Alessandro sat in the darkened room of his study, every candle had been blown out. He sat facing the wall, he had been in that position for days now. His skin was paler than usual he hadn’t fed for a while. Despite the collaborative efforts of all the guards to find Isabella, there was no lead on her whereabouts. He missed her it almost tore him apart, he had lost his touch with reality. He heard the door to the study open, no one had dared come to him in a while for fear of what he would do. He had almost killed a few servants and they had taken the initiative to steer clear from him. He wondered who would dare to come in, he couldn’t make out the scent of the person cause his senses were mulled. However, he couldn’t hear a heartbeat so he knew it was a vampire. “Alessandro?”, he heard his father call. He ignored him, his father pulled a chair and put it in front of Alessandro and sat across from him. “I want to talk to you, Alessandro” “About what?”, Alessandro turned to him, “
Shadows soldiers were in the basement trying to ensure that the equipment was ready for use tomorrow, knives were sharpened and laced with even more silver. Shadow and Louis were supervising when they heard a racous in the main hall. They rushed out to meet Gwendoline in a large cloak in the main hall, a heart dripping blood in her hand."What are you doing here?", Shadow asked in obvious displeasure, he did not like her guts. Someone who was able to betray her kind and her lover could not be trusted."I thought I was part of the group?", She smiled, "It's always such a pleasure to meet with you all"."I would say the same but seeing it's you, I would be lying through my teeth", Ursula sashayed in the room."Cecily, always the...""It's Ursula to you now", Ursula replied through clenched teeth."I prefer Cecily more..."Ursula raised her hand and a fireball floated, she proceeded to toss it at Cecily before Louis stepped in between them."Calm your horses' women, we cannot fight among
“If it’s not the famous prince Alessandro and his father”, Shadow said, he turned to Kieran, “Oh I see you brought along your mischievous second in command” Alessandro smirked, “I’m glad you know who I am. Trust me the stories you hear about me are true, only a lot worse. I wish I could say I knew who you were but I don’t, so who the fuck are you?!” “As far as introductions go I’d rather be remembered as the man who conquered Vampires and brought you to your knees before slowly putting an end to your cursed existence!”, Shadow replied with a manical smile on his face. Ursula smiled, “Too bad, you don’t have your little guards to help you. It seems our plan worked. While our men are scattered about killing your people, your guards are fighting back leaving you all defenceless”, she turned to the men behind with the drawn arrows, “You seem to be greatly outnumbered”. “Well, there was a flaw to the big plan. Give me some credit will you?", Malcolm growled, “I’m an alpha vampire king.
Alessandro and Kieran searched through the castle, every inch of it. Alessandro had thought it was dumb to search for Gwendoline in the palace. It was Kieran's idea but when he found her in her chambers stuffing clothes and jewels in a bag, to say he was surprised was an understatement."I knew you'd be dumb enough to remain in the castle after what you have done and you sure didn't disappoint me", Kieran chuckled unamusingly.For the first time in her long life, Gwendoline lost her usual cheeky smile and stood frozen on the spot as Alessandro approached her with a menacing look on his face, "You shouldn't have done what you did Gwendoline. You shouldn't have touched a hair on her head let alone attempt her life".He grabbed her arm, "You have not only wronged me and Isabella. You have wronged the whole of Isle and betrayed your people. I don't think there's anything more despicable than that".He grabbed her neck and lifted her till she was above the ground."Alessandro please do not
Alessandro absent-mindedly sat through the meeting. He had wanted to stay by Isabella when she woke up. He hoped to get the meeting over and done with as quickly as possible but these vampires seemed to have other plans. His father was not fully recovered and that bothered him greatly, he had a lot to deal with, and talking with the vampire kings was not on his priority list. Kieran ran through all that happened again. Alessandro growled, “Draco it’s pretty simple to understand”, Alessandro interrupted Kieran. Draco was a prince, son of King Draven, “They laid an ambush, took us completely unawares, however, every single one of the scoundrels is dead...”, he shrugged lightly, “Not exactly, but it is inevitable”. Kieran sensed Alessandro’s agitation and picked up from where he stopped, “What’s more important is suggesting long-lasting ways to prevent a recurrence”. “I suggest we send more troops...”, King Sebastian said. “That has not helped us", Alaric commented, “If matters were n
Isabella watched as her mother and Alessandro shared a look, something was not right about their expressions, she panicked, “Alessandro are you keeping anything from me?” His grey eyes met hers briefly before they fixated on her mother, “No, however Queen Violet...has a lot to tell you" She turned to her mother, “Mother...” Queen Violet nodded, “Yes my child I do", she held Isabella’s palm tightly, “I want you to trust me, my child, I have never loved you any less than I should have. You mean so much to me" Isabella began to worry, “Please Mother tell me what it is?” “We’ve kept so much from you my child. I and your father", Queen Violet wiped her eyes, “Your father wasn’t who he appeared to be...” Isabella nodded, remembering all Louis had said about her father when she had initially heard about what he had done to Alessandro’s mother, she didn’t dwell on it, a small part of her hoped it was all a lie, except of course after Queen Penelope had confirmed it herself. She wanted t
When they were outside, Alessandro looked at her, “I hope you will be fine, I’ll send Aunt Marie to you. I need to check on some things”. She looked at the worried expression on his face, “What is the problem, Alessandro?” “I need to see my father” Her eyes filled with concern, “Can I come with you please?” He paused for a moment before nodding his head and led her towards his father’s chambers. They walked in, and a few servants were gathered around him, he was pale as ever but he managed a smile when he saw them walk in. “Excuse us", Alessandro ordered the servants. They scurried away. Alessandro and Isabella sat beside his bed. “I thought you had abandoned your father”. “I couldn’t bear to see you this way”. They said nothing for a while, they just sat staring at him. “Why do you both look like you’re attending my funeral, I mean I’m still alive", Malcolm managed a short laugh. “Father you can’t be nonchalant about this, you’re not healing”, Alessandro replied, “The sil
Malcolm had fully recovered and gone back to being his usual arrogant self, the people were calmed but Alessandro knew he needed to find a long-lasting solution to their problems. The court was going back to normal and people were going about their normal life as usual. However one person had not fully recovered, Isabella. She had not stopped blaming herself for all that had happened. She had disassociated herself from any form of human interactions, even Marie could not do anything to uplift her mood. She stayed tucked on the couch barely eating. Marie had advised that she needed to deal with her grief anyhow she pleased at her own pace but his patience was wearing thin, he couldn’t bare to see her like this. He opened the door to his chambers to see Isabella sprawled on the couch, twirling her locket in her hands, if she had noticed his presence she didn’t show it. “Belle I think you have punished yourself enough", he said, “It is not your fault that your family was too deranged t