Chapter 2: Unexpected mail

Tulay pov:

Like every other day I have to tolerate insults from my aunt. Life always wasn’t like this we were a happy family my father, mother, me and my brother but everything crumbled to ground when in an accident I lost my parents. No one knows what exactly happened that day when my parents were found dead in a carriage, everyone assumes that they were mugged.

Things changed that day me and my brother were forced to live with our aunt, our house was sold and our aunt tells us that our parents left nothing for us that clearly is a lie.

I will turn eighteen in three days and obviously nobody cares about it. Once we used to celebrate my birthday like a royal event and now nobody even bother to wish me.

My aunt annoyed voice brings me back to reality and I hurriedly do rest of laundry. Yes I do chores for them because as per say I am living here on their expanse and I should better return their help by making myself useful.

Another grief for me is that they separated me with my brother Ian, he was sent to orphanage because my aunt cannot feed and provide for another hungry mouth as they have five kids of their own.

We live in kingdom Blagden and my aunt and her family are vampire and no my parent weren’t vampires and so am I. Myaunt fell in love with my uncle who is a vampire and he turned her into one and as a result their family is one.

It’s not easy to live in a kingdom where inhabitants actually feed of your blood, when my parents were not dead things were quite but now with them gone and without any lord’s protection we are vulnerable to vampire lust. I did succeeded to protect myself from any vampire attacks as I hide myself almost most of time by hiding inside my aunt house and only go out when I am allowed to go outside with my cousins or aunt. My cousins are not mean towards me nor are their polite but I am okay with it, actually my cousin Lucy who’s my age is my best friend.

A knock on main door pulls me out of my preoccupation. As I open my main door, their stood a postman with royal mail in his hand. My heart starts racing with anticipation. “A royal summon for you my lady” with that postman left handing me the letter. I stood there at the door for a whole minute in daze “what’s that” Lorelei my aunts second born curious questioning forces me to close the door and turn around. Lorelei snatch letter out of my hands and hastily opens it, I am actually grateful for her because I wouldn’t be able to open it with my anxieties.

“My you did what” her panicky voice isn’t helping the situation my aunt also came out of her room see what the commotion about. I am actually shaking with my anxieties, “mother our cousin here is dreaming to become a queen, hilarious” her statement stunned me “what you two are going about and who sent this letter” my aunt asked confused.

“Our little tulay applied for queen candidacy and apparently she is invited to Ajax kingdom next week for the contest”, even in my wildest dreams I thought I would be selected for such an honor. I applied because I thought it would be fun never in my dreams I would be selected for this and even when the letter was delivered I thought they have written to inform me about the rejection.

My aunt laughed sarcastically “you are not going to survive a day there such a shame to die young” with that she left me baffled standing there.

I will be leaving this house in three days on the day of my birthday because it will take two to three days to reach Ajax kingdom. Also I have to say goodbyes to my brother. This situation is so bizarre I feel delusional but one question rings in my head why me? I am not special of course strongest, intelligent and beautiful girls would have applied then why did they chose me also I am a human.

I am so scared right now maybe aunt was correct about her assumption I will be dead on my first day. There is nothing I can do to avoid such situation I put myself into this misery and I saw prince Merikh once with his obsidian blue eyes, chiseled jaw line and high cheekbones he screams stay miles away danger ahead. Oh gods he was so tall might be 6’5 and I am a mere 5’3 I would look definitely look ridiculous against his well built and sky high height. Why am I even thinking about myself with him even this thought made me snicker? Gods what have I gotten myself into. Please be it a mistake because I fear I would never be able to leave that castle again.

Gods please help me!