Jasmine.
Blue, green and white--I laid the color on the portrait before I moved onto the shadows, the greyish shadows traveled down the woman's neck and blended into the collars. The smoothness of the colors was perfect as I'd wanted.I grabbed another brush dipping it into the color and finished the last few strokes on the portrait when Martha's voice came in my ear stopping the movements of my paintbrush soaked in the color Burnt Umber.The happiness ringed inside me."Jasmine, sweetie..." I turned to look at the door and saw her holding a bag full of art supplies and another bag full of groceries, watching her arrival I excitedly ran toward her and engulfed her in a hug."You came, thank you so much!" I rested my head on her shoulder, letting myself feel her warmth--I had seen her after a whole week, ever since she'd been working in the castle she couldn't afford to stay with me like when I was a kid; The castle only allowed the workers and others to meet their close ones once or twice a week. It was even less for Martha since she was a cook in the main kitchen, and her responsibility was more than other workers."How couldn't I? Whilst my precious little child is here!" She caressed my cheek and kissed me on the forehead.Martha was the only person I have in my life, I'd only known her as a family from the time I started understanding. She'd raised me as if I am her own daughter and never in once she'd made me feel that I was an orphan, I didn't even know who my parents were. The word family for me means Martha."Come inside, it must've been a tiring experience in that boat. You need rest," I pulled her with me and made her sit on the bed, she only let out a small chuckle at my action."Check I've got the colors you needed from the fair, See if everything is there," She handed me the bag, and smiling I took a look at the glass bottles full of the liquids."This is perfect," I exclaimed and put the back to the side before I turned to face her, "Now tell me how your week went?""As always, it went fine," She began her eyes shined in detectable happiness as she uttered the next words, "I have good news," She grabbed my hand in her excitedly."What?" My curiosity peeked through."You know working in the castle brings a lot of facilities along with it, don't you?""Yeah, but why are you asking me that?" I questioned, confused."Because I've arranged a Job for you in the Castle!" She chirmed.My eyes went wide in and my brows rose in surprise, the news itself left me both shocked and on the top, "Wait? Really?" I stood up.Only a selected amount of humans were allowed to work in a castle, whilst others enlisted themselves for monthly blood collections that were for the vampires. Each worker got to stay in the castle since they have specific requirements all day long and sometimes even at night when there were specific festivals.It was nearly impossible to find a place there since there were always eligible people wanting the opportunity."Yes!" Her tone held the same excitement as mines."Oh my God, Martha," I squealed and made her stand up then I spun us. She gasped at my sudden action before she burst out laughing.My happiness was not exactly due to the work, it was because I could see Martha Whenever I wanted. Being alone in this house could get boring when I didn't have the painting ideas in my head, Having Martha near me would definitely be the giving me the feeling of Joy in my boredom. I was used to her presence a lot."Silly, girl," She ruffled my hair, "Why'd you do that?""I still can't believe it! I can meet you whenever I want," I spoke," How did you manage to get me this work?""Well, you haven't heard the main good news yet," She added.Another good news? This got to be something more intense than previous."Tell me what it is," I spoke, my childlike excitement hadn't lessened a bit."You're going to be working as The Kings' personal servant,"All the colors on my left at this announcement, the excitement vanished like a puff of smoke and the widening of my eyes did appear again but this time in shock. The feeling of cold water being poured on me appeared heftier than the wind."WHAT?" The shriek left my mouth before I even knew it.Martha's expression changed watching the vivid concern in my eyes, "What happened, Jasmine?""I can't take this job, Martha," I shook my head repeatedly, "Please just put me in some other works such as cooking, cleaning, or anything but I can't work as their personal servant," I said."But why? You will get paid good plus you're not going to need to work all day long. It's only about half of the day and the rest of the day you can do whatever you want," Confusion took over her expression, well of course my reaction was unexpected for her."I've heard that they are very strict and dangerous, they