THE SLAVE'S CONFUSION

The Prince knew what he tasted, having lived for centuries this wasn’t like anything he had ever had, and it certainly isn’t human. 

It took every ounce of self-control for him not to suck her dry, he found his powers heighten with each taste as he became intensely aware of his surrounding, her blood was sweeter than anything he had ever had, with a tinge of sweet taste and tanginess which was very much strange. 

He looked at the woman before him, a human that can survive without eating for a week, a human that was able to repeatedly resist his compelling powers and must importantly a human who’s blood was able to rejuvenate him, he was certain that she wasn’t human, but what is she?

“But your highness there has to be mistake, she’s undeniably human.” The head guard countered, the Prince raised his eyebrow trying to see what he guard was heading towards. “Are you saying that your Prince made a mistake?” 

The air became tight as Lucy watched them argue about her; confused she listened eagerly to what the Prince had to say even though she was certain that she was human. 

“N-No my lord, I would never” Replied the guard, Damien looked at her with keen intense eyes, never breaking eye contact. 

“Not that I would expect an incompetent person like yourself to know.” What will a good for nothing guard know? He had lived for centuries and could definitely tell there was something extraordinary about this girl, although faint and almost fading, it was still there and the mystery intrigues him. 

But he was eager to welcome the mystery, the Prince found himself still intoxicated, and as his fangs extended still wanting a taste of her blood but he quickly retracted them not wanting to scare her off as 

he turned back to the guards and said the words 

“I want her.” 

Lucy’s heart skipped three beats, she knew what he meant, she had been warned about vampires all her life as she had run from them too, Vampires had taken her entire family and the blood bank system had constituted her nightmares for years. 

She wondered if she was hearing clearly, how can the vampire Prince want her? The guards started to think the same also because Prince Damien had never gotten a slave, so what was special about her that she was able to catch the Prince’s fancy? 

Lucy knew he would be better than the cell and maybe even better than any other vampire that might buy her, but he was a Prince, he couldn’t be trusted. It was all too crazy as if she was living her nightmare and more. 

“Your highness, I am sorry?” Asked the chief guard still trying to make sense out of the Prince’s request. 

“Did I stutter?” The Prince said with a pause “I want the girl and I will have the girl, or is the request too much for you.” 

“N-n-no your highness it just wasn’t expected that’s all.” The request surprised him too, he never came here with the intention of going back with a slave, it was a mere chore visiting the blood bank system but after seeing the strange violet eyed girl and tasting her blood, he knew he had to have her for himself. 

“Forgive me your highness, but I must interject.” Said an elderly guard that has been watching the whole scenario play out since the Prince had barged in, after getting a nod of approval from the Prince, he began talking. “You claim, the woman isn’t human if that is true or there is a slight possibility that its true, then the right thing to do is to take her to the council.”

Prince Damien knew there was sense in what this man was saying, but he wanted to be the one who would have the girl, not anyone else, not the council or even the throne, just him. 

“You might get to learn this the easy or the hard way, but Prince Damien always gets what he wants.” 

His lips curled slightly as he brought out a pouch from his coat and threw it at the guards, it opened revealing gold coins. “For your troubles, you will find that the contents of this pouch are more than 

sufficient to cover her cost, since I’m in a benevolent mood, you can have it but note this I will have the girl whether you accept the coins or not.” 

The head guard’s eyes widened in astonishment, as he counted the coins, he had never seen that number of gold coins in his life, the coins was way more than what the girl was worth, she was a mere 

human after all, but before he could speak Prince Damien silenced him dismissively. “Now what will it be?” 

 “Your highness, I assure you that your generosity is well appreciated, but this woman is not like others, 

she is strong willed and defiant, she will not bend easily and doesn’t have the characteristics of a good slave because she has not been tamed yet, we have other more compliant ones.” 

The Prince merely arched his eyebrow; his expression was unreadable as he locked the guard in with his gaze. “It is precisely what I find intriguing, now I will not repeat it again, I want the girl now.” 

“Y-y-yes your highness.” Replied the guard with shaky voice 

“What about the lord?” The old guard said in a whisper maybe forgetting that the Prince could hear even a pin drop. 

“What lord? And what concerns a lord with my affairs?” He was already tired of talking nicely, if he wanted the girl, he would have taken her without any explanation, no one will have any complaints by virtue of his status but he decided to compensate him and they all decide to pay back with defiance. 

“A duke already made payment for the girl and is meant to go home with her after the auction.”