampires.” The man said and my eyes went as wide as saucers, those they were firmly tied.

“Vampires? But they aren’t real.” I said, he chuckled.

“Oh! We are, darling.” He said, I felt my blindfold slowly being unfolded, and though I didn’t feel any touch, I knew it was magic. As soon as the blindfolds were off, I let out a light scream, the lights were piercing into my eyes. I struggled to stabilize my sight and a blurry image of a hefty-looking man stared back at me.

“You don’t look scary!” I said softly as I stared at him intently, he indeed didn’t look as scary as I had imagined he would be.

“Hmm, are you certain?” He said, his fangs slowly began extending and that made him look hotter.

“Nope, why am I here? And why am I tied up?” I asked, I wasn’t scared of him, he didn’t look scary he looked handsome and nice in the facials.

“I want your powers!” He said bluntly.

“Why?” I asked.

“I can’t tell you, but I want them.” He said. I was very confused.

“You can’t take my powers just like that, they belong to me,” I said, he stared at me calmly. I got the chance to access where I was tied, it was a bedroom and it had all sorts of furniture, it looked beautiful.

“I took a very great risk stealing what belongs to the Lethal King.” He said, I nodded.

“And he’ll come to get me!” I said I know Rome will look for me.

“He sure will, and we are ready to take him down,” Damien said, my heart skipped a beat.

“You can’t hurt him, he’s the lethal king, he’ll destroy you all,” I said, Damien nodded.

“Yes, the way he killed your people right?” He said and I looked away calmly, I hate remembering the fact that Rome killed my people.

“I thought as much, I wonder what you are still doing with such an evil person,” Damien said, shaking his head pitifully.

“He is not an evil person, now let me go! I can’t give you my powers.”

I said and he nodded.

“You are right, I can’t take your powers, you’ll marry me first.” He said and my eyes went as wide as saucers.

“What do you mean? I will not marry you.” I said.

“Yeah I know, and I’m not asking you to either, all I need from you are your powers, and that’s all.” He said.

“And you think by marrying me you’ll get them? You must be foolish.” I said and instantly regretted it, I felt my body starting to break, my whole body was in pain and my screams filled the room while he smiled as he stared at me.

“Keep your mouth shut next time!” He said, and tears began falling from my eyes.

“Don’t do that again, please,” I said, my voice all slurry, my body was aching badly from the pain it had just experienced.

“So, you have to comply with me, or else I’ll have to simply kill you.” He said.

“Death doesn’t scare me,” I said, he calmly sat down on the bed before me and began twitching his fingers. I felt my bones break and my screams filled the room.

“You are lucky that the last time we met you made it to the lethal king's territory.” He said, I felt weak but my memory slowly drifted to the time I had run into Rome's territory.

“What will get from all this? Just let me go please.” I said, with tears flowing down my eyes.

“Revenge and powers!” He said; he sounded like a villain.

“I’ve done nothing to you, what revenge are you speaking of?” I asked, and he smiled.

“Not you darling, that evil mate of yours.” He said I should have known, everyone hates Rome.

“What did he do to you?” I asked and he smiled. He got up calmly.

“Nothing, I hate him because he is feared by everyone, but now that I know his weakness, I shall use it against him.”

“Jokes on you, Rome and I both hate each other,” I said. He began laughing, he created a cloud and it was Rome, he looked as though he was going to tear the office apart.

“He’ll come!” He said and my heart skipped a beat at the sight of Rome.