drink from whoever they want moreover they are not fond of humans. I can't risk my life, they might even kill me for one single mistake," I spluttered.Martha looked at me with brows rose in surprise, it lasted a few seconds before she burst into a fit of laughter. The skin beside her eyes creased and she put a hand on her stomach as she sat on the bed, her laugh never stopping.I stared at her, my brows automatically furrowed, "Why are you laughing?""From whom you've heard this nonsense?" She asked, wiping her tears that managed to appear due to her laughter."It's not nonsense," I retorted. The Kings were Dangerous, everything about them was risky."Yes, it is"Martha spoke, "They are not dangerous unless you do anything wrong, yes they might be strict but it doesn't make them cruel in all the matters. And Sweetie, if they despised humans then none of us would've been alive and I'm sure you aren't unaware about their powers,""But, people say--"Martha cut me off, "People will say, it's their choice but most of the time what they say is only rumors. The Kings are Vampires for sure but it doesn't make them cruel towards humans, they are not as what people describe them. They might be cold but they are not cruel,"The lungs in my air that'd been snatched the moment of her announcement seemed to get back inchmeal, I released a sigh debating whether or not I should take this job. Certainly, I was clumsy enough to mess up but from what Martha had said I could consider giving it a chance. At least it won't cost me my life!"Okay, I'll do it," I sighed."You've made a good decision, Sweetheart," Her face lit up and she hugged me."I hope so," I mumbled and pulled away to look at her, "By the way, are the kings Brothers?""Yeah," She answered," They are nonidentical triplets, King Lucien is the eldest--One minute elder than King Micheal whose the second eldest, and King Archer is the youngest.""Oh,""Don't worry about anything, you'll do good," She patted my back,"Now go and sleep, we need to leave early in the morning,""Okay, Martha,"This was going to be a long night for me as well as the upcoming day, I could only hope for my luck to be good at this case. So far the Vampire Kings were still a mystery for me and working for them was going to be a heck of a ride.Jasmine"They aren't bad, right?" I asked for my own needed assurance, the nervousness pumping in and out of my veins made my movements slightly clumsy."Of course, they are not," Martha let out a small chuckle.A small sigh escaped past my lips and my back muscles relaxed from the stiff posture, we got down the boat taking my luggage and the side bag full of art supplies hung on my shoulder; I couldn't live without painting, it was as necessary as water for me.The rough surface underneath my laced boots felt bumpy, the smell of wind on this side of the city was different. My nostrils seemed to catch a few scents even I couldn't identify."Martha, Can you smell it?" I lightly nudged her arm while she was paying the bill to the boatman."Smell, what?" She questioned, looking confused."The scent the wind is carrying, it's different," I complied."Silly, girl," She lightly pinched my cheek causing me involuntarily let out a huff in Disturbance, "You've never been here, that's the reas
JasmineIt had been three days for working for them, and I'd come to a minimum conclusion. Lucien Theron Blackwood—The silent and rude one.Micheal Valerian Blackwood—The overly organized one Archer Stephanos Blackwood—The one who seemed a little normal.Besides their cold behavior, there was another thing worth mentioning--They smelt good, it wasn't as if I was sniffing them but they actually smelt very good. Like, Even if they are a few feet away from me I could smell their scent, each of them had their own habits and the one thing common was they didn't talk much. I had also adjusted myself to keeping the conversations in my head low so that they can't catch the frequency with their super hearing.I was trying to adjust, in short.Right now, I was uncomfortably tossing and turning on my bed due to the sun rays that were falling on my face. I was given a room for my stay, and it was better than my home, to be honest. Staying in the palace and working for them had turned into my on
Jasmine.I looked outside the window and found the sun setting deep under the clouds of the west, the orange hue it left in the progress soon disappeared. The calm nature of nature itself, protruding as the night advanced.I sat on the edge of the window, admiring the soft winds that caressed my face every once and then. Suddenly my eyes fell on a scene outside the window, my brows rose in surprise. Definitely, something I hadn't expected was to see the three brothers outside the palace.King Lucien rode the horse back into a pathway, whilst King Micheal and Archer leaned against the limo. Even though their backs were facing me, within these few days I had excellently learned to recognize them just by a simple instinct. Though it was weird I didn't really pay attention to my thoughts.It was a while before King Archer shifted to sideway and followed by him stood King Micheal, something about the faint shimmer in their skin caused my heart to skip a beat. I couldn't tear my eyes away f
