They didn't expect to find the stranger whose daughter they had said, right before their front door bearing gifts towards their son, with an army of carriages bearing a flag. They who wanted absolutely nothing to do with nobles had now become acknowledged by one, and now he had prepared to formally greet them. "The last time we met I could not introduce myself, so allow me to do it now. I am Archduke Nikolai of the northern duchy of Moscow, this is my wife Katherine, we're here to formally thank you for your help." Not a moment did they hesitate to bow to the ground. A man of his status has visited low class commoners, it only proved how much he loved his child. As commoners, the majority could not imagine that they would ever see the face of nobles, if they ever came across any then they would be humiliated and belittled by them, so it was best to avoid them as much as possible.
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There she was once again, standing in the middle of the numerous maids and escorts, of course it was expected of royal blood. "You again." Malicay said he stood still right after opening the door, gazing at the child who was glowing with happiness.The people behind her did not like the word 'you' being used to identify the lady. They were upset, but there was nothing they could do about their mistress not minding the rude word.The child just stood with a bright smile, it wasn't until her special maid had tapped her that she came to her senses, seeing her behavior again, it was almost as if she was bewitched. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Rebecca Nikolai, daughter of Archduke Nikolai of northern Moscow of Russia." Malicay, who looked hardly impre
Their friendship could be defined in one word, inseparable, wherever Rebecca went, so did Malicay. As they grew, the aristocrats who were thirsty for gossip slowly began to whisper about the story of a commoner and a princess who were slowly becoming more than just friends. Duke Nickolai overlooked this, to him it was the best gift his daughter had ever received, and her mother also agreed that it was the first time she's having such a lively expression, and if that was to ever happen then they would not hesitate to make their daughter happy regardless of society and culture.The two were always exchanging gifts, birthday gifts, celebrations gifts, congratulatory gifts and more. In the third year of their friendship, Nikolai and his wife Katherine were summoned back to Russia, they however left their daughter in the care of her aunt, Katherine's sister.
The couple's joy knew no bounds, since they were young and carefree nothing could absolutely come in between their happiness at the moment. At least that was what they believed. But fate had other plans for the both of them, they were just about to go through their toughest test, and face the cruel reality. The news has reached her parents by a letter from her aunt. They were in full support of it, for they had already grown fond of ths boy. "How would you allow such a thing." But there was one person who was against their union however, and his name was Daniel, he was Rebecca's older brother who was older than her by three years and who had an undying love for his sister. "He is a peasant." "And he loves your sister very much. She was the one who confessed to him first, she was very brave I must say." Nikolai admitted. It was a very spic
As promised, Daniel arrived in Austria, but that was only two months after he left home, from the gates, he could see just how happy his sister was, and he could tell that she has found a good match. At hearing of her brother's arrival, Rebecca rushed out to greet him, but he was only ever interested in one person, Malicay. "I would kike to have a word with him if you don't mind sister." That was the first thing he said upon meeting the two. Rebecca was already afraid, she kept biting her fingers from nervousness as her aunt and the maids tried to calm her down. Malicay sat nervously, his sweaty hands could not be controlled because of the pressure from her brother. "The princess is returning to Russia soon. There is to be a family celebration, and the princess and her fiance are expected to be together." Malicay's world did not slowly crumble but crashed in a instant. He could not move, his reasoning stopped and Malicay's tears slowly dropped, wettin
Today is my first day of being regular Mirabel, starting today I am no longer the Vampire queen, who's human, but a single mother. We arrived at a small town in Vienna, and I found out that Malicay had been born and had his entire childhood in this place.The place we moved into was Malicays' home, it was a beautiful house with a nice garden, its built with clay bricks to show it was really old, however it looks beautiful and modest, there's a fountain at the entrance and a huge tree with a swing, Ethan would love it here, only if he gets to stay here for a long time. Honestly, am not sure how long it'll be before he finds us, but am quite certain Richard won't let it slide.Gosh, it looks beautiful and well furnished, the floor was tiled with a wooden tile and the ceiling was wonderfully painted, it had a small bar but no tv.
