Chapter 40

Chapter 40

King Bryans POV

She looked stunning in the new dress that I had gotten her. She wore it like a true queen. She even managed to make sure that her breasts didn't pop out of it too much. We headed down to the dance. Everyone stopped to look at us. Even the elders stopped what they were doing to look at us. We walked down the stairs, and then the music started again. I walked over to the refreshment table and got us each a mug of wine. Rebecca was avoiding drinking blood this evening because she wanted to be able to get through tomorrow without going into a frenzy. She was going to struggle tomorrow, considering she had not drunk a lot of blood while she was younger. I was shocked that even when she was younger, she did not crave blood.

If she did, she would not mention it to me. We danced a couple of songs, then went to sit down. Rebecca walked around the hall, greeting people and talking to people. She wanted to get to know everyone who was at the party. Then she walked over to one person, and he asked her to dance. She politely accepted the dance. She seemed reluctant to dance with him. He then pulled her close, and it looked like he whispered something in her ear. She looked upset when she pulled away. I needed to know what was going on. Why was she upset about what that man did to her?

She turned, and then I could smell her blood. I was by her side in a matter of seconds. As I was carrying her up the stairs, I shouted.

" Take him to the dungeon."

Rebecca was bleeding. She had been hurt, which was making me angry. She has been hurt so many times since being with me, and it's starting to get old. I gave her some blood because she needed it to heal. William came in and started to see her. She was squirming around, and he was struggling to get her sewn up. Even though I was holding her hand. She was still struggling to stay still. I hated watching her go through this. It was hurting my heart. I was starting to struggle as well. After he was done, I went and got her some wine. I put the opium in it. I could never get it stirred up properly. She stirred it up with her finger and then downed it pretty quickly. It would be a matter of minutes before she fell asleep.

While she was asleep, I went to the dungeon to talk to the man who had stabbed her. He was in a cell in the back to prevent him from talking to anyone. I did not want anyone talking to him but me. I wanted to know why he was here and what his intentions were. I approached his cell.

" Who are you?"

"I'm Rebecca's real brother."

" Are you really?"

" Yes, my parents hid me in the woods before they were killed."

" They were trying to get Rebecca out."

That made sense because they did have a boy. I will have to check the birth records. However, stabbing her was not OK. I ripped open the cell and rushed him against the wall.

" Why did you stab her?"

"I didn't. She turned into the blade."

" Is she ok?"

" She will be fine."

" I will investigate your story and find out if you are telling the truth."

" Please do."

As much as I wanted to rip his head off, I needed to know if what he was saying was true or not. I needed to know that he really did not mean to stab Rebecca. If he had no intention of hurting her, then why did he have the knife? Where were my guards that were supposed to be protecting her? Were they too busy having sex in a corner with someone? I knew that Rebecca did not like what she saw. But there was nothing that I could really do about that. Because it was kind of a tradition for all the untamed vampires to have sex with other unmated vampires, there was not much that I could do about that. I could not go against the tradition that would cause issues with the elders. This will pass after the ceremony, and we will be married. Then everyone will leave. Except the prisoner I have now.

Rebecca was asleep, so I went to the hall of records. I pulled the records from Rebecca's clan, which was the woods vampire clan. They were the original king and queen of the vampires. Her parents' file was right on top. I know because I have tried to study it to find out what happened to Rebecca and her family. I never took the time to see how many children they had. I found the paper with the birth records. I looked at the live births. Sure enough, they had two boys and a girl. Rebecca was the girl. The two boys' names were Louis and Ray. So what one did I have in my dungeon? Did I have Louis or did I have Ray? Why have they hidden for all these years? I had a lot of questions for him. I headed straight back to the dungeon. When I got to his cell, he was casually lying on his bed.

"What's your name?"

" My name is Ray."

" Why did you stab her?"

" I did not mean to stab her."

He explained that she must have thought that he was going to attack me, so she was defending me. Although I was grateful that she wanted to protect me, I will discuss it with her.

" Ray, how did you find her?"

" I heard that a gypsy was half human, a witch, and a vampire was marrying the vampire king."

" When I saw her, she looked exactly like our mother."

He was correct in that. She does look like her mother. She could have been her identical twin.

" At first, I thought that she had been kidnapped by you."

" When she turned into the knife to protect you, I knew she was your mate."

I swear that the woman and I are going to have a long discussion about whether something like this happens again. She needs to call me.

" She is recovering."

" I will take you to the palace and get you settled."

He looked shocked when I said that. I was known for being heartless. If he is who he truly says he is, then we can figure it out. There are ways to figure it out. I will ask around. His story does make sense as far as what happened. We need to figure this out if he is telling the truth.