Jasmine.As I had thought yesterday, right now I was staring at King Lucien sitting a few feet away with as always a file in his hand. There were occasions when the file would be replaced by a newspaper or a book and sometimes even a magazine but most of the time it would be any file or document or anything related to his work. Well, of course being powerful didn't give them the allowance to skip all of their duties as Kings in fact the only thing it had done was to increase it. But I had to admit, he looked so good even though all of his attention was on the task, he was writing down something or maybe something related to the blood collections. His hair lightly fell on his face and his eyes remained fixated on the paper, the sleeves of his white shirt were folded up to the middle of his hand whilst he bobbed his left leg up and down covered in the black ripped jeans.Damn it! Vampire males were a thousand percent more attractive than humans.Sighing I rested my head against the wal
Third person's P.O.V"How can you be so careless, Micheal?" Lucien yelled, "She could've suspect us,"Michaels brows knitted together as he stared at his brother, "Oh you better not start that shit," he spat, "How could I've known that my dear brother would be messing with our mate whilst we work hard to the information about her,""Talk quietly," Lucien spoke, his eyes sending a glare in Micheal's direction to which the middle triplet rose one of his eyebrows. Definitely, his elder brother's words were not affecting him. After all, the conversation was about the girl who has been giving them every single of the supposedly existing mate bond but in vampires' history, it wasn't possible for a human to turn out to be such a dangerous predator's mate. Especially when it was not one but three. But since the first day, the symptoms they were getting were pretty much indicating the truth they weren't aware of."And another thing I wasn't messing with her," Lucien cleared his throat," She w
Jasmine.The morning came quicker than I had expected, the sun peeked through the clouds and the rays managed to creep their way through the small gap of the curtain. The weather seemed colder than before, and the temperature was even lower than other days.Definitely, winter was closer. I removed the duvet off my body and stood up, the tiredness of my body seemed to vanish soon as I had taken a few steps. I completed my shower and brushed my teeth removing any trace of the unpleasant morning breath.As I was done drying my hair, a knock on the door was what interrupted the silence in my room. I reached for the door and opened it.A maid stood in front of the room."King Micheal has called you to his room," her eyes filled with jealousy for something I couldn't decipher."He needs his breakfast?" I questioned."No, The Kings have already taken their breakfast," She said."Then Why?" I questioned out of curiosity."I don't know, you should check that by yourself," With that curt reply
Jasmine.It was the night. Surrounded by cold and calming winds.The few days had gone in a blink, not that I found myself complaining about it. Although the palace was busy with the work for the festival. I was very familiar with this festival, it was kind of a vampire thing. The full moon festival held great importance in the vampire criteria.They were supposed to recognize their mates if they are around, although most of the vampires find their mate in the same clan or kingdom but sometimes for some vampires it turns out to be different.I didn't know why I was constantly thinking about why the kings hadn't found their mate yet. Since they were fraternal triplets they were probably going to have one mate.Lucky girl whoever it's going to be.Sighing I walked out of the room, it was very late at night but sleep was no way near me. Since King took the liberty to permit me to use the library whenever I wanted, I didn't hesitate to make up my mind to get a book for myself.Although pa