Jack.We were at Emir's place for a week seeking knowledge from her. She was said to have played a huge role in subduing Emerald during the war. My phone rang all of a sudden, it was an unknown number, I wanted to respond, but unfortunately Emir wasn't a fan of technology so I ignored it. Then it was Jakes' turn, he wasn't me so he picked up not caring about Emir's presence. His eyes widened and he almost dropped his phone, the look on Jake's face was not something I was expecting, something must have gone wrong. I rushed to his side. It's unusual for him to drop expensive stuff, so it's important. The look in his eyes was bizarre, "it's Mira." That was all it took to send us packing. All through the trip Mal was hyper, yelling at us to drive faster, regardless of how fast we were, Mal was just not satisfied.It took us three hours to get us to ou
Rather than get scared or try to avoid him, Mal smiles. "You made it." Malicay says. I couldn't understand if they knew about this place and decided to meet up here or it's a coincidence, or if Malicay had told him where they were. "I was wondering how long it would take." What is going on?"You were never good at hide and seek. Not from the first day we met." Malicay was facing Richard with a smile, but Richard had the opposite look. He looked at him with nothing but hostility and resentment. "That was years ago when I always had your back Mal. When I took care of you for fourteen years, making sure you aren't hurt and what did I get in return, your cruelty." Richard says as he stops a few steps from him.Malicay smiled and raised his hand to silence him. "Everything I did, needed to be done. They were just actions a ruler needed to
Something bad was about to happen, I could feel that much. I don't know why he's being like this, but I have a feeling he's up to something crazy once again. We arrived home and heard that Mira was asleep. Malicay walked into his room without a word, and we were too busy trying not to get on his bad side to ask about what was going on. I took a stroll around the house, I myself knew nothing about Mal, I could still remember the first day I saw him, Mal was as fragile as glass, and whenever he was hit, he would run to a corner to hide and cry, his eyes looked like those which has given up on hope and I wondered what the boy could had possibly gone through to look so miserable, but even so, he never once complained to us, and I feel horrible because no matter how physically strong he was on the outside that surpassed our abilities, he was still our little brother, and he clearly needed attention. Just once, if I had asked him just once, I wonder what hi
Laughter and music plays through the elegant hall. Everyone danced to the rhythm of the waltz, everything seemed perfect and yet, one person remained who looked lonely even while being crowded by many. An average height, fair skinned red haired woman laughed with everyone with a mask of happiness but beneath that mask was a lonely woman. That woman was me.Today marked my twenty-first birthday and my father who was a man of luxury decided to hold what is supposed to be the most lavish birthday, however I could not feel a single ounce of happiness, rather I felt empty. "Adeline." My older sister called. She and my older brothers were bent on introducing me to what may seem to be potential husband candidates. The problem was I did not like any."Adeline, hurry up." Why did I have to be the
As much as I wanted to rip him apart, I could not move and I was still in the hands of this lunatic of a woman. "Well then let's get to work." He said while staggering. He walked up to a rock that was shaped oddly like a chair and sat down. "Since her majesty now has the heir to the throne out of the way, I believe that makes her the only pure blooded Ego and rightful queen seeing that Erika over here has given up the position already. So I have played my role." He said without any sense of shame or guilt."What about her?" Richard says, I was on the brink of tears seeing that he was not moved after seeing both his children dead. I thought we could start over. I made a mistake."You monster. How could you, you killed innocent c
Gah!I woke up dripping wet from cold sweat. "She's awake." A voice says. It was my father. I looked around and found fewer people than before, the twins, Nessa and dad, but where's Malicay and Daniel, I wondered."Martha, what happened to Martha." I asked but everyone looked away, they had a troubled look and most importantly they were sad.Vanessa moved forward and signalled father to let her speak. "By the time Malicay had arrived, she was already dead. The dagger that pierced through her heart was a silver dagger, I'm sorry." Again, she died again. I can't imagine how much I owe her, for taking care of Ethan, for the shelter she gave me in my previous life, and for being by my side. I owed
