The Ice Queen's Hidden Ace

“We are doomed. Our entire race will be vanquished if Dominic Vanhuesan were to take the throne”, General Rodriguez spat out at venom at a frightened, terror faced King Andrew, the vampire who ruled over all the ancient vampire clans.

“He is the most pure-blood vampire in this world. He is the direct descendant of Count Dracula. If he lays a claim on the throne, no one will be able to challenge him.”, Natasha, the Queen Mother declared dryly.

The entire room shushed as they took in the weight of her words.

The stone palace suddenly felt ice cold and gloomy instead of mysterious and beautiful. They were currently in the hidden, underground, chamber room in the palace.

“All of you seem to be forgetting a vampire who has blue blood too and has an irrefutable claim to the throne”, Melissa Langdon, the former Vampire Queen declared haughtily.

Natasha narrowed her eyes dangerously at the former Queen and tried to stare her down, but to no avail. The former Queen was not an easy woman to mess with. After all, she was known as the Ice Queen for a reason.

“She swore never to come back.”, Demetri, the general’s right-hand man said, huffing out his shoulders in frustration.

“And she has good reason not to, after the way she was treated in the palace.”, the General spat with venom in his voice, his eyes glaring daggers at the current Queen Mother.

“But she is the only one who stands a chance against Vanhuesan”, King Andrew muttered nervously.

Natasha immediately shut her son up with a deadly glare.

“But we have no means of contacting her. She just vanished. No one knows where she is right now. I have been trying to trace her with my powers too, but she has become more powerful, powerful enough to hide her entire presence from a tracker”, Demetri said simply, feeling a tad bit bit proud that she was able to over power even him.

Melissa Langdon was gleeful that at last these male chauvinistic vampires had seen her daughter’s competence and power. Even the current ruler, King Andrew had resignedly agreed that he was inferior to her daughter.

“She won’t come back….She hates the palace…she wants nothing to do with us”, General Rodriguez repeated again with conviction. He was sure that his foster daughter would never set foot in the palace again. She had completely gone rogue and left their clan without even saying goodbye.

It still hurt him deeply that he had failed the little girl, who he had raised as his own when the former Queen had abandoned her.

“She will for me…..”, Melissa Langdon replied calmly.

The General looked at her dubiously before he replied stoically, “I mean no offence, Your Highness, but though she is your daughter, your relationship with her has always been very strained. She doesn't even acknowledge you as her mother. To her, you will always be the woman who abandoned her at birth.”

The Ice Queen stared down the General as she replied in an icy tone, “That’s exactly why she will come back if I ask her too. She loathes me and can’t stand me but she owes me a favor. For a vampire as proud as her, owing a favor to a person who you loathe the most is unbearable and she will take any opportunity to cut me off permanently because as long as she owes me, her essence is still connected to mine.”

“She owes you? For what?”, General Rodriguez asked curiously. His foster daughter was a very independent vampire who wouldn’t even come to him for help when she got in trouble. So, he was more than curious to know what kind of situation made his daughter so helpless that she had to get help from her birth mother who she hates the most in this world.