Jasmine.I meekly made my way towards their room. Today the place was filled with vampires and royals. Beautiful women were everywhere. The overly perfumed women were also there. It could be told without another thought that the festival was going to be huge.As told by King Archer, I was walking towards their room to help them get ready. It was kinda weird to consider that such grown-up men would need help but judging by the royal habits, they were probably used to not doing such little works on their own.The guard opened the door and let me in.I sensed the three vampires' presence instantly as I entered the room.I raised my head to look at them, their beautifully sculpted faces were already distracting. And not when they all looked freshly showered. King Micheal was the only one who looked a little tidy than the other two--His hair was dried and he was fixing his shirt. "Oh, so you are here," King Archer's voice broke my chain of thoughts."Yes, your Maje..." Before I could fini
JasmineLucien zipped up my dress from the back, and Archer was busy admiring me and sometimes either tucking a piece of my hair strand behind my ear or sometimes simply just caressing my face.Micheal stood beside me and silently watched me or I could say was sneaking inside my head. Today was the crowning ceremony or if I said it the way my mates addressed it, 'The start of a new journey.' I was nervous, in fact, it would be an understatement to say it this way.The feeling I was going through could not be described in words. This was not only a ceremony or an announcement for me, there were going to be a lot of responsibilities that were going to come with it.Even though everyone fully believed me, I still couldn't stop worrying. This was a big day for me, and the journey ahead was going to be full of ups and downs but that was not what I was afraid of; The only thing that scared me was that I did not want to disappoint my mates, I feared that I was going to fail to meet their e
JasmineIt was really to see their relationship with their father gradually improving. Over the past few days, the progress I have seen was great. Over the past few days, I have seen them happier than ever and I don't think there was and could be anything else that can make me happier than watching them smiling.Currently, I was sipping on a glass of blood and watching them and dad play chess.Of course, the three of them had ganged up against him yet they were clearly losing the game."You all are so bad at chess," I couldn't hold onto my laughter anymore, "What a shame!""You are supposed to be at our side," Archer spoke in disbelief, the expression of my other two mates was the same."Who told you I am at your side? I have been rooting for dad from the start." I flashed them a smug smile and watched their scowls go deeper."You see boys, you have got no one supporting you with these bad chess skills of yours," Dad smirked, he was enjoying this game more than his sons were.Of cours
JasmineFor a moment before I opened my eyes, everything had gone completely dark, and in the darkness, there were those memories of me and Martha living in different countries for over a century remained there; How she constantly erased my memory after we'd left a place and moved to another was also there. And there were also these remembrances where she took care of me and kept me safe.All the memories struck me at once like a storm and my eyes opened on their own, meeting with the harsh light of the morning sun.My body shot to sit up, my heart beat like a drum, and the cold sweat covered my entire body. I did not notice my surrounding or my mates who were just beside me nor did I notice my extended nails and fangs.I was in a complete perplexing mess for a moment, a haze and the overwhelming feeling of getting myself back— Getting my identity back. But at the same time, I could feel this intense pressure of grief and sorrow. The loss I never got the chance to mourn for, the loss
JasmineThe hidden memories of the past I had been wanting to discover for so long, all struck me at once-- Speeding like a gigantic tsunami and shattering me apart in a second.Now, I did not want to remember those events again; The fear of going through the same pain shook me to my soul. But I was in that same dimension all again— That very same cursed night, in the middle of the agonizing screams of the people of my kingdom, the sight of the place I called home getting destroyed by the gargantuan flames of fire.I watched the scenery of the garden getting crashed by the fire, from far away I could see the sight of those dangerous heartless rogues who were killing everyone, neither did they show mercy to the vampires nor did they show to the human. Even the children were forced to face the wrath of those monsters.My heart stopped, I did not know how I could breathe. The fear that this might be the end of everything left my soul shaken, my heart aching and with all these happening I