Delets.The myths describe him as cunning, slippery, smart, and devious. A master of chesh and a good strategist however no one could ever figure out what his true aim and purpose ever was, he was a being who moved according to his own will, no one could understand and control him. That being I speak of had planned to ruin my family from the very beginning.He wasn't just after one child but two, on one hand it was said that Thomas would bring my mother in law the throne an on the other Ethan was said to be a sacrifice for Thomas to ascend the throne but what those two had in common was that their birthday were foretold, one to Richard and the other to the queen. In short there was no curse, just a stage set up for an event. It was a marking. This strategy was simply killing two birds wit
I was only a couple of days away from my fortieth birthday, and since the queen hadn't shown up cause she was probably waiting for my passing, everyone lowered their guards. "Yes, we'll be there immediately." I heard Richard say as he walked into my room hurriedly with a troubled expression."What's going on?" I asked, there was no way I would not be troubled seeing him pancing to and fro the room. "Where are you going ?"He rushed up to my bed and kissed me on the cheek. "Emir has found a way around Delets curse this time, Ethan and I would go there and return immediately, but don't worry I've called for more security, even from the wolves so they would be more people to protect you when I'm gone." As he stood up to leave, I grabbed him b
Although we weren't able to find out a few more things relating to the fire incident, we were more cautious in making sure the children were safe. However at the same time, my curse was slowly becoming a nightmare to my life as it slowly spread. I had only a few weeks to live as I was turning forty soon, it was most likely that I would die on my birthday.Richard has been doing a lot of thinking about it, turning me into a vampire would still not help me, as Emir herself rendered it useless. "You don't look like you've been ageing like the rest of us." Vanessa said as she helped me out of bed.I stood next to a mirror and stared at myself, she was right, I looked like nothing had changed because I kept taking Richard's blood as supplement, to think I was going to die looking this young. "It's n
I didn't expect to meet his sister as I presumed both were dead but I was wrong, Malicay wasn't going from one place to another for nothing, he was gathering clues, it was due to this that he discovered his sister's survival, Emir was also brought here, from what he said, they each had a story to tell.Erika broke it down to us in a story she discovered while hiding from her mother.Apparently it all started when the queen, Malicays' mother, had to pass her throne to her husband because she was a woman and deemed unfit. She decided to change her fate and so she came up with a strategy. After searching for answers for many years, she met with Delets and made a deal with him.'I'll give you the power you
"Dad?"It was only natural for me to be confused. Out of everyone present in this room, he should be the least that knows but not only does he know what's going on, but my sister Vanessa knew as well, how did I know? It's because her cheeks turn red whenever she's caught in a lie. "I know you are startled as well, and believe me, it came as a shock to me to find out the dark secrets of your mother's family."Mother's family. That's right, we were called Daniel's. I'm of my brother's bloodline, the box father gave me had Daniel's face on it, and in it, I found that he was a vampire hunter.In sudden realisation, I turn around and face my brother what's looks away. 'You've made a huge mistake haven't y
Chapter 109.As I screamed and rolled, I felt many hands hold me down and I came to my senses, I’m still in my room. Am sure I went out this morning, was I really daydreaming? Cold sweat drops down my face and my body trembles each time I try to move, then a familiar voice echoes in the room. “What did you do to her this time?” It was one of the men who had arrived with Malicay last night. I couldn’t help but stare at him as I saw myself down to him, however I could not see his face properly, as my eyes felt heavy. “Answer me.” He yelled."Don't you dare yell at me, she's only suffering because of your stupid deal, or did you preharps forget, she's going to be forty this year. She has less than months to live." That was Richard's voice, I'm certain of it. But