Chapter 2

chapter 2

After a week of locking myself in my room I decided to go out again and socialize with my brothers. Because if I keep thinking about the man destined for me that I know I will never be with, my chest will only get tighter.

I'm a royal vampire and he's a wolf, there's no way we can be together. And I, as a well-known and respected princess of this empire, have no intention whatsoever of going against the rules that I am aware of.

I can't be a disgrace.

but I still couldn't help but wonder if the wolf had been able to feel my presence. Did he recognize me as a vampire? How does he react when the girl he's destined for is probably a vampire? Did he think like me?

I shook my head and started to open my bedroom door.

I should stop thinking about this shit sin. I am Princess Lily Esmeralda Gazellian, loving an enemy and bringing my life into a mess is not of being an ideal princess.

I stepped out of my room and when the palace followers saw me they started bowing to pay respect to me.

I raised my forehead more as I slowly walked towards the room where my siblings and I often gather. I am known as a very good princess, admired by the whole kingdom and loved by the citizens. And making a mistake in front of hundreds of vampire eyes all over Parsua Sartorias is the last thing I'll do.

I can't disappoint my people, I can't disappoint my family. I can't disappoint myself.

I stopped walking and stared at a follower who was bending over me. I came closer to him, he thought I was going to touch him, but my right hand went to the horse statue.

"It's still too dusty, repeat the cleaning." I said coldly.

"Yes, dear princess..." I didn't answer and quickly turned away from her.

I am not your ordinary soft hearted Princess. I only smile once and vampires rarely witness it. maybe without Caleb, Evan and Finn my lips wouldn't be able to taste a smile.

I am known as the blunt princess. I don't filter my words. And I don't have any vampire picks, be it royalty, council or notables with positions of a kingdom. if I knew what I believed was right, I wouldn't hesitate to speak up and slap a vampire with the truth.

My words can slaughter any living vampire in this world. Most of the powerful vampires look up to me which makes me really proud.

I lived looking up, I lived with my head down, I lived looking up to all the vampires. I'm not going to let it all go away just because I was set up with the wrong guy.

While I was walking, I just felt that someone was walking with me. two of my brothers, Evan and Finn who seemed to have a good night again because of the wide grins they gave me.

"You should try to ask her nicely." Evan said to me.

"What?" I gave him a short answer.

"That servant, don't scare them Lily." I raised my eyebrows at what Evan said. I didn't scare the follower, I just told her the right thing.

"Did I push her? Did I raise my voice at her?" I asked Evan. if he is referring to the way I told the follower earlier, I don't remember anything wrong with what I did.

"It wasn't like that Lily. But you should at least smile? You're beautiful when smiling." Finn answered me. I slightly turned to him and stared at him for a few seconds.

"I can be beautiful without smiling. I am always like this, nothing will change about me." I answered them coldly.

"No, you're not like that Lily. You used to give us smiles back then.." Caleb said softly from behind us.

Maybe I wasn't like this then. I used to smile like them too, but this all changed when a big mess broke out all over Parsua Sartorias.

Our father the king was killed which was a big blow not only to his entire kingdom but also to our brothers and sisters. with father's death, it seems that our queen mother also died of grief, which prompted her to lock herself in a mysterious room that no one can open.

Eight of us siblings were left with the burden of responsibility for the entire Parsua Sartorias. Dastan as the first prince early became a king

While Zen, who is the second prince, his thirst for the destined woman he was waiting for from the other world flared up even more. while the rest of us Gazellians remained shocked and groped at the way the entire kingdom was run. The whole Parsua Sartorias had almost collapsed by then and I couldn't blame myself anymore why my smiles had disappeared from my lips because of these experiences.

"How is Zen?" when I change the subject. We decided to lock Zen under the palace out of fear that there might be more innocent vampires. It has already killed two women because it was able to consume their blood in the intensity of its thirst.

"He's starting to refuse blood, he's going to die if the designated woman doesn't come." Caleb said, I just held my breath.

"Didn't he say this last year too?" Evan said laughing.

"But this time he looked so serious, when will the appointed woman arrive? Zen is dying." answered Caleb. It's been a month since I last visited Zen under the palace.

when I last visited him, he also told me that he would die if we didn't bring the girl from the human world. But as far as I know, the girl destined for him is not yet at the right age and will not be able to cross this world yet.

"Why don't we tell this to Dastan? We can ask his opinion about this." I just said.they just nodded to me and we continued walking until we reached the room where the twins Harper and Casper, as well as Dastan, were waiting for their seats.

"How are you feeling Lily?" Harper asked me with a smile. Caleb's chair pulled me.

"I'm fine, thank you." I answered shortly. When we were all seated, Dastan slowly took a sip and put his hands on the table.

"I have called you all for a meeting." we remained silent and listened to him.

"I want this conversation to go around with us brothers first, before it goes out to the council and other officials of the kingdom." we immediately nodded to what Dastan said.

"We all know that we owe a lot to the Deltora kingdom, it was the first kingdom that helped us when the Sartorias fell. Zen's relationship isn't good and as the second prince of Deltora, it didn't become an obstacle to strain the relationship between the two kingdoms.." I frowned at Dastan's long words. Why doesn't he just straighten us out?

"Just spill it Dastan, does Deltora need our help?" I saw the shaking of my brothers when I suddenly spoke to our king.

"You're so impatient Lily.." even Dastan was shaking his head at me.

"Currently Deltora is facing a bad situation and I want us to support their kingdom here.." my mind was right. How much support does Deltora need from us? They are bigger and have more warriors than our kingdom.

"Not a good situation?" Finn asked in surprise.

"There is already a small conflict between the kingdom of Parsua Deltora and Halla Eberron..." when Dastan mentioned the latter kingdom I almost got chills. In this kingdom we met a wolf destined for me.

"King Tobias assigned their second prince to go here so that he could formally speak with the King of Halla Eberron so that war could be prevented. and to convey our support to Deltora I want three of you to accompany the second prince of Deltora on his journey.." Dastan's words almost made me cry. Even the itch in my knees I can already feel it. I feel like my chest is tight.

I can't go back to the Halla empire, I can't set foot in this empire anymore. We can no longer cuddle with the wolf because I almost lose my senses when I feel his presence.

"Casper, Finn and Lily are the ones I chose to travel with..." I was completely stunned by Dastan's words. Even if I wanted to protest, I couldn't find any reason.

"I want to come too Dastan!" I just turned to what Caleb said. He could be the one to replace me.

"You have to do something in the palace. This mission belongs only to the three of them. Until then, I have some more councils to talk to.." Dastan stood up and started to turn away from us but before he could get out completely there was a catch he told us.

"Tomorrow you will be heading to Deltora. I want you three to be careful on your journey. A vampire from our territory was found lifeless from the forest of Halla who was said to have been killed by wolves. kill every wolf you see on your journey, they are a threat to our race.." my whole body went completely cold.

How can I possibly do that to my own mate?