Third Person's P.O.V"What?! Jasmine is Lord Fredrick's Daughter?" Micheal's eyes widened in shock, he couldn't believe what he was nearing nor anyone else in the room could.It was so sudden that it left everyone in disbelief and somehow in denial."Yes, she is," Martha said, "She is the princess of the Vaidel dynasty whom none had ever seen, the only daughter of Lord Fredrick and Queen Katherine— Jasmine Doloris Winchester. ""What the hell are you talking about? The princess was found dead beside Queen Katherine's body." Elijah decided to speak. "The girl found beside Queen Katherine's body was not her daughter," Martha let out, "That night of the attack, Queen Katherine and lord Fredrick were the main targets of those rouges after they'd killed everybody. Saving Jasmine was impossible but her parents saved her with their great sacrifice, That was who was found beside queen Katherine was an already dead girl whom queen Katherine intentionally took in her arms and ran to distract t
Third Person's P.O.VAfter an hour-long healing process, Jasmine's wounds were no longer there.The sight of Jasmine's wounds finally disappearing provided some sort of comfort to her mates although their hearts were still aching for her. The pain wouldn't go away until they get to see the smile of Jasmine's again.Steve in his hands had the large syringe filled with Elijah's blood waiting for the healing rays to fully vanish.The room was fully dark and it was kept that way for the entire transformation to happen smoothly. Only one torch was there in the middle of the room that provided a mere amount of lightning helping to keep Jasmine's figure visible to everyone in the room.Steve walked closer to Jasmine, he silently chanted the spells. Unlike Pierson, his eyes had turned black— Completely black to even differentiate his eyes and the tenacious darkness lurking inside the room.Black smoke began to emerge in gusts from the dark corners of the four walls, a hazy wind began blowing
Third Person's P.O.V.Helena's eyes widened watching Jasmine's condition. Not a single word left her mouth, she was shocked as she looked at the most unexpected tragedy she had ever thought she'd have to face.None had ever thought Jasmine would do something like this after knowing how deadly a Vampire's mark was for a human. Elijah couldn't get himself to believe what he was seeing right now. It was one of the very few things he had feared but he had never even imagined that he would have to see Jasmine like this. Surely he did not like Jasmine at first but now as he finally wanted to accept her as his sons' mate, it pained him that the girl who loved his sons selflessly was now gone...But among all these emotions, Elijah also had to face the guilt— For all those degrading things he have said to Jasmine and for all his insulting remarks.But how could he even Apologise? Jasmine was no longer alive.Lucien, Micheal, and Archer were silently looking at their mate, their tears did not
Third person's P.O.VBreaking away from the chains of the intractable effects of the blood moon, the vampires finally came back to their senses but it was too late.They'd already damaged Jasmine more than anyone could ever imagine.Their eyes widened in horror and their hearts stopped beating for a second when they looked down at Jasmine.They couldn't believe what they did to her, how badly they hurt her that there was not even an inch on her skin left that was not covered in marks or cuts they unknowingly gave him.The overwhelming guilt attacked them like a giant wave swashing and hitting the shore with all of its force, they were clueless and most importantly shocked. They couldn't understand why Jasmine did it, why did she even come to this room in the first place."Jasmine, open your eyes..." Micheal patted Jasmine's cheek trying to wake her up, his focus has drifted so much that he did even get the moment to notice that her entire body had gone blue....because of their venom.
JasmineFrom the very moment I stepped into this room, I was aware that whatever I was going to face in this room was not going to be unpredictable, and most importantly I was going to get to the sides of my mates I was used to.And as my dress was thrown away by Micheal and instantly his hand came to cup my breast over my thin bra, I had to stop my pained hiss from tearing through my mouth by biting down my bottom lip.They were not going to be gentle today, nor I had expected them to be when they did not have any control over themselves and going through the terrific effects of the moon that were harsher than anyone could ever imagine.Archer pressed his nose against my skin, tracing it from my shoulder to my neck as he deeply inhaled my scent and his grip on my waist tightened as each second passed.Lucien grabbed my jaw tilting my face to lock me under the gaze of his sparring eyes, and then he slowly traced his sharp nail from my shoulder and stopped at my hip.And then he cut th